Marcella Carollo

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C. Marcella Carollo (2017)

Carmen Marcella Carollo (born November 14, 1962 in Palermo ) is an Italian astrophysicist .

Professional background

From a doctorate to a full professorship

Marcella Carollo received her PhD in astrophysics from the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich in 1994 . From 1994 to 1996 she was an EC Fellow at the Observatory in Leiden , then from 1997 to 1999 as a Hubble Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In 1999 she received an assistant professorship in the Astronomy Department of Columbia University in New York. From 2002 to 2007 she was associate professor at the ETH Zurich ; In 2007 she became a full professor of astrophysics there.

Carollo's main research interests are the formation and evolution of galaxies and the structure in the universe from shortly after the Big Bang to the present day.

Allegations of bullying and dismissal by ETH Zurich

In connection with allegations against Carollo for bullying , the Institute for Astronomy was closed, merged to form the new Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics at ETH, and her chair was outsourced. Carollo and her husband Simon Lilly , who had been a professor at the same institute as she and was temporarily its head, were initially given a sabbatical .

In January 2018, in addition to the investigation into the allegations of bullying, an investigation into suspected misconduct in research was launched. The professor was until the conclusion of both studies released . After the investigation was concluded in autumn 2018, it became known that dismissal proceedings had been initiated against Carollo.

A public and internal discussion accompanied the allegations. Carollo's lawyer announced that in the event of a final dismissal, he would file a complaint with the Federal Administrative Court .

In March 2019, ETH physics professor Ursula Keller spoke in an interview with the online magazine Republik of “leadership deficiencies, sexism and corruption at ETH Zurich” and suggested that the reason for the requested dismissal of her colleague “is not primary the bullying allegations, but their gender » .

However, other colleagues at ETH disagreed with Keller. In a letter to the school board and the ETH Board a dozen professors, department head inside and study directors presented their point of view: "We want to emphasize in this letter that we experienced another culture and experience from that outlined in the press" .

ETH President Joël Mesot , who had previously initiated an external investigation, described Keller's allegations as massive, but completely unfounded: “For me, it is absolutely unacceptable that ETH members without any evidence make such serious accusations against ETH and especially against the collect data from our own colleagues in an interview. "

In July 2019, the ETH Board decided to accept the dismissal request. It was the first dismissal of a professor at ETH Zurich since the council was founded in the early 1990s.

Web links

Commons : C. Marcella Carollo  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Carollo, Marcella, Prof. Dr. In: phys.ethz.ch. Department of Physics at ETH Zurich, accessed on August 12, 2019 (short biography).
  2. ↑ Brain research - energy technology - astrophysics. NZZ January 26, 2002
  3. ^ René Donzé: Scandal at the ETH: Professor bullies students. NZZ on Sunday, October 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ ETH Zurich Institute closed after “serious allegations”. barfi.ch, October 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ ETH institute closed after professors' harassment. Handelszeitung, October 23, 2017.
  6. ↑ Charlotte Theile : Elite professor humiliates doctoral students. Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ a b Gretchen Vogel: Swiss university dissolves astronomy institute after misconduct allegations. Science Magazine, October 25, 2017.
  8. ↑ ETH expands investigation against bullying professor. Tages-Anzeiger, January 17, 2018.
  9. ↑ ETH Zurich wants to dismiss the professor in: Spiegel Online, October 31, 2018, accessed on October 31, 2018
  10. ↑ Nils Pfänders: How the Carollo case divides ETH. In: nzz.ch . March 30, 2019, accessed on August 4, 2019 : “Deficiencies in leadership, sexism and corruption: Serious allegations are made against ETH Zurich in a series of articles in the“ Republic ”. The investigation report in the Carollo case paints a different picture. "
  11. ↑ Gian-Andri Casutt: ETH Board dismisses professor at the Physics Department. In: ethrat.ch. ETH Board , July 14, 2019, accessed on July 15, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Pascal Ritter: Dismissal of professors at ETH: Was it really the first time? In: luzernerzeitung.ch . July 17, 2019, accessed September 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Carollo, Marcella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carollo, Carmen Marcella (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian astrophysicist
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo