Adolphe Merkle Institute

Adolphe Merkle Institute
Adolphe Merkle Institute
TypeResearch Institute
Established2008 (2008)
Academic affiliations
University of Fribourg
Faculty of Science and Medicine
DirectorUllrich Steiner
Academic staff
ca. 100 (as of 2021)
(45% women, 55% men)[1]
Location
Fribourg
,
Switzerland
Websiteami.swiss

The Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) is a research center in Fribourg, Switzerland focused on nanoscience.[2] The institute is named after the Swiss entrepreneur Adolphe Merkle who created the foundation that partially funded the institute.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Annual Report 2020" (PDF). ami.swiss. p. 17. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  2. ^ "Article". The Economist. Vol. 389. 2008. p. 112. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  3. ^ "Ein Visionär ist gestorben". bernerzeitung.ch. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  4. ^ "Unternehmer und Mäzen Adolphe Merkle gestorben". Die Südostschweiz (in German). 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2018-11-23.