Prof. Dr. Didier SORNETTE Professor, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich

1977-1981 Graduate from Ecole Normale Superieure, in Physical Sciences, Ulm, Paris 1981-1990 Research Scientist of the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) 1985 PhD and Habilitation at University of Nice 1985-1986 Post-Doc at College de France in the Condensed Matter Laboratory of Prof. P.G. de Gennes 1990-2006 Research Director at CNRS, France 1999-2006 Professor at UCLA 2004-2009 Concurrent Professor of East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai since 2006 Professor, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich since 2008 Director of the Financial Crisis Observatory