At the end of 2022, Prof. Janet Hering retired as Director of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science & Technology (Eawag) and Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETHZ) and Lausanne (EPFL).  Prior to moving to Switzerland in 2007, Prof. Hering was a faculty member at Caltech and UCLA.  She is a former Associate Editor of Environmental Science & Technology and member of the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science.  She is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (foreign member), and Academia Europaea. 

As emerita Director and Professor, Prof. Hering is focusing on diversity in academia, particularly on issues facing women in academic leadership.  Prof. Hering was the founding Vice Chair of the ETH Women Professors Forum, serving as Vice Chair from 2012 – 2016 and Chair from 2016 – 2020.  In 2015, Prof. Hering received a Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering Award from the IUPAC.