The vmitet (Association of the Mittelbau at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering) is an autonomous association that represents the interests of the Mittelbau at the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering (D-ITET) of the ETH Zurich. The Mittelbau consists of doctoral students, post-docs, assistants, senior assistants, and scientific staff. vmitet is a member of the Academic Association of Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich (AVETH).

vmitet organizes the elections of representatives for the Mittelbau in boards and committees of the department (DK, UK). It represents the interests of the Mittelbau in particular towards other groups in the department (professors and teaching staff, students, technical and administrative staff), towards the ETH, the industry, and the public. And last but not least, it organizes various career-related and social events, which brings members together and strives for the well-being of everyone in the department.

Executive Board

Herman Galioulline
President (since 2025)

Cristian Cioflan
Vice President (since 2024)
Member of the Executive Board (since 2023)

Christopher Reinwardt
Treasurer (since 2025)

Emily Louise Badsvik
Member of the Executive Board (since 2022)
Politics Liaison

Cindy Karina
Member of the Executive Board (since 2023)
IEEE Link

Marco Cotti
Member of the Executive Board (since 2024)

Carlos Olivera
Member of the Executive Board (since 2025)

Fran Kostelac
Member of the Executive Board (since 2025)
Treasurer (2023-2025)

Lisa Appel
Member of the Executive Board (since 2025)

Virginie de Mestral
President (2023-2025)

Austin Eichelberg
Member of the Executive Board (2023-2025)
Communication Officer (2023-2025)

Patrick Jattke
Member of the Executive Board (2022-2025)
Helpdesk Counselor (2023-2025)

Herman Galioulline
Member of the Executive Board (2024-2025)

Sueda Taner
Member of the Executive Board (2024-2025)

Enci Zhang
Member of the Executive Board (2024-2025)
Social Coordinator (2024-2025)

Xiaying Wang
Co-President (2023-2024)

Katarina Vulić
Member of the Executive Board (2022-2024)
Social Coordinator (2022-2024)

Théophane Dimier
Member of the Executive Board (2023-2024)

Christian Günthner
Treasurer (2019-2023)

Samuel Balula
Member of the Executive Board (2020-2023)

Nadia Jiménez Olalla
Member of the Executive Board (2022-2023)
Helpdesk Counselor

Sean Weaver
Co-President (2020-2023)
Member of the Executive Board (2019-2023)

Romain Jacob
Co-President (2017-2021)

Alexander Dietmüller
Co-President (2019-2020)
Member of the Executive Board (2019-2020)

Lukas Faber
Member of the Executive Board (2020-2022)

Erwin Riegler
Member of the Executive Board (2020-2022)

Andreas Messner
Co-Treasurer (2017-2020)
Member of the Executive Board (2016-2020)

Alexander Penn
Member of the Executive Board (2017-2020)

Raphael Zahn
Member of the Executive Board (2018-2020)

Jonas Wahleim
Member of the Executive Board (2018-2020)

Janine Thoma
Member of the Executive Board (2019-2020)

Lukas Cavigelli
Co-President (2016-2018)
Member of the Executive Board (2015-2018)

Alwin Daus
Member of the Executive Board (2015-2018)

Wolfgang Heni
Member of the Executive Board (2016-2018)

Eric Slottke
Co-President (2015-2017)
Member of the Executive Board (2014-2017)
Treasurer (2014-2015)

Yahia Hassan
Treasurer (2015-2017)
Member of the Executive Board (2015-2017)

Oliwia Szklarczyk
Member of the Executive Board (2016-2017)

Marc Kuhn
Co-President (2010-2014)
Member of the Executive Board (2010-2016)

Daniel Waltisberg
Co-President (from 2015 to 2016)
Member of the Executive Board (2013-2016)

Karim Badawi
Co-President (2014-2015)

Andreas Hösl
Co-President (2014-2015)

Michael Bieri
Member of the Executive Board (2013-2014)

Franz Gravenhorst
Member of the Executive Board (2013-2014)

Marco Piccirelli
Co-President (2008-2014)

Jelena Curcic
President (2008-2012)
Member of the Executive Board

Xing Chen
Member of the Executive Board (2008-2013)

Susanne Heinzer-Schweizer
President
Member of the Executive Board (2005-2010)

Clemens Lombriser
President
Member of the Executive Board (2005-2009)

Volker Koch
Initiator
Founder

Viton Vitanis
Member of the Executive Board (2005-2007)

Jatin Thukral
Member of the Executive Board (2005-2007)

Cemal Akçaba
Member of the Executive Board (2005-2007)

Thomas von Büren
Member of the Executive Board (2004-2006)

Ivo Locher
Member of the Executive Board (2004-2006)

Daniel Hösli
Founder
Co-President (2003-2005)

Holger Junker
Treasurer (2003-2005)

Thomas Degen
Member of the Executive Board (2003-2004)

Legal documents (in German)

• The statutes of the vmitet [PDF]
• The minutes from the vmitet foundation (Oct. 30th, 2003) [PDF]
• Contract defining our relation with AVETH [PDF]

Contact us

You can reach VMITET at

Related associations

AVETH
Academic Association of
Scientific Staff at ETH Zurich

AMIV
Akademische Maschinen- und
Elektro-Ingenieur Verein

VSETH
Verband der Studierenden an der ETH