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Dr. Anna Deplazes Zemp is a Lecturer for Ethics and Philosophy of Biology and an independent group leader at the Department of Molecular Life Sciences at the University of Zurich (UZH). She leads the Deplazes Zemp Lab, which conducts interdisciplinary research at the interface between biology and philosophy.
Her educational background includes biology studies (Molecular Biology, Zoology) at UZH (1998-2003), a PhD at ETH Zurich's Institute of Biochemistry (2003-2007), philosophy studies at UZH (2008-2015), and postdoctoral work at UZH's Institute of Biomedical Ethics.
Dr. Deplazes Zemp's research spans three interconnected areas: philosophical analyses of biological concepts (examining terms like 'nature' and 'life'), environmental ethics (addressing both social and non-anthropocentric questions), and biotechnology ethics (exploring implications of synthetic biology and cellular monitoring). Her current project 'People's Place in Nature,' supported by the NOMIS foundation and URPP GCB, investigates human-nature relations through combined philosophical and empirical approaches.
Her recent publications (2022-2023) focus on perspectival accounts of nature, third-category environmental values, relational values in agricultural contexts, and the moral landscape of biological conservation, demonstrating a trajectory toward increasingly nuanced ethical frameworks for environmental decision-making.
Her research has been supported by the NOMIS Foundation, University Research Priority Programme Global Change and Biodiversity, Swiss National Science Foundation, and the European Commission's Science in Society Programme.
Dr. Deplazes Zemp teaches research ethics, environmental ethics, and normative ethics courses for Bachelor, Master, and PhD students across biology and philosophy programs at UZH, leveraging her interdisciplinary expertise to bridge conceptual gaps between scientific and philosophical approaches.
The Deplazes Zemp Lab operates at the intersection of molecular life sciences and philosophical inquiry, conducting research that combines conceptual analysis with empirical social science methods to address ethical questions arising from biological research.
