Zhaofu Fei1999, Phd in Chemistry, Braunschweig, Germany,
2002, Lausanne, EPFL, Scientist.
Francesco StellacciFrancesco Stellacci graduated in Materials Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano in 1998 with a thesis on photochromic polymers with Prof. Giuseppe Zerbi and Mariacarla Gallazzi. In 1999 he moved to the Chemistry Department of the University of Arizona for as a post-doc in the group of Joe Perry in close collaboration with the group of Seth Marder. In 2002 he moved to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an assistant professor. He was then promoted to associate without (2006) and with tenure (2009). In 2010 he moved to the Institute of Materials at EPFL as a full Professor. He holds the Alcan EP Chair. Francesco was one of the recipients of the Technology Review TR35 "35 Innovator under 35" award in 2005, and the Popular Science Magazine "Brilliant 10" award in 2007. He has been a Packard Fellow starting 2005.
David Andrew BarryResearch InterestsSubsurface hydrology, constructed wetlands, ecological engineering, in particular contaminant transport and remediation of soil and groundwater; more generally, models of hydrological and vadose zone processes; application of mathematical methods to hydrological processes; coastal zone sediment transport, aquifer-coastal ocean interactions; hydrodynamics and modelling of lakes.
Kay SeverinKay Severin was born in Germany in 1967. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 with a thesis in the group of Prof. W. Beck, University of Munich. Subsequently, he joined the group of Prof. M. R. Ghadiri as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1997, he started independent research projects ("Habilitation") at the Department of Chemistry, University of Munich. In 2001, he became assistant professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2009, he is full professor at the same institute.
Awards: Bayerischer Habilitations Förderpreis (1997), ADUC award of the year (2001), Heinz Maier-Leibnitz award of the DFG (2001), award of the Karl-Ziegler foundation (2001), Arnold Sommerfeld award of the Bavarian Academy of Science (2001), Werner Prize of The Swiss Chemical Society (2003), Otto Roelen Medal of the DECHEMA (2005), award for chemistry of the Academy of Sciences, Göttingen (2007), Dalton Transactions European Lectureship (2008).
Dieter LandoltEducation and employment history
Dieter Landolt got his Diploma in Chemical Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1965. From 1966 to 1968 he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of California in Berkeley, USA. In 1968 he joined the faculty of the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) as Assistant Professor. In 1972 he became Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) where he headed the Laboratory of Metallurgical Chemistry (Laboratoire de métallurgie chimique) until his retirement in 2003. He is Professor emeritus (professeur honoraire) at EPFL.
Research
The main research interests of Dieter Landolt inculde fundamental aspects of corrosion and protection of metals, surface treatment and microfabrication by electrochemical processes of metal deposition and dissolution, surface analysis by spectrocopic methods and chemical effects in friction and wear (tribocorrosion). He directed some forty Ph.D. theses in these fields and and is the author or co-author of more than three hudered scientific publications and book chapters as well as of a text book on corrosion and surface chemsitry of metals.
Honors and awards
EFC medal of the European Federation of Corrosion 2005; Honorary member of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) 2005; Castner Medal of the Society of Chemical Industry London 2002; AESF Scientific Achievement Award of the American Electroplater and Surface Finishers Society 2001; Cavallaro Medal of the European Federation of Corrosion 2000; Fellow of The Electrochemical Society (ECS) 1999; Grande médaille du CEFRACOR (Centre français de l'anticorrosion) 1996; Research Award of the Electrodeposition Division of The Electrochemical Society (ECS)1995.
International and national responsibilities:
Chairman of International Corrosion Council (ICC) 1999 2002; President of International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE) 1987-88; General Secretary of ISE 1975-80; Chairman of the Science and Technology Advisory Committee (STAC) of the European Federation of Corrosion (EFC) 1989-96, Chairman of the Working Party "Corrosion Education" of EFC, 1992-1996; Titular member of Commission on Electrochemistry of IUPAC 1984-91; Chairman of Scientific Advisory Committee of Max Planck Institute für Eisenforschung Düsseldorf 2000-2005; Head of Swiss Priority Program on Materials Research 1996-2000; Chairman of Materials Department of EPFL 1975-76 and 1988-89; Chairman of Committee of Department Chairmen (CCD) of EPFL 1993-96; member of Advisory Committee of Swiss Federal Institute of Materials Research (EMPA) 1991-2002; Board Member of Swiss Society of Surface Treatment 1982-88, member of group of experts for PNR 24: Chemistry and physics of surfaces 1988-95
