Cyrille HibertCyrille HIBERT received his diploma in Physics in 1994 and his PhD in 1998 from University of Orleans (FR). He then held a post doctoral position in GREMI laboratory at the University of Orleans in collaboration with Alcatel Vacuum Technology and ST Microelectronics, working in deep anisotropic etching of silicon with an Inductively Coupled Plasma reactor. In May 2000 he joined the EPFL-Center of Micro-Nano-technology where he was in charge of the plasma etching activities. He left EPFL in October 2003 for a sabbatical year to join the CFF group at NMRC (Ireland) now called Tyndall Institute. He worked on developing plasma processing. In October 2004, he came back to EPFL-CMI to be in charge of etching and nanotechnology activities (FIB and future ebeam litho).
Aurèle ParriauxAurèle Parriaux studied geology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland. He obtained his Ph.D. in hydrogeology and followed several postgraduate courses in hydrogeology, operational hydrology and geotechnics. He acquired a wide experience in engineering geology in the fields of motorway construction, geological hazards, underground water and geomaterials prospecting as well as the management of natural resources.
In 1991, he was appointed full Professor of Engineering Geology at EPFL and presently he is head of the Engineering and Environmental Geology Laboratory (GEOLEP) at the same institute. He leads a research team of about twenty people specializing in the fields of geological hazards and underground resources.
Professor Parriaux has significant teaching responsibilities. He teaches geology to students in 'Civil Engineering' and 'Environmental Sciences and Engineering'. Moreover, he teaches Engineering Geology at the Universitiy of Lausanne.
Parallel to his research and teaching, Aurèle Parriaux carries out expert appraisals in various fields of engineering and environmental geology. In particular, the recent appraisal of the compatibility between construction of tunnels and protection of groundwater resources.
Since the creation of the new School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, he participates in the teaching related to territory and landscape into which he brings the geological and geomorphologic component.
Aurèle Parriaux is active in several international organizations. He was chairman of the Swiss Hydrogeological Society for six years. From 2001 to 2006 he was Director of the Civil Engineering Section of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne.
In 2006, he published his book "Géologie: bases pour l'ingénieur". The second edition of this successful textbook has been published in 2009. In competition with 105 scientific books, Géologie : bases pour l'ingénieur received the Roberval Prize in 2007. The publisher CRC Press/Balkema, member of the Taylor & Francis Group, publishes an English translation of the book (Geology: basics for Engineers, 2009).
In December 2008, Prof. Parriaux was nominated Chevalier of the Order of Academic Palms by the Prime Minister of the Republic of France.
In September 2011, he left the EPFL to dedicate his time to being an independent expert. Prof. Parriaux is currently based at Chemin de Crêt de Plan 103 in La Conversion CH-1093 (www.parriauxgeo.ch). He is continuing his collaboration with EPFL, especially on the DEEP CITY Project and on landslide research. Claude FriedliOriginaire de Lützelflüh (BE), Claude Friedli est né à Vevey en 1942. Ingénieur chimiste EPUL (1966), il se consacre plusieurs années à l'élaboration et à la surveillance des travaux pratiques d'électrochimie et de radiochimie avant d'entreprendre une étude sur les phosphates calciques basiques pour laquelle il obtient le titre de Dr ès Sciences en 1975.
De 1977 à 1978, il est associé de recherches au Center for Trace Characterization de Texas A&M University. A son retour, il dirige le groupe de radiochimie analytique de l'Institut d'électrochimie et de radiochimie (DC-EPFL) et collabore à de nombreux projets impliquant l'analyse de traces d'éléments et l'utilisation de traceurs radioactifs. Cette collaboration va perdurer de 1982 - 1987, avec de fréquentes missions à TAMU. Chargé de cours (dès 1982), il crée le groupe de radioécologie (1989) qui étudie le transfert de radionucléides et de métaux lourds dans les sols et leur absorption par les plantes.
Professeur titulaire à l'EPFL depuis 1994, il enseigne la chimie générale aux sections d'ingénieurs et la radiochimie aux étudiants de la section de chimie jusqu'en 1998. Cette année là, il est professeur invité à l'Université de Nagoya (Japon), où il enseigne la radiochimie. Depuis 2003, il donne un cours de chimie inorganique aux étudiants de la section des matériaux et en 2005, il participe au cycle postgrade en énergie en donnant un cours sur l'énergie du bois.
De 1994 à 2000, il coordonne certains projets de développement durable et représente l'Ecole dans Novatlantis (www.novatlantis.ch) structure mise en place par le Conseil des EPFs pour promouvoir le développement durable dans les institutions du domaine. Depuis 2002, il participe activement aux camps annuels YES (youth encounter sustainability) qui regroupent une quarantaine d'étudiants des quatre coins du monde pour discuter et mettre en pratique le développement durable. Depuis 2004, il est membre du groupe RUMBA chargé d'inciter ses habitants à l'économie des ressources. Dans ce cadre, il a lancé RUMBAEDUC qui oeuvre à la promotion du développement durable auprès des étudiants et des enseignants de l'Ecole.
Il est membre de plusieurs sociétés et commissions scientifiques, nationales et internationales. Il est éditeur associé du Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry et auteur d'une centaine d'articles scientifiques. Il est fréquemment sollicité pour des conférences traitant du développement durable et participe à la réalisation d'une exposition sur le sujet au Comptoir Suisse 2006. Il est également l'auteur du livre "Chimie générale pour ingénieur" paru aux éditions PPUR en 2002 et réédité en 2005; il est co-auteur des "Exercices de chimie générale" paru aux mêmes éditions en 2006. Il est également co-auteur de "Le développement durable, un bilan multisectoriel provisoire" paru aux éditions Georg (Genève) en 2004. Pascal TurbergSince 2000 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland, Laboratoire des systèmes écologiques (IIE-ECOS).
1999 2000 Research associate, National Research Center for Health and Environment. Institute of Hydrology Neuherberg München, Germany
1998 1999 Private consulting in hydrogeology and applied geophysics.
1995 - 1999 Research associate, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Center of Hydrogeology.
1993 - 1995 Postdoc, University of Birmingham, England
1989 - 1993 PhD in groundwater geophysics (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Center of hydrogeology).
1986 - 1988 Postgraduate studies in hydrogeology (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Center of hydrogeology)
1981 - 1986 Lic. Phil. nat. (MSc) in Geology (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Thomas RizzoEDUCATION
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1983
B.S., Chemistry, cum laude, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1978
ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
Dean, Faculty of Basic Sciences, EPFL, 2004-present
Head, Department of Chemistry, EPFL, 1997-2004
Professor of Chemistry, EPFL, 1994-present
Professor of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 1993-1994
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, University of Rochester, 1986-1992
Research Associate, The James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, 1984-1986
Ljubisa MiskovicLjubisa Miskovic earned his Ph.D. degree in Automatic Control from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) under the co-supervision of Dominique Bonvin and Alireza Karimi, in 2006. He pursued his postdoctoral studies at the Centre for Systems Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Universite Catholique de Louvain with Michel Gevers before moving to the laboratory of Vassily Hatzimanikatis at the EPFL. In 2010, he became a research scientist. His research interests include systems biology, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, data-driven control design, system identification, stochastic processes and estimation theory.
