Christian EnzChristian C. Enz (M84, S'12) received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the EPFL in 1984 and 1989 respectively. From 1984 to 1989 he was research assistant at the EPFL, working in the field of micro-power analog IC design. In 1989 he was one of the founders of Smart Silicon Systems S.A. (S3), where he developed several low-noise and low-power ICs, mainly for high energy physics applications. From 1992 to 1997, he was an Assistant Professor at EPFL, working in the field of low-power analog CMOS and BiCMOS IC design and device modeling. From 1997 to 1999, he was Principal Senior Engineer at Conexant (formerly Rockwell Semiconductor Systems), Newport Beach, CA, where he was responsible for the modeling and characterization of MOS transistors for the design of RF CMOS circuits. In 1999, he joined the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) where he launched and lead the RF and Analog IC Design group. In 2000, he was promoted Vice President, heading the Microelectronics Department, which became the Integrated and Wireless Systems Division in 2009. He joined the EPFL as full professor in 2013, where he is currently the director of the Institute of Microengineering (IMT) and head of the Integrated Circuits Laboratory (ICLAB).He is lecturing and supervising undergraduate and graduate students in the field of Analog and RF IC Design at EPFL. His technical interests and expertise are in the field of very low-power analog and RF IC design, semiconductor device modeling, and inexact and error tolerant circuits and systems.He has published more than 200 scientific papers and has contributed to numerous conference presentations and advanced engineering courses. Together with E. Vittoz and F. Krummenacher he is one of the developer of the EKV MOS transistor model and the author of the book "Charge-Based MOS Transistor Modeling - The EKV Model for Low-Power and RF IC Design" (Wiley, 2006). He has been member of several technical program committees, including the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) and European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC). He has served as a vice-chair for the 2000 International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), exhibit chair for the 2000 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS) and chair of the technical program committee for the 2006 European Solid-State Circuits Conference (ESSCIRC). Since 2012 he has been elected as member of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Administrative Commmittee (AdCom). He is also Chair of the IEEE SSCS Chapter of Switzerland.
Andrew Charles OatesAfter an undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at the University of Adelaide with Honours in Robert Saint’s lab, Andrew Oates received his Ph.D. at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and the University of Melbourne in the lab of Andrew Wilks. His postdoctoral time was at Princeton University and the University of Chicago in the lab of Robert Ho, where his studies on the segmentation clock in zebrafish began in 1998. In 2003 he moved to Germany and started his group at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics in Dresden. In 2012 he accepted a position at University College London as Professor of vertebrate developmental genetics and moved his group to the MRC-National Institute for Medical Research at Mill Hill in London. From April 2015, he became a member of the Francis Crick Institute in London. In September 2016, he joined École polytechnique fédéral de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland as a Professor, where he is the head of the Timing, Oscillation, Patterns Laboratory. From April 2018 he served as Director of the Institute of Bioengineering, and from January 2021 became the Dean of the School of Life Sciences.
The Timing, Oscillation, Patterns Laboratory is composed of biologists, engineers, and physicists using molecular genetics, quantitative imaging, and theoretical analysis to study a population of coupled genetic oscillators in the vertebrate embryo termed the segmentation clock. This system drives the rhythmic, sequential, and precise formation of embryonic body segments, exhibiting rich spatial and temporal phenomena spanning from molecular to tissue scales.
Vincent KaufmannVincent Kaufmann is associate professor of urban sociology and mobility at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2011, he is also scientific director of the Mobile Lives Forum in Paris. After a master degree in sociology (Universtiy of Geneva) he did his Ph.D. at EPFL on rationalities underlying transport modal practices. Vincent Kaufmann has been invited lecturer at Lancaster University (2000-2001), Ecole des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris (2001-2002), Laval University, Québec (2008) Nimegen University (2010), Université de Toulouse Le Mirail (2011), Université Catholique de Louvain (2004-2018) and Tongji University in Shanghai (2018). There fields of research are: motility, mobility and urban life styles, links between social and spatial mobility, public policies of land planning and transportation. He recently published “Mobilité et libre circulation en Europe” (with Ander Audikana) Economica (2017).
Sebastian GautschSebastian Gautsch est adjoint du directeur de section Microtechnique depuis février 2021.Il a obtenu son diplôme en électronique physique de l'Université de Neuchâtel en Suisse en 1998. Il a effectué son doctorat dans le domaine des microsystèmes à l'Institut de Microtechnique (IMT) de l'Université de Neuchâtel en 2001. Sa thèse en collaboration avec le Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) de la NASA, a mené à l'envoi d'un Microscope à Force Atomique (AFM) à bord de la mission sur Mars Phoenix en 2008. Ce projet a été relaté de manière fréquente dans les medias nationaux . En parallèle à ses activités de recherche, et après avoir poursuivi une carrière internationale en natation jusqu'en 2003, il a obtenu le certificat fédéral en coaching du sport en 2007 délivré par l'association Swiss Olympic. Il a entraîné l'équipe élite du Red-Fish Neuchâtel entre 2004 et 2009 et a mis sur pied le projet de promotion de la natation olympique dans le canton de Neuchâtel. Il fut membre de la délégation d'entraîneurs lors de plusieurs événements internationaux de natation et qualifia plus de 20 nageurs pour des championnats européens, mondiaux et les jeux Olympiques de Pékin en 2008. Entre 2004 et 2013 il a dirigé les activités de recherche dans le domaine des outils en nanoscience à l'Institut de Microtechnique de l'EPFL au sein du laboratoire des capteurs, actionneurs et microsystèmes (SAMLAB) de Prof. Nico de Rooij. En 2011, il a également dirigé les activités d'écritures par faisceau d'électrons au Centre Suisse d'Electronique et de Microtechnique (CSEM). Il fut à l'origine de la création de la Société Mars Suisse dont il est actuellement le vice-président. Entre 2011 et 2018, il a enseigné à la haute école spécialisée du canton de Berne (BFH) dans le domaine des microtechniques et techniques médicales. Entre 2012 et 2020 il fut responsable de la coordination des stages industriels pour étudiants Master à la faculté des sciences et techniques de l'ingénieur (STI). Dans cette fonction, il a mis sur pied les projets de master coordonnés en entreprise , la journée industrie de la faculté STI, et le label stages durables. Entre 2018 et 2020 il fut responsable des activités d'outreach de la faculté STI, avec notamment les stages de recherche d'été E3 et le workshop Engineering PhD Summit. Page de Publications Google Scholar:
