Sylvie Roke2011 present: Julia Jacobi Chair in photomedicine, École Polytechnique Fédérale Lausanne (EPFL), CH. 2005 2012: Max Planck Research Group Leader (W2 /C3) of a centrally announced open theme independent research group. Host: The Max-Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, DE. 2005 2005: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, dept. of Applied Physical Chemistry, Heidelberg University, DE. 2004 2005: Postdoctoral Fellow, FOM-Institute for Plasma Physics, NL.
Esther AmstadEsther Amstad studied material science at ETH in Zurich. She also carried out her PhD thesis at the same University under the supervision of Prof. Marcus Textor; for her thesis, she worked on the surface modification and steric stabilization of oxide nanoparticles. As a postdoctoral fellow, she joined the experimental condensed soft matter group of David A. Weitz at Harvard University where she used droplet based microfluidics to assemble different types of functional micro- and nanomaterials. In addition, she developped new microfluidic devices that enable the production of very small, airborne drops as well as devices that produce highly monodisperse emulsion drops at a very high throughput. In June 2014, Esther joined the material science department (IMX) of EPFL where she is leading the Soft Materials Laboratory (SMAL).
Florian Maria WurmFlorian Wurm received his academic training as a Biologist and Molecular Geneticist at the University of Giessen. He joined the Hoechst AG (Behringwerke) in Marburg as head of a laboratory in Virology. Working with immortalized mammalian cells for the establishment of production processes for alpha-interferons provided the first opportunity to combine basic research with medical application. In 1984 he joined Harvard Medical School in Boston as a Research Fellow in Molecular Biology. 1986 he took an offer from Genentech Inc. in San Francisco to work in Process Sciences on the development of large scale manufacturing processes for recombinant proteins. There he has held a number of leading positions and has acquired intimate knowledge in the generation of protein pharmaceuticals in mammalian cells in bioreactors (a number of which are now marketed products). In 1995 he joined the EPFL as a Professor for Biotechnology. Wurm has published more than 250 scientific papers and holds more than 20 patents/patent-applications. His H-index stands at 60 in 2021. He was Chairman (2005-2009) and is member of the Executive Board of the European Society of Animal Cell Technology (ESACT). He serves as a consultant to the pharmaceutical Biotech Industry, mainly in the fields of animal cell technology for recombinant protein production and in regulatory affairs. He works as a scientific reviewer and editior/asscciate editor for a number of international journals in the Biotech field. F.M. Wurm teaches classes to pre- and postgraduate students in the fields of Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology.
He was founder and Chief Scientific Officer of ExcellGene SA, a 2001 established company in Monthey, Switzerland. He took the position of President and CEO of ExcellGene in 2015. He retired from the CEO position in 2017 and continues to be President and Chief Scientific Officer of ExcellGene.
In 2008 Dr. Wurm was appointed Visiting Professor for Biotechnology at Jinan University in Guangzhou, China. He retired from his position at the EPFL in 2015. His laboratory is closed. With his team at ExcellGene and in collaboration with Dr. Paco Pino, Director of R&D, he continues to explore manufacturing sciences with animal cells in bioreactors.
Lucia Baldi Unser01/2021 - present Deputy to the Associate VP for Research / Deputy to the Associate VP for Centers & Platforms, EPFL06/2017 - 12/2020 Deputy to the Dean, School of Basic Sciences, EPFL 01/2015 - 11/2017 Lecturer/Communication and outreach manager at the School of Life Sciences, EPFL04/1998 - 03/2015: Research and Teaching Associate/Lecturer, Laboratory of Cellular Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences 01/1994 - 07/1997: Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Immunoregulation, NIAID, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA1991 - 1994: Research Fellow, Laboratory of Pediatric Oncology, G. Gaslini Scientific Institute, Genova, Italy1987 - 1990: Research Fellow, Clinical Immunology and Immunogenetics Dept., Nat. Inst. for Cancer Research, Genova, Italy
Michael GraetzelProfessor of Physical Chemistry at the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Michael Graetzel, PhD, directs there the Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces. He pioneered research on energy and electron transfer reactions in mesoscopic systems and their use to generate electricity and fuels from sunlight. He invented mesoscopic injection solar cells, one key embodiment of which is the dye-sensitized solar cell (DSC). DSCs are meanwhile commercially produced at the multi-MW-scale and created a number of new applications in particular as lightweight power supplies for portable electronic devices and in building integrated photovoltaics. They engendered perovskite solar cells (PSCs) which turned into the most exciting break-through in the history of photovoltaics. He received a number of prestigious awards, of which the most recent ones include the RusNANO Prize, the Zewail Prize in Molecular Science, the Global Energy Prize, the Millennium Technology Grand Prize, the Marcel Benoist Prize, the King Faisal International Science Prize, the Einstein World Award of Science and the Balzan Prize. He is a Fellow of several learned societies and holds eleven honorary doctor’s degrees from European and Asian Universities. His over 1500 publications have received some 220’000 citations with an h-factor of 218 (SI-Web of Science) demonstrating the strong impact of his scientific work.
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:
