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Christos Comninellis

Education: 1979 - Engineering diploma from Grenoble Institute of Technology. FRANCE. 1982 - PhD- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton. Thesis entitled : Interfacial studies using drop image processing techniques. Positions : 1982 - 1984 SERC Research Fellow. University of Southampton. 1984 - 1985 CNRS Research Fellow. University of Southampton. 1985 - 1992 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Edinburgh. 1992 - Professor of Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. 2011 - 2014 Dean of Bachelor and Master studies Hubert Girault is the author of 2 textbooks, the co-author of about 600 scientific publications with more than 20'000 citations and the co-inventor of more than 15 patents. During his academic career, he has supervised 70 PhD students. 30 alumni of his laboratory are now Professors. Honours: Faraday medal 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry 2007, Reilley Award 2015. Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (USA), Shikata International medal, Polarography Society of Japan. Associate editor of Chemical Science

Michael Graetzel

Professor 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.

Jan Van Herle

Né à Anvers, Belgique, 1966. En Suisse depuis 1983. Naturalisé Suisse en 2004 par persuasion de la culture suisse démocratique et participative 'bottom-up'. Pas de double nationalité. Conseiller communal durant 2 mandats de 5 ans de 2006 à 2016. 1987 : Chimiste de l'Université de Bâle (CH). 1988 : Post-grade informatique de l'Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Bâle. 1989 : Stage industriel chez ABB à Baden (CH). 1990-1993 : Thesè EPFL 1994-1995 : Postdoc au Japon (Tokyo). 1996-2000 : Chercheur à l'EPFL, Dpt. Chimie, responsable de groupe. 1998-2000 : Master en Energy Technology, EPFL. 2000 : Cofondateur de HTceramix SA (EPFL spin-off), à Yverdon (actuellement 12 employés). La maison mère SOLIDpower en Italie, qui a acheté notre technologie en 2007, emploie 250 personnes et a levé 70 MCHF. 2000-2012 : 1er Assistant et chargé de cours en STI-IGM. Promu à MER en 2008. 2013-présent: MER responsable d'unité. Output : 135 publications, 120 papiers de conférence, 15 théses de doctorat, 4 thèses en cours, 37 thèses de master. Facteur h-42, >5000 citations. Fonds levés jusqu'à présent >19 MCHF. 5 langues couramment (néerlandais, français, allemand (y.c. suisse-allemand), anglais, espagnol).

Paul Joseph Dyson

Paul Dyson rejoignit l’EPFL en 2002 à la tête du Laboratoire de chimie organométallique et médicinale de l’Institut des sciences et ingénierie chimiques, dont il en assuma ensuite la direction entre 2008 et 2016. Le prof. Dyson a été récompensé par de nombreux prix dont le Prix Werner de la Société Suisse de Chimie en 2004, le Prix pour les réalisations exceptionnelles en chimie bio organométallique en 2010, la Médaille du Centenaire de la naissance de Luigi Sacconi (2011) de la Société Italienne de Chimie, le Prix de Chimie bio-inorganique de la Royal Society of Chemistry en 2015, le Prix européen pour une chimie durable de la Société Européenne de Chimie en 2018 et le Prix pour la chimie verte de la Royal Society of Chemistry en 2020. Le prof. Dyson est également mentionné dans la liste établie par Clarivate des chercheurs les plus cités (Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher), avec un H-index >110 (Web of Science et Google Scholar). Paul Dyson a été élu membre de la Royal Société de Chimie en 2010, membre de l’Académie Européenne des Sciences en 2019 et membre à vie de l’Association Américaine pour l’Avancement de la Science en 2020. Au cours des dernières années il s’est vu décerner le titre de Professeurs Hôte par l’Université de Bourgogne, l’Université de Pierre et Marie Curie, l’Université de Vienne, l’Université de Rome Tor Vergara, l'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de chimie de Paris (Chimie ParisTech) et par l’Université de Shangai Jiao Tong. De 2016 à 2021 il était membre du conseil de la recherche de la division de mathématique, sciences naturelles et de l’ingénieur du Fonds National Suisse. En 2021, il a été nommé doyen de la Faculté des Sciences de Base.

Urs von Gunten

URS VON GUNTEN born in Baden (Switzerland) on 20/10/1959 RESEARCH INTERESTS Drinking water quality and water treatment. Unit processes and process combinations (adsorption processes, membrane processes, oxidation processes). Chemical oxidation and advanced oxidation processes: kinetics and mechanisms of formation of disinfection by-products and degradation of micropollutants. Assessment of toxicology of of transformation products. Biogeochemical processes in riverbank filtration systems. In situ and out-of-ground treatment of groundwaters EDUCATION Diploma Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Department of Chemistry,Switzerland, 1983 Ph.D.Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland, 1989. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2018 Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researcher 2015 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher 2015 Recipient of the Harvey Rosen Award 2015 of the International Ozone Association 2015 Professorship under the Chinese Academy of Sciences President’s International Fellowship Initiative for Distinguished Scientists 2014 Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher 2013 Distinguished Lecturer for AEESP at the American Water Works Association Annual Conference, Denver, June 10, 2013 2012-to date Adjunct Professor at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Korea 2011 Full Professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL) 2010 Adjunct Professor at the State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2010 Adjunct Professor at the Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia 2007 Honorary Professorship at the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China 2007 Recipient of the Harvey Rosen Award 2007 of the International Ozone Association 2007 Environmental Science and Technology Excellence in Review Award 2006 Professor title at ETHZ, Department of Environmental Sciences 2001 Recipient of the Harvey Rosen Award 2001 of the International Ozone Association 1999 Recipient of the Marteen Schalekamp Award 1999 of the IWSA 1993 Recipient of a short-term fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation in 1993 and 1994 1993 EERO short-term fellowship-holder PROFESSIONAL RECORD 2013-2016 Head of transdisciplinary project “Regional Water Supply Basel Country 21”, Eawag 2010-2017 Head of Competence Center for Drinking Water, Eawag 2008/2009 Visiting Professor at the Curtin Water Quality Research Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia 2004-to date Deputy head of department Water Resources and Drinking Water, Eawag 2004-2008 Head of the cross-cutting project Drinking water for the 21st century, Eawag 2000 2004 Head of department Water Resources and Drinking Water, Eawag 2000/2001 Sabbatical at University of Colorado, Boulder 1998 - 1999 Head of department of Chemistry, Eawag 1995 - 2011 Lecturer at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland. 1995- to date Group leader of the drinking water group of the chemistry department at Eawag 1994/93 Visiting Scientist at the International Research Center for Water and Environment of Lyonnaise des Eaux (8 months), CIRSEE, Le Pecq, France since 1992 Research Scientist at Eawag 1989 - 1991 Postdoctoral Researcher at Eawag 1984 - 1989 Research Assistant, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich EDITORIAL ACTIVITIES Associate Editor Environmental Science and Technology (2010/2011) Guest Editor Water Research for special issue on Emerging Contaminants (2010) Guest Editor Journal of water supply: Research and Technology-Aqua for a special issue on Oxidation Processes (2008) Member of the editorial board of the journal Ozone: Science and Engineering. Member of the editorial board of Journal of water supply: Research and Technology-Aqua. FORMER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2016 Co-organizer of PEAK seminar ”Neue Herausforderungen und Lösungsansätze in der Wasserversorgung – Fallbeispiele aus dem Kanton BL”. Dübendorf, November 11, 2016 2015 Organizer of PEAK seminar “Micropollutants in drinking water”, Dübendorf, October 30 2014 Co-organizer of the Eawag Infotag “Wasserversorgung und Uferfiltration – ein System unter Druck?” Dübendorf, September 9, 2014 2014 Co-organizer of a Symposium “Advanced oxidation processes for water treatment” 5th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress 2014, Aug. 31 – Sept. 4, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014 2013 Co-Organizer of PEAK seminar on “Oxidation and Disinfection Processes”, Aug. 30, Dübendorf 2013 Co-Organizer of the Micropoll & Ecohazard Conference, Zürich, June 17-19, 2013 2013 Co-Organizer of the session “Advanced Oxidation – Technologies and Applications, Leading Edge Technology (LET) Conference, Bordeaux, June 2-6, 2013 2011 Co-Organizer of Korean-Swiss Science Days in Zürich “Water for the Future”, ETHZ, November 9-10, 2011. 2010 Co-Organizer of an international symposium “Oxidation processes in natural and technical aquatic systems” in honour of Jürg Hoigné’s 80 birthday, Eawag, May 21, 2010. 2010 Co-Organizer of 23. Mülheimer Wassertechnisches Seminar “Möglichkeiten und Grenzen von oxidativen Prozessen in der Wasserreinhaltung”, March 11, 2010, IWW, Mülheim an der Ruhr 2008 Co-Organizer of the Eawag Infotag 2008 “Vom Gewässer ins Glas”, Sept. 12, 2008, Eawag, Dübendorf 2008 Organizing committee of Leading Edge Technology Conference (LET), Zürich, June 1-4, 2008. 2008 Co-organizer of Sino-Swiss workshop “Water Resources Management and Drinking Water Quality”, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, January, 2008 2007 Organizer of Wave21 seminar on “New insights in the field of drinking water treatment”, Dübendorf, Sept. 14, 2007. 2007 Co-organizer of a symposium entitled “Sustainability in Water Supply: Advances in Oxidation Processes for Water Treatment” at ACS Spring conference, Chicago, March 25-29, 2007. 2006 Organizer of Wave21 seminar on “New developments of analytical methods for drinking water analysis”, Dübendorf, Sept. 15, 2006, 2005 Organizer of Wave21 seminar on “New applications of ozone in water treatment”, Sept. 23, 2005, Dübendorf 1999 Co-organizer of 200th Anniversary Symposium in honor of Ch. F. Schönbein - the discoverer of ozone, October 1999, Basel. 1995 Organizer of a symposium in honor of J. Hoigné, June, 1995, Dübendorf, Switzerland 1991 Co-organizer of the workshop "Chemodynamics of Groundwaters", November, 1991, Mont Sainte-Odile, France

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Xile Hu

Xile Hu was born in 1978 in Putian, southeastern China. He entered the Peking University in Beijing in 1996. Besides learning too little chemistry, his biggest regret in the college was not able to correct his southern accent in Mandarin. After graduated from PKU, he went to the United States and began his doctoral studies at the University of California, San Diego. In December 2004, he finished with a Ph.D. in chemistry and some fond memories of the beautiful city of San Diego. He then moved to the Los Angeles area and become a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology. There he enjoyed numerous stimulating scientific (and other) discussions with friends and colleagues. He also made plenty of friends outside the campus and was a frequent in many local Chinese restaurants. In 2007, after two pleasant visits to Switzerland, he decided to move across the continent one more time and join the faculty of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He now directs the Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis and is interested in developing chemistry for synthesis, energy and sustainability.

Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin

Dr. Md. K. Nazeeruddin received M.Sc. and Ph. D. in inorganic chemistry from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He joined as a Lecturer in Deccan College of Engineering and Technology, Osmania University in 1986, and subsequently, moved to Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, as a Research Associate. He was awarded the Government of Indias fellowship in 1987 for study abroad. After one year postdoctoral stay with Prof. Graetzel at Swiss federal institute of technology Lausanne (E P F L), he joined the same institute as a Senior Scientist. His current research focuses on Dye-sensitized solar cells, Hydrogen production, Light-emitting diodes and Chemical sensors. He has published more than 380 peer-reviewed papers, ten book chapters, and inventor of 40 patents. The high impact of his work has been recognized with invitations to speak at over 80 international conferences, including the MRS Fall (USA, 2006) and Spring 2011 Meetings, GORDON conference (2014), and has been nominated to the OLLA International Scientific Advisory Board. He appeared in the ISI listing of most cited chemists, and has more than 33'500 citations with an h-index of 89. He is teaching "Functional Materials" course at EPFL, and Korea University; directing, and managing several industrial, national, and European Union projects on Hydrogen energy, Photovoltaics (DSC), and Organic Light Emitting Diodes. He was awarded EPFL Excellence prize in 1998 and 2006, Brazilian FAPESP Fellowship in 1999, Japanese Government Science & Technology Agency Fellowship, in 1998, Government of India National Fellowship in 1987-1988. Recently he has been appointed as World Class University (WCU) professor by the Korea University, Jochiwon, Korea (http://dses.korea.ac.kr/eng/sub01_06_2.htm) and Adjunct Professor by the King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

César Pulgarin

Prof. C. Pulgarin is Chemist from Lausanne University, Master in environmental chemistry from Geneva University, Ph D in synthesis bio-inspired of natural substances from Neuchâtel University. During his education he carried out several industrial trainings. Since March 1989, he has been working at the EPFL where he is leader of the Advanced Oxidation Processes Group (GPAO) active in the development chemical, photochemical, electrochemical, ultrasonic processes, their coupling between them and with biological systems to degrade chemical and microbiological pollutants in water and air. He has an H index of 40 and he is the world most cited author in 1) TiO2 photo-assisted bacterial inactivation in water and 2) Coupling of photochemical and biological processes for pollutant degradation. He has been involved in ten African, South American and European international research projects. He has been Swiss representative in COST program 540.