Pierre Vogel

Professional positions:

P. Vogel was born in Cully (Switzerland) Oct. 23, 1944. In 1969, he did his Ph.D Award under supervision of Prof. H. Prinzbach at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Lausanne. After finishing his Ph.D in 1969, he did post-doctoral research at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA with Prof. Martin Saunders; research associate with Prof. J. A. Berson, K. A. Wiberg and P.v.R. Schleyer (Princeton Universtiy). From 1971 he worked as a Research chemist at Syntex S.A., in Mexico with Prof. P.Crabbé before he returned to the University of Lausanne in 1972. As of 1977 he became Professor of organic chemistry at the University of Lausanne. In 1991 he was Vice-Chairman of the Institute of organic Chemistry, University of Lausanne until 2001. Then he was Part-time grad.school teacher at the Universitites of Rouen and Caen from 1991 to 1993 and Part-time professor at Ecole Polytechnique de Palaiseau from 1993-2000. From 2000-2001 he was reviewer of the "Institut Universitaire de France" and as of 2001 Professor of organic chemistry at the EPFL.

Degrees and distincions

1969 Ph.D, University of Lausanne

1976 Swiss Chemical Society Award, Werner Medal

1973-now Member of the Swiss Chemical Society, of the American Chemical

Society and "Société Française de Chimie"

1984-1989 IOCD adviser

1988-1989 Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at Ecole Normale

Supérieure, Paris

1989-2000 Member of the Swiss National Council of Research

1991-1992 Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, University of Paris VI

1992 Pacific Coast Lecturer (USA)

1992-1993 Associate Professor at the Université de Montpellier, France

1993 Associate Professor, Université Paris Sud, Orsay

1993-1997 Swiss co-ordinator of the European COST D2 research program

1994 (spring) Associate Professor, ESPCI, Paris

1997 President of the european COST D2 management committee

1999 Coordinator of the european COSRD13

2001-now Member of the "Conseil Scientifique du Département des Sciences

Chimiques", CNRS

2002-2003 Novartis Lectureship

2004-2005 Boehringer INgelheim Distinguished Lecturer