Rainer Beck

Expertise Experimental studies of chemical reaction dynamics at the gas/solid interface. We combine laser, molecular beams, and ultra-high vacuum surface science to probe surface chemistry under highly controlled conditions at the molecular level. Mission In our laboratory, we study the elementary steps of chemical reactions between gas-phase molecules and solid surfaces such as for example the chemisorption of methane on a nickel catalyst. We use molecular beams and laser radiation to probe the reaction process at a molecular level by performing quantum state resolved reactivity measurements. The results of these experiments provide stringent tests for theoretical models of gas-surface chemistry which is of importance for many industrial and technological processes. Professor titulaire EPFL, 2006 Privat Docent EPFL, 1997 Habilitation and venia legendi, Universität Karlsruhe, 1996 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Oregon State University, 1990 Degree in Physics, Universität Stuttgart, 1985Teaching I teach General Chemistry for first year medical students of the university of Lausanne. Teaching & PhD PhD Students Irina Morozova, Mateusz Suchodol Past EPFL PhD Students Plinio Maroni, Thanh Tung Dang, Marco Sacchi, Bruce Yoder, Li Chen, Phil Morten Hundt, Maarten Eduard van Reijzen, Jörn Werdecker, Ana Gutiérrez González, Bo-Jung Chen, Harmina Vejayan Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector Jan Daniel Geweke Courses General chemistry I (For MED) UNIL-118 Fundamental aspects of general chemistry necessary for medical doctors are presented.