Kay Severin

Kay Severin was born in Germany in 1967. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 with a thesis in the group of Prof. W. Beck, University of Munich. Subsequently, he joined the group of Prof. M. R. Ghadiri as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1997, he started independent research projects ("Habilitation") at the Department of Chemistry, University of Munich. In 2001, he became assistant professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2009, he is full professor at the same institute. Awards: Bayerischer Habilitations Förderpreis (1997), ADUC award of the year (2001), Heinz Maier-Leibnitz award of the DFG (2001), award of the Karl-Ziegler foundation (2001), Arnold Sommerfeld award of the Bavarian Academy of Science (2001), Werner Prize of The Swiss Chemical Society (2003), Otto Roelen Medal of the DECHEMA (2005), award for chemistry of the Academy of Sciences, Göttingen (2007), Dalton Transactions European Lectureship (2008). Teaching & PhD PhD Students Christeena Mathew, Damien Wen Chen, Jacob Alexander Gome, Tak Hin Wong, Jean Charles Edouard de Montmollin, Lena Rieder, keqiang Wu Past EPFL PhD Students Marie-Line Lehaire, Laurent Quebatte, Estelle Burri, Thomas Brasey, Sébastien Gauthier, Alexander Schiller, Zacharias Immanuel Grote, Andrey Buryak, Nicolas Christinat, Sébastien Rochat, Friederike Gundula Marie Zaubitzer, Katrin Anne Thommes, Barnali Dutta, Sebastian Mirtschin, Burçak Içli, Vera Janowski, Erin Sheepwash, Julie Risse, Clément Schouwey, Bo Ram Lee, Alexander Tskhovrebov, Justus Tönnemann, Gregor Kiefer, Matthew David Wise, Ziya Köstereli, Mathieu Jérémie Marmier, Nicolas Luisier, Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann, Loïc Nicolas Jeanbourquin, Florian Gérald Abela, Giacomo Cecot, Suzanne Maria Jansze, José Luis Bila, Abdusalom Suleymanov, Ophélie Marie Planes, Erica Giraldi, Carl Thomas Bormann, Iris Roswitha Landman, Paul Varava, Cesare Berton, Sylvain Alexandre Marie Sudan, Anastasia Gitlina, Bastiaan Kooij, Noga Eren Courses Chemistry of elements s and p CH-221 Introduction to the chemistry of the s & p elements of the periodic table. Inorganic chemistry "Applications and spin-offs" CH-711 Present and discuss important recent contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry. This will be achieved by student literature seminars based on selected publications,emanating from the last 12 months. Seminar preceded by an introduction to the topic and followed by a group discussion. Inorganic chemistry "Fundamentals and properties" CH-610 To present and discuss important recent contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry with an emphasis on fundamental aspects and properties.Literature seminars based on selected publications,emanating from the last 12 months, preceded by introduction and followed by a group discussion. Inorganic chemistry "Techniques and methods" CH-611 To present and discuss important recent contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry incorporating techniques and methods. Student literature seminars based on selected publications,emanating from the last 12 months. Seminar preceded by introduction to the topic followed by group discussion. Preparative chemistry II CH-329 Advanced chemistry laboratoryAdmission to the TP is conditional on the successful completion of 2 of the 3 courses: CH-222 Coordination chemistry, CH-223 Organometallic chemistry, CH-233 Fonctions et réactions organiques Supramolecular chemistry CH-424 The course provides an introduction to supramolecular chemistry. In addition, current trends are discussed using recent publications in this area. Awards ADUC award of the year 2001 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz award DFG 2001 Arnold Sommerfeld award Bavarian Academy of Science 2001 Werner Prize Swiss Chemical Society 2003 Otto Roelen Medal DECHEMA 2005 chemistry award Academy of Sciences Göttingen 2007 Dalton Transactions European Lectureship 2008