2015 scientist in Environmental microbiology laboratory EML and Interdisciplinary centre for electron microscopy CIME - EPFL2012-2015 senior fellow in Material science, Engineering department CERN2008-2011 postdoctoral researcher in Interdisciplinary centre for electron microscopy CIME EPFL2006-2007 postdoctoral researcher within the Marie Curie Research Training Network Multimat, University of Antwerp
01/2021 - 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, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ;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, USA;1991 - 1994: Research Fellow, Laboratory of Pediatric Oncology, G. Gaslini Scientific Institute, Genova, Italy;1987 - 1990: Research Fellow, Clinical Immunology and Immunogenetics Dept., Nat. Inst. for Cancer Research, Genova, Italy.
HIGHER EDUCATIONSummer course: Advances in Genome Technology and Bioinformatics Course at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA. October 2005.Ph.D. 2001 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, CA(Advisor, Jim Leckie, Biodegradation of uranyl (UO22 )-complexed citrate and implications for uranyl mobility in the subsurface)M.S. 1995 Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, CAB.S. 1993 Natural Resources with Honors, Cornell University, Ithaca, NYPROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT2013-present Associate professor with tenure, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne2005-2013 Assistant professor tenure track, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne2001-2005 Post-Graduate Researcher, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA (PI: Brad Tebo)1995-2001 Graduate Research Assistant, Stanford University (Advisor: Jim Leckie)RESEARCH INTERESTSGemicrobiology, metal-bacteria interactions, biological reduction and oxidation of metals, biological nanoparticle formation; Characterization of microbial communities in terrestrial environments; Using genomic, microscopic and spectroscopic tools to understand metal transformations by microorganisms.ACADEMIC HONORSRotary Foundation University Professor grant, 2004.Swiss National Science Foundation Post-doctoral Fellowship, 2001.Leon B. Reynolds Memorial Scholarship in the School of Engineering at Stanford University, 1995-96.Graduated with Honors from Cornell University, 1993.BIBLIOMETRYhttp://www.researcherid.com/rid/E-4398-2011ResearcherID: E-4398-2011