Christophe BallifChristophe Ballif is director of the Phototovoltaics and Thin Film Electronics Laboratoryb) (PV-Lab at the institute of microengineering (IMT) in Neuchâtel (part of the EPFL since 2009). The lab focus is on the science and technology of high efficiency heterojunction crystalline cells,so-called passivating contacts for solar cells, multi-junction solar cells include novel generation Perovskite on innovative optical high speed detector and on various macroelectronics application. It also deals with energy management with a focus on integration of solar electricity into the energy system. The PV-Lab has strongly contributed to technology transfer and industrialization of novel devices and full technology with numerous companies. Christophe Ballif graduated as a physicist from the EPFL in 1994, where he also obtained in 1998 his Phd degree working on novel PV materials. He accomplished his postdoctoral research at NREL (Golden, US) on compound semiconductor solar cells (CIGS and CdTe). He worked then at the Fraunhofer ISE (Ge) on crystalline silicon photovoltaics (monocrystalline and multi-crystalline) until 2003 and then at the EMPA in Thun (CH) before becoming full professor at the University of Neuchâtel IMT in 2004, taking over the chair of Prof. A. Shah. Since 2013, C.Ballif is also the director of the new CSEM PV-Center, also located in Neuchâtel. The CSEM PV-Center is focussing more on industrialisation and technology transfer in the field of solar energy, including solar electricity management and storage. At the core of the CSEM PV-center activities lies several "pilot lines" for various kinds of solar cells manufacturing, with a focus coating technologies, wet chemistry processes for crystalline silicon, metalisation techniques for solar cells, and a platform for developing "ideal packaging solutions and polymers" for PV modules. In addition, joined facitilites between CSEM and EPFL of over 800 m2 are available for modules manufacturing, measuring and accelerated aging. CSEM PV-center has also full team dedicated to storage and energy systems and operates a joined center with BFH in Biel for research on electrochemical storage. He (co-) authored over 500 journal and technical papers, as well as several patents. He is an elected member of the SATW, member of the scientific council of the Swiss AEE, and member of the board of the EPFL Energy center. In 2016, he recieved the Becquerel prize for his contributions to the field of high efficiency photovoltaics.
Stéphane JoostPublications Publications- List of publications
Enseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Marco André Vieira Ruas, Manon Laetitia Pribille, Martine Valérie Besse A dirigé les thèses EPFL de Estelle Rochat, Solange Catherine Gaillard, Oliver Michele Selmoni, Anaïs Ladoy, Annie Sandrine Guillaume A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de Sylvie Stucki, Kevin Leempoel, Martí Bosch Padrós, Andrea Salmi Cours Border Forensics PENS-318 Le cours présentera aux étudiants différentes formes de violence liée
Jean-Paul Richard KneibEnseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Oliver Pineda Suarez, Robert Daniel Kincaid, Ethan Daniel Tregidga, Belén Yu Irureta-Goyena Chang, Elisabeth Andréa Cécile Rachith, Shengyu He, Aurélien Thomas Mathieu Verdier, Timour Jestin A dirigé les thèses EPFL de Markus Rexroth, Luzius Gregor Kronig, Christoph Ernst René Schäfer, Vasileios Angelopoulos, Michaël Juillard, Amélie Tamone, Andrei Variu, Yoan Rappaz, Anne-Marlene Rüede, Jiaxi Yu, Daniel Felipe Forero Sanchez, Beauchesne Benjamin Emmanuel Nicola
Martin Peter BieriEnseignement et PhD Cours Water resources engineering and management CIVIL-466 Le cours traite de la conception, la gestion des systèmes d'eau pour utilisation durable et les besoins humains et environnementaux. Les aspects techniques: quantité, qualité, calendrier et distribution de l'eau. La gestion: évaluation économique des systèmes dans un contexte de changement.
Christoph BachofenExpertise
As an urban plant ecophysiologist I'm interested in how the vegetation in urban systems interacts with the local microclimate. In particular, I study the mechanisms by which trees cope with extreme urban heat, and how their presence modulates the urban climate through transpiration cooling, shading and more.For my research, I combine mostly tree-level measurements, such as gas exchange and heat tolerance, with process-based modelling to scale to the urban canyon and beyond. I'm interested in compa
Benoît Jean Dominique FerrariBiologiste et biochimiste de formation, Benoît J.D. Ferrari a obtenu son diplôme de doctorat en Ecotoxicologie à lUniversité de Lorraine (Metz, France) en 2000 en travaillant sur le développement dune approche dévaluation du danger écotoxique des déchets solides utilisant une batterie de bioessais dans le cadre dun projet interdisciplinaire suivi par lAgence de lEnvironnement et de la Maîtrise de lEnergie (ADEME). Après avoir passé presque 7 années à Irstea (anciennement Cemagref) à Lyon en France (périodes 2000-2002 et 2008-2013) et avoir occupé un poste de Maitre-assistant à lInstitut F.A. Forel à Genève (2002-2008), il a acquis au travers des projets franco-suisses et européens quil a (co-)pilotés une expérience forte dans le domaine de lécotoxicologie et dans les approches pluridisciplinaires. En Octobre 2013, il rejoint le Centre Suisse dEcotoxicologie Appliquée (Centre Ecotox Eawag/EPFL) en tant que responsable du groupe Sol et Sédiment. Sintéressant à létude de lécodynamique des contaminants et leurs effets sur lécophysiologie des organismes, ses compétences et ses thématiques de recherche appliquée couvrent aujourdhui :
Le développement dindicateurs écotoxicologiques dexposition et deffets pour évaluer le stresse chimique
Lintégration des indicateurs écotoxicologiques dans des approches de laboratoire et de terrain pour le diagnostic de la qualité des écosystèmes
Le développement de bioessais adaptés pour le biomonitoring actif
Le transfert de compétence vers la sphère opérationnelle (formation).
Régis Lionel VivienExpertise
Systématique classique (oligochètes aquatiques)Ecologie aquatiqueSystématique moléculaireEcotoxicologie des sédiments
Mission
Réalisation de projets de recherche dans les domaines de la systématique, écologie et écotoxicologie:- Application, validation et développement de méthodes biologiques basées sur l'étude des communautés d'oligochètes pour l'évaluation de la qualité des sédiments des cours d'eau et des lacs (sédiment fins/sableux ; sédiments grossiers/milieu hyporhéique)- Développement d'ind
Denis GilletDenis Gillet received the Diploma in Electrical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) in 1988, and the Ph.D. degree in Information Systems also from the EPFL in 1995. During 1992 he was appointed as Research Fellow at the Information Systems Laboratory of Stanford University in the United States. He is currently Maître d'enseignement et de recherche at the EPFL School of Engineering, where he leads the React research group. His current research interests include Technologies Enhanced Learning (TEL), Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Devices Interaction (HDI) and Optimal Coordination of Complex and Distributed Systems. Denis Gillet is affiliated at EPFL with the Center for Intelligent Systems and the Center for Digital Education.
