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
Meret AeppliEnseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Bence Dienes, Emma Lorraine Defrang, Elisa Berger, Michelangelo Vuono Cours Environmental chemistry ENV-200 Ce cours fournit aux étudiants une vue d'ensemble sur les bases de la chimie de l'environnement: chimie des systèmes naturels et le devenir des produits chimiques anthropiques dans les systèmes naturels. Il permet aux étudiants d'appliquer les concepts chimiques généraux aux systèmes naturels. Fate and behaviour of environmental contamina
Natacha PascheDr. Natacha Tofield Pasche est une limnologiste, qui s'intéresse particulièrement aux processus biogeochimiques dans les lacs. Ingénieure en Environnement de l'EPFL, elle a réalisé son doctorat sur le cycle des nutriments et la production de méthane au lac Kivu . Au Rwanda de 2009 à 2013, elle a créé un programme de surveillance pour limiter les impacts potentiels de l'extraction du méthane dans le lac Kivu. Depuis le septembre 2013, elle est l'Adjointe du Directeur du Centre de Limnologie à l'EPFL. Elle a coordonné la science, la logistique des campagnes de mesures et les finances de deux larges programmes de recherche. Le premier visait à comprendre la vie sous la glace lacustre face au réchauffement climatique, et le deuxième avait pour but de cartographier la qualité des eaux des lacs avec des images aériennes novatrices. En tant que cheffe de projet, elle a piloté la création de la plateforme LéXPLORE pour des mesures innovantes sur le Léman et coordonne les différents projets de recherche.
Anastasios VassilopoulosEnseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Filippo Mannino, Joseph Vincent Arnaud Bernaert, Seyed Shayan Khalooei Tafti A dirigé les thèses EPFL de Alireza Farajzadeh Moshtaghin, Abdolvahid Movahedirad, Dharun Vadugappatty Srinivasan A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de Ye Zhang, Behzad Dehghan Manshadi, Omar Moussa, Roohollah Sarfaraz Khabbaz, Moslem Shahverdi, Wei Sun, Haifeng Fan, Maria Savvilotidou, Myrsini Angelidi, Aida Cameselle Molares, Niloufar Vahedi, Jialiang Fan, Congzhe Wang Cours Advanced compo
Andrea CapozziExpertise
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)Electron Spin Resonance (ESR)Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)Hyperpolarization TechniquesCryogenics
Open PhD positions
Open PhD position on the Physics of Xenon hyperpolarizationA PhD student position is available on the Physics of Xenon hyperpolarization: Spin Exchange Optical Pumping (SEOP) and Dynamic Nuclear Polarization (DNP)The project builds on a well-established and long-standing collaboration between the Laboratory for Functional and Metabolic Imaging at
Hannes Markus PeterEnseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Zhe Liu, Aleksei Dukat, Martin Boutroux, Jingyi Hou, Léa Francomme, Stefan Eckensperger, Lisa Theis A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de David Scheidweiler, Anna Depetris, Jade Brandani, David Touchette Cours Hidden rivers PENS-219 Hidden Rivers vise à répondre au besoin d'une compréhension interdisciplinaire des problématiques liées aux cours d'eau urbains, à travers les relations écologiques, hydrologiques et spatiales que l'on retrouve dans les pays
Vassily HatzimanikatisEnseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Denis Alain Henri Lucien Joly, Luca Milazzo, David Liaskos, Konrad Lagoda, Omar Keshk, Yigit Sibal, Ioannis Tzegiannakis A dirigé les thèses EPFL de Keng Cher Soh, Julien Racle, Noushin Hadadi, Stefano Andreozzi, Stepan Tymoshenko, Meriç Ataman, Joana Raquel Pinto Vieira, Tiziano Dallavilla, Yves Berset, Anush Chiappino-Pepe, Milenko Tokic, Tuure Eelis Hameri, Jasmin Maria Hafner, Homa Mohammadi Peyhani, Daniel Robert Weilandt, Zhaleh Hosseini, Sofia Tsouka, Mar
