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ISIC
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Hubert Girault
Laboratory of Physical and Analytical Electrochemistry
Professor
birth date: 13.02.1957
nationality: French
web site: http://lepa.epfl.ch

office(s): CHB2401
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 33151,33145,33402
Memberships

1995 - Editor for chemistry, Presses Polytechniques Universitaires Romandes
1996 - Member of the board of Société Française de Bioélectrochimie
1996 – 2001: Associate Editor of Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
1998 - Member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
1999 - Member of the Editorial Board of Electrochemical Communications.
2002 - Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry.
2003 - Member of the Editorial Board of Electrophoresis.
2003 - Member of the International Academic Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2003 - Member of the jury of the Carnot Fundation (Paris, France)
2005 - Member of the Editorial Board of Analytical Sciences (Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry)
MISSION
Teaching and Research in Analytical and Physical Electrochemistry
MAIN PUBLICATIONS

O. Avendano, A. Johana, D. H. Schaming, P.-F. M. Brevet, H. Nagatani, T. Zimmermann, J. Vanicek, H.-J. Xu, C. P. Gros, J.-M. Barbe, and H. Girault. Self-Assembled Molecular Rafts at Liquid|Liquid Interfaces for Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 134:498-506, 2012. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

B. Teste, F. Malloggi, A.-L. Gassner, T. Georgelin, J.-M. Siaugue, A. Varenne, H. Girault, and S. Descroix. Magnetic core shell nanoparticles trapping in a microdevice generating high magnetic gradient. Lab On A Chip, 11(5):833-840, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

D. Momotenko, F. Cortes-Salazar, A. Lesch, G. Wittstock, and H. H. Girault. Microfluidic Push-Pull Probe for Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. Analytical Chemistry, 83(13):5275-5282, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

M. A. Mendez, P. Voyame, and H. H. Girault. Interfacial Photoreduction of Supercritical CO2 by an Aqueous Catalyst. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 50(32):7391-7394, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A. J. Olaya, P. Ge, J. F. Gonthier, P. Pechy, C. Corminboeuf, and H. H. Girault. Four-Electron Oxygen Reduction by Tetrathiafulvalene. Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 133(31):12115-12123, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

W. Guo, H. Bi, L. Qiao, J. Wan, K. Qian, H. H. Girault, and B. Liu. Characterization of efficient proteolysis by trypsin loaded macroporous silica. Molecular Biosystems, 7(10):2890-2898, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

L. Qiao, F. Su, H. Bi, H. H. Girault, and B. Liu. Ga2O3 photocatalyzed on-line tagging of cysteine to facilitate peptide mass fingerprinting. Proteomics, 11(17):3501-3509, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

H.-J. Xu, C. P. Gros, S. Brandes, P.-Y. Ge, H. H. Girault, and J.-M. Barbe. Room temperature ionic liquids based on cationic porphyrin derivatives and tetrakis(pentafluorophenyl)borate anion. Journal Of Porphyrins And Phthalocyanines, 15:560-574, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

D. Momotenko and H. H. Girault. Scan-Rate-Dependent Ion Current Rectification and Rectification Inversion in Charged Conical Nanopores. Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 133(37):14496-14499, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

F. Cortes-Salazar, A.-L. Gassner, M. A. Mendez, M. R. Pourhaghighi, L. Qiao, and H. H. Girault. LEPA: From Proteomics to Energy Conversion. Chimia, 65(9):672-676, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

I. Hatay, P. Y. Ge, H. Vrubel, X. Hu, and H. H. Girault. Hydrogen evolution at polarised liquid/liquid interfaces catalyzed by molybdenum disulfide. Energy & Environmental Science, 4(10):4246-4251, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

M. A. Mendez, Z. Nazemi, I. Uyanik, Y. Lu, and H. H. Girault. Melittin Adsorption and Lipid Monolayer Disruption at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces. Langmuir, 27(22):13918-13924, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

Y. Lu, M. Prudent, B. Fauvet, H. A. Lashuel, and H. H. Girault. Phosphorylation of alpha-Synuclein at Y125 and S129 Alters Its Metal Binding Properties: Implications for Understanding the Role of alpha-Synuclein in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders. Acs Chemical Neuroscience, 2(11):667-675, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A.-L. Gassner, G. Proczek, and H. H. Girault. Bubble cell for magnetic bead trapping in capillary electrophoresis. Analytical And Bioanalytical Chemistry, 401(10):3239-3248, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

T. J. Stockmann, A. J. Olaya, M. A. Mendez, H. H. Girault, and Z. Ding. Evaluation of Gibbs Energy of Dioxouranium Transfer at an Electrified Liquid vertical bar Liquid Interface Supported on a Microhole. Electroanalysis, 23(11):2677-2686, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

M. R. Pourhaghighi and H. Girault. Development of Electrokinetically Based Two-Dimensional Separation Methodologies for Proteomic Studies. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Link ]

D. H. Schaming, M. Hojeij, N. Younan, H. Nagatani, H. J. Lee, and H. Girault. Photocurrents at polarized liquid|liquid interfaces enhanced by a gold nanoparticle film. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics -Cambridge- Royal Society of Chemistry, 13:17704-17711, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

D. H. Schaming, I. Hatay, F. Cortes Salazar, O. Avendano, A. Johana, M. A. Méndez Agudelo, P. Ge, H. Deng, P. Voyame, Z. Nazemi, and H. Girault. Artificial Photosynthesis at Soft Interfaces. Chimia -Zurich-, 65(5):356-359, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

M. R. Pourhaghighi, M. Karzand, and H. Girault. Orthogonality of Two-Dimensional Separations Based on Conditional Entropy. Analytical Chemistry -Washington DC-, 83:767-7681, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A. Olaya, P. Ge, J. Gonthier, P. Péchy, C. Corminboeuf, and H. Girault. Four-electron oxygen reduction by Tetrathiafulvalene. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133(31):12115-12123, 2011. [ DOI | Details ]

A.-L. Gassner and H. Girault. Magnetic Stationary Phases for Protein Adsorption. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Link ]

M. A. Méndez Agudelo and H. Girault. Interactions and Reactivity at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Link ]

M. R. Pourhaghighi, J.-M. Busnel, and H. Girault. High-sensitive protein analysis by FESI-CEMALDI-MS. Electrophoresis -Weinheim-, 32:1795-1803, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

D. Momotenko, F. Cortes Salazar, J. Josserand, S. Liu, Y. Shoa, and H. Girault. Ion current rectification and rectification inversion in conical nanopores: a perm-selective view. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics -Cambridge- Royal Society of Chemistry, 13:5430-5440, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

R. Partovi Nia, B. Su, M. Agudelo, M. Alejandro, J.-M. Barbe, Z. Samec, and H. Girault. Ionic partition diagram of tetraphenylporphyrin at the water|1,2-dichloroethane interface. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 656:147-151, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A. Trojanek, J. Langmaier, J. Sebera, S. Zalis, J.-M. Barbe, H. Girault, and Z. Samec. Fine tuning of the catalytic effect of a metal-free porphyrin on the homogeneous oxygen reduction. Chemical Communications- Royal Society of Chemistry, 47:5446-5448, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

J. J. Nieminen, I. Hatay, P. Ge, M. Agudelo, M. Alejandro, L. Murtomaki, and H. Girault. Hydrogen evolution catalyzed by electrodeposited nanoparticles at the liquid/liquid interface. Chemical Communications- Royal Society of Chemistry, 47:5548-5550, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A.-L. Gassner, J. Morandini, J. Josserand, and H. Girault. Ring magnets for magnetic beads trapping in a capillary. Analytical Methods, 3:614-621, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

F. Cortes Salazar, D. Momotenko, H. Girault, A. Lesch, and G. Wittstock. Seeing Big with Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. Analytical Chemistry -Washington DC-, 83:1493-1499, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

B. Teste, F. Malloggi, A.-L. Gassner, T. Georgelin, J.-M. Siaugue, A. Varenne, H. Girault, and S. Descroix. Magnetic Core Shell Nanoparticles Trapping in a Microdevice Generating High Magnetic Gradient. Lab on a Chip, 11:833-840, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A.-L. Gassner, J. Morandini, J. Josserand, and H. Girault. Ring magnets for Magnetic Beads Trapping in a Capillary. Analytical Methods, 3:614-621, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

B. E. Perruche and H. Girault. Development of a contactless capacitive immunosensor. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2011. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

B. Su, I. Hatay, A. Trojanek, Z. Samec, T. Khoury, C. P. Gros, J.-M. Barbe, A. Daina, P.-A. Carrupt, and H. H. Girault. Molecular Electrocatalysis for Oxygen Reduction by Cobalt Porphyrins Adsorbed at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces. Journal Of The American Chemical Society, 132(8):2655-2662, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

H. Girault, B. Liu, L. Qiao, H. Bi, M. Prudent, N. Lion, and M. Abonnenc. Electrochemical reactions and ionization processes. In European Journal Of Mass Spectrometry, volume 16, pages 341-349. IM Publications, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

M. Abonnenc, L. Qiao, B. Liu, and H. H. Girault. Electrochemical Aspects of Electrospray and Laser Desorption/Ionization for Mass Spectrometry. Annual Review Of Analytical Chemistry, Vol 3, 3:231-254, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

K.-I. Min, T.-H. Lee, C. P. Park, Z.-Y. Wu, H. H. Girault, I. Ryu, T. Fukuyama, Y. Mukai, and D.-P. Kim. Monolithic and Flexible Polyimide Film Microreactors for Organic Microchemical Applications Fabricated by Laser Ablation. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 49(39):7063-7067, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

L. Qiao, B. Liu, and H. H. Girault. Nanomaterial-assisted laser desorption ionization for mass spectrometry-based biomedical analysis. Nanomedicine, 5:1641-1652, 2010. [ DOI | Details ]

H. H. Girault. Electrochemistry at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces. 2010. [ Details ]

Q. Liang, H. Bi, J.-M. Busnel, M. Hojeij, M. A. Méndez Agudelo, B. Liu, and H. Girault. Controlling the specific enrichment of multi-phosphorylated peptides on oxide materials: aluminium foil as a target plate for laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry. Chemical Science -Royal Society of Chemistry-, 1:374-382, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

R. Partovi Nia, B. Su, M. Agudelo, M. Alejandro, B. Habermeyer, C. P. Gros, J.-M. Barbe, Z. Samec, and H. Girault. Dioxygen Reduction by Cobalt(II) Octaethylporphyrin at Liquid / Liquid Interfaces. Chemphyschem -Weinheim-, 11:2979-2984, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

K.-I. Min, T.-H. Lee, C. P. Park, Z.-Y. Wu, H. Girault, I. Ryu, T. Fukuyama, Y. Mukai, and D.-P. Kim. Monolithic and Flexible Polyimide Film Microreactors for Organic Microchemical Applications Fabricated by Laser Ablation. Angewandte Chemie -International Edition in English-, 49:7063-7067, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

F. Cortes Salazar, A. Lesch, D. Momotenko, J.-M. Busnel, G. Wittstock, and H. Girault. Fountain pen for scanning electrochemical microscopy. Analytical Methods, 2:817-823, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

R. Hartvig, M. Agudelo, M. Alejandro, M. van de Weert, L. Jorgensen, J. Ostergaard, H. Girault, and H. Jensen. Interfacial Complexes between a Protein and Lipophilic Ions at an Oil-Water Interface. Analytical Chemistry -Washington DC-, 82(18):7699-7705, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

F. Cortes Salazar, A. Lesch, D. Momotenko, J.-M. Busnel, G. Wittstock, and H. Girault. Fountain pen for scanning electrochemical microscopy. Analytical Methods, 2:817-823, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

F. Cortes Salazar, D. Momotenko, A. Lesch, G. Wittstock, and H. Girault. Soft Microelectrode Linear Array for Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy. Analytical Chemistry -Washington DC-, 82:10037-10044, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

N. Younan, H. H. Girault, and H. Mohamad. Surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles assembly at liquid I liquid interface. GR-53 651; EPFL - SB - ISIC - LEPA, 2010. [ Details ]

H. H. Girault. Molecular electrocatalysis at soft interfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 12:15163-15171, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

F. Leresche, H. H. Girault, and M. A. Mendez Agudelo. Reduction of carbon dioxide at water supercritical CO2 interface. GR-53 644; SB - ISIC - LEPA, 2010. [ Details ]

N. Younan, M. Hojeij, L. Ribeaucourt, and H. Girault. Electrochemical properties of gold nanoparticles assembly at polarised liquid|liquid interfaces. Electrochemistry Communications, 12:912-915, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

M. Hojeij, N. Younan, L. Ribeaucourt, and H. Girault. Surface plasmon resonance of gold nanoparticles assemblies at liquid | liquid interfaces. Nanoscale, 2:1665-1669, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

I. Hatay, B. Su, M. A. Mendez, C. Corminboeuf, T. Khoury, C. P. Gros, M. Bourdillon, M. Meyer, J.-M. Barbe, M. Ersoz, S. Zalis, Z. Samec, and H. Girault. Oxygen reduction catalyzed by a fluorinated tetraphenylporphyrin free base at liquid/liquid interfaces. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 132(39):13733-13741, 2010. [ DOI | Details ]

F. Cortes Salazar and H. Girault. Electrochemical and Electrokinetic Tools for Surface Activity Characterization and Proteomics Analysis. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

Y. Lu, M. Prudent, L. Qiao, M. Alejandro, and H. Girault. Copper(I) and copper(II) binding to ²-amyloid 16 (A²16) studied by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Metallomics, 2:474-479, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

M. Prudent, M. A. Mendez, D. F. Jana, C. Corminboeuf, and H. Girault. Formation and study of single metal ion–phospholipid complexes in biphasic electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Metallomics, 2:400-416, 2010. [ DOI | Details ]

B. Su, I. Hatay, F. Li, R. Partovi Nia, M. A. Mendez, Z. Samec, M. Ersoz, and H. H. Girault. Oxygen reduction by decamethylferrocene at liquid/liquid interfaces catalyzed by dodecylaniline. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 639:102-108, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

B. Su, I. Hatay, A. Trojanek, Z. Samec, T. Khoury, C. P. Gros, J.-M. Barbe, A. Daina, P.-A. Carrupt, and H. H. Girault. Molecular Electrocatalysis for Oxygen Reduction by Cobalt Porphyrins Adsorbed at Liquid/Liquid Interfaces. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 132:2655-2662, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

A. J. Olaya, M. A. Méndez, F. Cortes-Salazar, and H. H. Girault. Voltammetric determination of extreme standard Gibbs ion transfer energy. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 644:60-66, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

H. Bi and H. Girault. Mass Spectrometry Based Analysis and Bioanalysis. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

B. Su, I. Hatay, P. Y. Ge, M. Mendez, C. Corminboeuf, Z. Samec, M. Ersoz, and H. Girault. Oxygen and proton reduction by decamethylferrocene in non-aqueous acidic media. Chemical Communications- Royal Society of Chemistry, 46(17):2918-2919, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text ]

R. Partovi Nia and H. Girault. Electrocatalysis at liquid/liquid interfaces. PhD thesis, Lausanne, 2010. [ DOI | Details | Full Text | Link ]

BIOGRAPHY
Education:
1979 - Engineering diploma from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble. FRANCE.
1982 - PhD- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton.
Thesis entitled : Interfacial studies using drop image processing techniques.

Positions :
1982 - 1984 SERC Research Fellow. University of Southampton.
1984 - 1985 CNRS Research Fellow. University of Southampton.
1985 - 1992 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
1992 - Professor of Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
2011 - Dean of the Bachelor-Master School
Hubert Girault is the author of 2 textbooks, the co-author of more than 400 scientific publications and the co-inventor of more than 10 patents.
During his academic career, he has supervised more than 40 PhD students.

Honours: Faraday medal 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry 2007.

Associate editor of Chemical Science
Skills
Electrochemistry
Analytical Chemistry
Teaching
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Phd programs
Phd Students
Amstutz Véronique
Bondarenko Alexandra
Deng Haiqiang
Gasilova Natalia
Ge Peiyu
Lu Yu
Momotenko Dmitry
Olaya Avendano Astrid Johana
Qiao Liang
Tobolkina Elena
Voyame Patrick


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