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Jürgen Brugger

juergen.brugger@epfl.ch http://lmis1.epfl.ch

EPFL STI IMT LMIS1
BM 3107 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

EPFL STI SMT-ENS
BM 3107 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

EPFL STI STI DEC CF-STI
MXF 110 (Bâtiment MX)
Station 12
1015 Lausanne

Expertise

MEMS & Nanotechnology
Micro/Nanomanufacturing
Cleanroom process training
Digital education using mixed reality
Jürgen Brugger is Professor of Microengineering at EPFL, co-affiliated with Materials Science. He leads the Microsystems Laboratory (LMIS1), where his research advances the science of micro- and nanomanufacturing with applications in MEMS, wearable systems, and biomedical devices. His work has been recognized with distinctions such as IEEE Fellow (2016), an ERC Advanced Grant (2017), MNE Fellow (2022), and election to the Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW) in 2024.

In my lab, I work closely with students and colleagues to develop new approaches in micro/nanofabrication and additive micromanufacturing. Mentoring and teaching are central to my work: I have supervised over 25 PhD students, many of whom have gone on to pursue successful academic and entrepreneurial careers. Seeing their progress and creativity is among the most rewarding aspects of my role.

I am particularly excited about translating fundamental research into practice, whether through collaborations or start-ups emerging from the lab. For me, advancing manufacturing science goes hand-in-hand with training the next generation of engineers and scientists.

Education

PhD

| Physical-Electronics

1995 – 1995 Neuchatel
Directed by Thesis advisor: Prof. N.F. de Rooij (IMT Universite de Neuchatel)

Diplome (M.Sc.)

| Electronique-Physique

1990 – 1990 Neuchatel

Professionals experiences

Full Professor

2016–2025

EPFL

Associate Professor

2009–2015

EPFL

Assistant Professor

2001–2009

EPFL

Research Program Coordinator "NanoLink"

1998–2001

University of Twente, The Netherlands

Research Staff Member

Millipede Project

1996–1998

IBM Forschungslabor Rueschlkon

Postdoc

Millipede Project

1995–1996

IBM Forschungslabor Rueschlkon

Invited Pre-Doc Researcher

Probe Storage Group

1994–1995

Hitachi Central Research Laboratory Tokyo

Awards

Award for Best Teaching

EPFL

2025

Elected Full Member

Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences (SATW)

2024

MNE Fellow

International Micro and Nanoengineering Society

2022

IEEE Fellow

IEEE

2016

ERC Advanced Grant

European Research Council

2016

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Tao Zhang, Pol Torres Vila, Chenxiang Zhang, Qinglan Shan, Chenhao Wang, Shulang Shen, Nicolas Bruno Minazzo

Past EPFL PhD Students

Marc Antonius Friedrich van den Boogaart (2006), Sivashankar Krishnamoorthy (2006), Schahrazede-Lila Mouaziz (2007), Johannes Steen (2007), Vahid Fakhfouri (2008), Thomas Kiefer (2009), Oscar Vazquez Mena (2010), Katrin Sidler Arnet (2010), Mona Julia Katharina Klein (2010), Kristopher Pataky (2011), Loïc Jacot-Descombes (2013), Shenqi Xie (2013), Jonas Gustav Henriksson (2014), Mattia Marelli (2014), Jonas Grossenbacher (2015), Mario Andres Chavarria Varon (2016), Valentin Flauraud (2017), Samuel Tobias Howell (2018), Matthieu Rüegg (2020), Thomas Walger (2020), Ya Wang (2020), Mohammadmahdi Kiaee (2021), Henry Yu (2022), Lorenz Hagelüken (2022), Yi-Chiang Sun (2022), Zhiwei Yang (2023), Roberto Russo (2025), Berke Erbas (2025), Jongeon Park (2025)

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Mirjana Banjevic (2011), Grégory Mermoud (2012), Enrica Montinaro (2017)