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Environmental Chemistry Laboratory
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Michael Jon Mattle
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Environmental Chemistry Laboratory
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M.Sc. Chemistry EPFL
nationality: swiss
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office(s):
CM1116
phone(s): [+41 21 69] 38036
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MISSION
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sunlight mediated mechanisms leading to inactivation of viruses in natural waters (focus on waste stabilisation ponds)
impact of virus aggregation on inactivation during water treatment (by chemical disinfection and UV-treatment)
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BIOGRAPHY
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Michael grew up in Eastern Switzerland apart from an exchange year in Canterbury, England. He moved to Lausanne to study Chemistry at EPFL. His interests in water treatment started with a masters project, developing carbon-doped TiO2 photocatalysts to degrade stable organic molecules with sunlight. He completed this work under the supervision of K. Ravindranathan Thampi in the lab of Michael Grätzel. At the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) he investigated the use of bone char and contact precipitation for drinking water defluoridation. Subsequently, he implemented these water treatment techniques in Ethiopia, as a member of the Swiss Interchurch Aid (HEKS/EPER). After returning from Africa, Michael started a PhD under the supervision of Tamar Kohn in the Environmental Chemistry Laboratory (LCE) at EPFL.
Throughout his life Michael travelled extensively all around the globe; he has lived on three continents and visited over 60 countries and is perfectly fluent in four languages (German, French, English and Spanish). He enjoys outdoor sports, like mountaineering and running.
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Education
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PhD candidate, at the environmental chemistry laboratory (LCE), civil and environmental engineering doctoral program, 2009-present
M.Sc. Chemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 2005-2007
--master project, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India (IITM), 2006-2007
B.Sc. Chemistry, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
, 2002-2005
--exchange year, at the Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, 2004-2005
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Professional course
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scientific advisor for defluoridation, Shashamene, Ethiopia, Swiss Interchurch Aid (HEKS/EPER), 2008
civilian servant/scientist, water resources and drinking water (W+T), Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), 2007
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MAIN PUBLICATIONS
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M. J. Mattle, B. Crouzy, M. Brennecke, K. R. Wigginton, P. Perona, and T. Kohn.
Impact of Virus Aggregation on Inactivation by Peracetic
Acid and Implications for Other Disinfectants.
Environmental Science & Technology, 45:7710-7717, 2011.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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M. J. Mattle, K. Müller, E. Samuel, F. Lemma, A. Johnson. Fluoride Removal in Ethiopia. Sandec News, p. 14, 2009, Eawag [ Full Text ]
K. Müller, F. Kage, E. Wanja, M. Mattle, L. Osterwalder, A. Johnson. Improving Fluoride Removal Efficiency. Sandec News, p. 6, 2008, Eawag [ Full Text ]
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| Skills |
lab skills:
plaque assay
dynamic light scattering (DLS)
transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
computer skills:
phreeqc
matlab
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| languages |
German (mother tongue)
French (fluent)
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
Italian (intermdiate)
Amharic (basics)
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