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Paul Dyson joined the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the EPFL in 2002 where he heads the Laboratory of Organometallic and Medicinal Chemistry and between 2008 and 2016 chaired the Institute.
He has won several prizes including the Werner Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society in 2004, the Award for Outstanding Achievements in Bioorganometallic Chemistry in 2010, the Centennial Luigi Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society in 2011, the Bioinorganic Chemistry Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015, the European Sustainable Chemistry Award of the European Chemical Society in 2018 and the Green Chemistry Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2020.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2010, a Fellow of the European Academy of Science in 2019 and a life-long fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020.
Over the years he has held visiting professorships at the University of Bourgogne, University of Pierre et Marie Curie, University of Vienna, University of Rome Tor Vergara, Chimie Paristech and Shangai Jiao Tong University.
Since 2016 he has been Member of the Council of the Division of Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences at the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Between 2016-2021 he has been Member of the Council of the Division of Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences at the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2021 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Basic Sciences.
He has won several prizes including the Werner Prize of the Swiss Chemical Society in 2004, the Award for Outstanding Achievements in Bioorganometallic Chemistry in 2010, the Centennial Luigi Sacconi Medal of the Italian Chemical Society in 2011, the Bioinorganic Chemistry Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015, the European Sustainable Chemistry Award of the European Chemical Society in 2018 and the Green Chemistry Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2020.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2010, a Fellow of the European Academy of Science in 2019 and a life-long fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2020.
Over the years he has held visiting professorships at the University of Bourgogne, University of Pierre et Marie Curie, University of Vienna, University of Rome Tor Vergara, Chimie Paristech and Shangai Jiao Tong University.
Since 2016 he has been Member of the Council of the Division of Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences at the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Between 2016-2021 he has been Member of the Council of the Division of Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences at the Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2021 he was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Basic Sciences.
Awards
Werner Prize
Swiss Chemical Society
2004
Award for Outstanding Achievements in Bioorganometallic Chemistry
2010
Centennial Luigi Sacconi Medal
Italian Chemical Society
2011
Bioinorganic Chemistry Award
Royal Society of Chemistry
2015
European Sustainable Chemistry Award
European Chemical Society
2018
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2010
Alliance Prize
Best invention of the EPFL
2007
Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences
2019
Green Chemistry Award 2020
Royal Society of Chemistry
2020
2026
Techno-economic analysis framework for perovskite solar module production at various manufacturing capacities
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Dual–active–site accelerated hydrogenation facilitates efficient electrochemical reduction of nitrate to ammonia
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202320152.Viral peptide conjugates for metal-warhead delivery to chromatin
Rsc Advances. 2024. DOI : 10.1039/d4ra01617c.Dopant-additive synergism enhances perovskite solar modules
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Advanced Functional Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202314086.Thermoresponsive carboplatin-releasing prodrugs
Journal Of Inorganic Biochemistry. 2024. DOI : 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2024.112505.Ginkgo Leaf-Derived Carbon Supports for the Immobilization of Iron/Iron Phosphide Nanospheres for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution
Small. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/smll.202309830.Manipulation of the Electronic Structure of Ruthenium Nanoclusters by Ni-N<inf>4</inf> Sites Enhances the Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Advanced Functional Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202416071.Visible Light-Triggered Self-Welding Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules
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Steric hindrance driven passivating cations for stable perovskite solar cells with an efficiency over 24%
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2023. DOI : 10.1039/d3ta03423b.A general and robust Ni-based nanocatalyst for selective hydrogenation reactions at low temperature and pressure
Science Advances. 2023. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adj8225.Highly Efficient and Stable FAPbI(3) Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules Based on Exposure of the (011) Facet
Nano-Micro Letters. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s40820-023-01103-8.A Cobalt Nanocatalyst for the Hydrogenation and Oxidative Dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles
Chemcatchem. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.202301027.Autocatalysis and CO2: Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) Meets Natural Processes
Chemcatchem. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/cctc.202300905.Influence of an Organic Salt-Based Stabilizing Additive on Charge Carrier Dynamics in Triple Cation Perovskite Solar Cells
Advanced Science. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/advs.202304502.Tuning 2D Perovskite Passivation: Impact of Electronic and Steric Effects on the Performance of 3D/2D Perovskite Solar Cells
Advanced Energy Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/aenm.202302038.Ni-Based Nanoparticles Catalyzed Hydrodeoxygenation of Ketones, Ethers, and Phenols to (Cyclo) Aliphatic Compounds
Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c03661.Dual-protected zinc anodes for long-life aqueous zinc ion battery with bifunctional interface constructed by zwitterionic surfactants
Energy Storage Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.ensm.2023.102981.High-Work-Function 2D Perovskites as Passivation Agents in Perovskite Solar Cells
Acs Energy Letters. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c01326.Fine-tuning the cytotoxicity of ruthenium(ii) arene compounds to enhance selectivity against breast cancers
Dalton Transactions. 2023. DOI : 10.1039/d3dt02037a.Visualizing Interfacial Energy Offset and Defects in Efficient 2D/3D Heterojunction Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules
Advanced Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202302071.3D trigonal FAPbI(3)-based multilevel resistive switching nonvolatile memory for artificial neural synapse
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Cancer Science. 2023. DOI : 10.1111/cas.15878.MOF-Based Solid-State Proton Conductors Obtained by Intertwining Protic Ionic Liquid Polymers with MIL-101
Small. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/smll.202206999.Extending the pi-Conjugated System in Spiro-Type Hole Transport Material Enhances the Efficiency and Stability of Perovskite Solar Modules
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202304350.Retarding solid-state reactions enable efficient and stable all-inorganic perovskite solar cells and modules
Science Advances. 2023. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.adg0087.Mitigating Ion Migration with an Ultrathin Self-Assembled Ionic Insulating Layer Affords Efficient and Stable Wide-Bandgap Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells
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Cell Reports Physical Science. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.xcrp.2023.101380.Steric and Electronic Effects Responsible for N,O- or N,N-Chelating Coordination of Pyrazolones Containing a Pyridine Ring in Ruthenium Arene Systems
Organometallics. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acs.organomet.3c00121.Ruthenium(II)-Arene Complexes with Glycosylated NHC-Carbene Co-Ligands: Synthesis, Hydrolytic Behavior, and Binding to Biological Molecules
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Experimental Eye Research. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.exer.2023.109447.Carbonized wood impregnated with bimetallic nanoparticles as a monolithic continuous-flow microreactor for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol
Journal Of Hazardous Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130270.Autocatalytic O-Formylation of Alcohols Using CO2
Acs Catalysis. 2023. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.2c06218.Optimised three-dimensional in vitro retinoblastoma models tailored for drug discovery and clinical translatability
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10436.Controlling the selectivity of the hydrogenolysis of polyamides catalysed by ceria-supported metal nanoparticles
Nature Communications. 2023. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-023-42246-x.Competitive binding studies of the nucleosomal histone targeting drug, [Ru (eta(6)-p-cymene)Cl-2(pta)] (RAPTA-C), with oligonucleotide-peptide mixtures.
Journal Of Inorganic Biochemistry. 2023. DOI : 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.112043.Separable Brønsted acidic imidazolium salts for polysaccharide hydrolysis in water
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10685.Hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy to control malignant pleural mesothelioma
Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9928.Diaryl ether compound and manufacturing method from lignin
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Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10615.2022
Automated approach for the evaluation of glutathione-S-transferase P1-1 inhibition by organometallic anticancer compounds
Journal Of Enzyme Inhibition And Medicinal Chemistry. 2022. DOI : 10.1080/14756366.2022.2073443.Multiple roles of negative thermal expansion material for high-performance fully-air processed perovskite solar cells
Chemical Engineering Journal. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.cej.2022.141216.Asymmetrically Substituted 10H,10 ' H-9,9 '-Spirobi[acridine] Derivatives as Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202212891.Anticancer ruthenium(II) tris(pyrazolyl)methane complexes with bioactive co-ligands
Dalton Transactions. 2022. DOI : 10.1039/d2dt03009h.Design of Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysts for Direct Hydrogenation of CO2
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202208987.Assessment of metal-based dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors on a novel mesofluidic platform
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Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202209093.Mechanistic classification and benchmarking of polyolefin depolymerization over silica-alumina-based catalysts
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Dalton Transactions. 2022. DOI : 10.1039/d2dt02328h.Hydrogenation of the pivotal biorefinery platform molecule levulinic acid into renewable fuel gamma-valerolactone catalyzed by unprecedented highly active and stable ruthenium nanoparticles in aqueous media
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European Journal Of Inorganic Chemistry. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/ejic.202200037.Chlorination of arenes via the degradation of toxic chlorophenols
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Chemical Engineering Journal. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.cej.2022.134956.Single-crystalline TiO2 nanoparticles for stable and efficient perovskite modules
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Inorganic Chemistry. 2022. DOI : 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c03862.Deconvolution of Light-Induced Ion Migration Phenomena by Statistical Analysis of Cathodoluminescence in Lead Halide-Based Perovskites
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JBIC Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry. 2022. DOI : 10.1007/s00775-022-01924-9.Repurposed drug combination via high-throughput screening and dual drug delivery system development for the treatment of retinoblastoma
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9901.Development of C-C and C-O bond cleavage catalysts for the depolymerization of plastics
Lausanne, EPFL, 2022. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9979.Molecular Engineering of Thienyl Functionalized Ullazines as Hole-Transporting Materials for Perovskite Solar Cells
Solar Rrl. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/solr.202100926.2021
Cycloaddition of Biogas-Contained CO2 into Epoxides via Ionic Polymer Catalysis: An Experimental and Process Simulation Study
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c03895.Arene-ruthenium(II) complexes with pyrazole-based ligands bearing a pyridine moiety: Synthesis, structure, DFT calculations, and cytotoxicity
Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.ica.2021.120610.Mechanistic Insights into the Role of the Bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl) imide Ion in Coevaporated p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acsami.1c10117.Tuning structural isomers of phenylenediammonium to afford efficient and stable perovskite solar cells and modules
Nature Communications. 2021. DOI : 10.1038/s41467-021-26754-2.Role of the (pseudo)halido ligand in ruthenium(II) p-cymene alpha-amino acid complexes in speciation, protein reactivity and cytotoxicity
Dalton Transactions. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/d1dt03274g.Aggregation of Halloysite Nanotubes in the Presence of Multivalent Ions and Ionic Liquids
Langmuir. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01949.Society and Chemistry They Are a-Changin'
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Acs Applied Energy Materials. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.1c01720.Anchoring single platinum atoms onto nickel nanoparticles affords highly selective catalysts for lignin conversion
Cell Reports Physical Science. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100567.Interfacial passivation of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells and tandem solar cells
Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/d1ta04330g.Cut from the Same Cloth: Enamine-Derived Spirobifluorenes as Hole Transporters for Perovskite Solar Cells
Chemistry Of Materials. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c01486.A Strategy to Conjugate Bioactive Fragments to Cytotoxic Diiron Bis(cyclopentadienyl) Complexes
Organometallics. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acs.organomet.1c00270.Boosting hydrogen production via urea electrolysis on an amorphous nickel phosphide/graphene hybrid structure
Journal Of Materials Science. 2021. DOI : 10.1007/s10853-021-06391-2.Drug Repurposing to Identify a Synergistic High-Order Drug Combination to Treat Sunitinib-Resistant Renal Cell Carcinoma
Cancers. 2021. DOI : 10.3390/cancers13163978.Anticancer activity of RAPTA-EA1 in triple-negative BRCA1 proficient breast cancer cells: single and combined treatment with the PARP inhibitor olaparib
Heliyon. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07749.Engineering long-term stability into perovskite solar cells via application of a multi-functional TFSI-based ionic liquid
Cell Reports Physical Science. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100475.Expanded Phase Distribution in Low Average Layer-Number 2D Perovskite Films: Toward Efficient Semitransparent Solar Cells
Advanced Functional Materials. 2021. DOI : 10.1002/adfm.202104868.Dopant‐Free Hole Transport Materials Afford Efficient and Stable Inorganic Perovskite Solar Cells and Modules
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2021. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202107774.Lignin First: Confirming the Role of the Metal Catalyst in Reductive Fractionation
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Inorganic Chemistry. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.1c00641.Recent advances in graphite carbon nitride-based nanocomposites: structure, antibacterial properties and synergies
Nanoscale Advances. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/d1na00257k.Multifunctional Pt(iv) prodrug candidates featuring the carboplatin core and deferoxamine
Dalton Transactions. 2021. DOI : 10.1039/d1dt00214g.Automatic evaluation of cyclooxygenase 2 inhibition induced by metal-based anticancer compounds
Journal Of Inorganic Biochemistry. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2021.111399.Intrapleural hyperthermic chemotherapy induces pro-immunogenic e-selectin expression in the vasculature of malignant pleural mesothelioma
2021. DOI : 10.1093/bjs/znab202.088.Catalytic hydrocracking of synthetic polymers into grid-compatible gas streams
Cell Reports Physical Science. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100332.The Role of Organic Promoters in the Electroreduction of Carbon Dioxide
Acs Catalysis. 2021. DOI : 10.1021/acscatal.0c04283.Propelling the hydrogen economy: from chemical storage and delivery to utilization in biomass conversion
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8262.Investigation on the impact of passivation in perovskite solar cells
Lausanne, EPFL, 2021. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-10419.2020
Aom(2)S: A new web-based application for DNA/RNA tandem mass spectrometry data interpretation
Rapid Communications In Mass Spectrometry. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/rcm.8927.A TiO2/Nb2O5 center dot nH(2)O heterojunction catalyst for conversion of glucose into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in water
Catalysis Science & Technology. 2020. DOI : 10.1039/d0cy01601b.Bis-conjugation of Bioactive Molecules to Cisplatin-like Complexes through (2,2 '-Bipyridine)-4,4 '-Dicarboxylic Acid with Optimal Cytotoxicity Profile Provided by the Combination Ethacrynic Acid/Flurbiprofen
Chemistry-A European Journal. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/chem.202003199.Liquid Nitrogen-Mediated Thermal Shock for Instantaneous Detachment of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotube Films from Substrates and Their Application in Supercapacitors
Acs Applied Nano Materials. 2020. DOI : 10.1021/acsanm.0c02703.Masking specific effects of ionic liquid constituents at the solid-liquid interface by surface functionalization
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2020. DOI : 10.1039/d0cp02805c.Utility of Core-Shell Nanomaterials in the Catalytic Transformations of Renewable Substrates
Chemistry-A European Journal. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/chem.202002597.Low-dose photodynamic therapy promotes a cytotoxic immunological response in a murine model of pleural mesothelioma
European Journal Of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. 2020. DOI : 10.1093/ejcts/ezaa145.Facile synthesis of heterobimetallic [Fe II (?-diphosphine)Ru II ] and homobimetallic [Fe II (?-diphosphine)Fe II ] complexes and their in vitro cytotoxic activity on cisplatin-resistant cancer cells
Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.ica.2020.119731.Conservative management of retinoblastoma: Challenging orthodoxy without compromising the state of metastatic grace. "Alive, with good vision and no comorbidity" (vol 73, 100764, 2019)
Progress In Retinal And Eye Research. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2020.100857.Nitrogen-Incorporated Cobalt Sulfide/Graphene Hybrid Catalysts for Overall Water Splitting
Chemsuschem. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.202001413.CO(2)Methanation via Amino Alcohol Relay Molecules Employing a Ruthenium Nanoparticle/Metal Organic Framework Catalyst
Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/anie.202004618.A polymeric ionic liquid catalyst for the N-formylation and N-methylation of amines using CO2/PhSiH3
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Science Advances. 2020. DOI : 10.1126/sciadv.abb3831.Passivation Mechanism Exploiting Surface Dipoles Affords High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells
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Acs Applied Energy Materials. 2020. DOI : 10.1021/acsaem.0c00330.Ruthenium(II)–arene and triruthenium-carbonyl cluster complexes with new water-soluble phopsphites based on glucose: Synthesis, characterization and antiproliferative activity
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Trac-Trends In Analytical Chemistry. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.trac.2020.115862.Solvent- and Catalyst-Free Carbon Dioxide Capture and Reduction to Formate with Borohydride Ionic Liquid
Chemsuschem. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/cssc.201903514.Mono-, Di- and Tetra-iron Complexes with Selenium or Sulphur Functionalized Vinyliminium Ligands: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Antiproliferative Activity
Molecules. 2020. DOI : 10.3390/molecules25071656.Methanol production from CO(2)via an integrated, formamide-assisted approach
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Materials. 2020. DOI : 10.3390/ma13030526.Classification of Metal-Based Drugs according to Their Mechanisms of Action
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Chempluschem. 2020. DOI : 10.1002/cplu.201900639.Direct conversion of plastic materials into methane and liquid fuels
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Recent progress in the development of organometallics for the treatment of cancer
Current Opinion in Chemical Biology. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.cbpa.2019.11.001.Introduction of a Bifunctional Cation Affords Perovskite Solar Cells Stable at Temperatures Exceeding 80 degrees C
Acs Energy Letters. 2019. DOI : 10.1021/acsenergylett.9b01975.Towards Light-Activated Ruthenium-Arene (RAPTA-Type) Prodrug Candidates
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Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2019. DOI : 10.1039/c9cc06156h.Lysozyme-Induced Transcriptional Regulation of TNF-alpha Pathway Genes in Cells of the Monocyte Lineage
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Chemical Communications (ChemComm). 2019. DOI : 10.1039/c9cc04374h.Teaching & PhD
PhD Students
Lianghui Li, Aleksandar Mihaylov Mikov, Shun Tian, Matilde Onofri, Tiziano Agostino Caldara
Past EPFL PhD Students
Corinne Daguenet, Dongbin Zhao, Antoine Dorcier, Ana Vidis, Claudine Scolaro, Wee Han Ang, Adrian Benjamin Chaplin, Anna Katherine Renfrew, Ilaria Biondi, Ryan Dykeman, Séverine Joëlle Moret, Catherine Clavel, Pui Shan Genevieve Lau, Valentin Michael Manzanares, Sviatlana Siankevich, Fook Seng Ronald Lee, Alena Karakulina, Felix Daniel Bobbink, Aswin Gopakumar, Lucinda Kate Batchelor, Dmitry Vasilyev, Martin Hulla, Antoine Philippe Van Muyden, Serhii Shyshkanov, Erfan Shirzadi, Wei-Tse Lee, Po-Jen Tseng, Mouna Hadiji, Yameng Hao, Irina Sinenko, Kedar Ashok Abhyankar, Lindsey Frederiksen, Jaques-Christopher Schmidt, Jan Romano de Gea, Xinbang Wu, Xunhui Wang
Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector
Céline Fellay, Oliver Anthony Beswick, Lu Chen
Courses
Practical - Dyson Lab
BIO-603(DP)
In vitro cytotoxicity testing is often the first step to establish the utility of a compound as a potential drug. The course will teach students how to evaluate the cytotoxicity of compounds on cancer cells of human-origin and appropriate non-tumorigenic cell lines.
Preparative chemistry I
CH-220
Apply basic reactivity in organic chemistry to the multi-step synthesis of polyfunctional molecules. Instruction on safety regulation in laboratories of chemical synthesis. Instruction on the planification and monitoring of simple synthetic pathways.