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Biography
Xile Hu was born in 1978 in Putian, southeastern China. He entered the Peking University in Beijing in 1996. Besides learning too little chemistry, his biggest regret in the college was not able to correct his southern accent in Mandarin. After graduated from PKU, he went to the United States and began his doctoral studies at the University of California, San Diego. In December 2004, he finished with a Ph.D. in chemistry and some fond memories of the beautiful city of San Diego. He then moved to the Los Angeles area and become a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology. There he enjoyed numerous stimulating scientific (and other) discussions with friends and colleagues. He also made plenty of friends outside the campus and was a frequent in many local Chinese restaurants. In 2007, after two pleasant visits to Switzerland, he decided to move across the continent one more time and join the faculty of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He now directs the Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis and is interested in developing chemistry for synthesis, energy and sustainability.Awards
2023 : IUPAC-Zhejiang NHU International Award for Green Chemistry : International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
2023 : Robert K. Grasselli Award for Catalysis : European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS)
2020 : Member, Academia Europaea
2020 : International Catalysis Award : International Association of Catalysis Societies
2019 : Homogeneous Catalysis Award : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2018 : Resonate Award for Sustainability Science, : Caltech
2017 : National Latsis Prize : Latsis foundation
2017 : 2017 Organic Letters Outstanding Publication of the Year Lectureship Award from the : American Chemical Society (ACS) Division of Organic Chemistry and Organic Letters
2017 : Tajima Prize : International Society of Electrochemistry
2015 : Young Research Award : European Federation of Catalysis Societies
2014 : Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry
2014 : Organometallics Young Investigator Fellowship : American Chemical Society
2014 : Rising Star, International Conference on Coordination Chemistry
2013 : Chemical Society Reviews Emerging Investigator Lectureship : Royal Society of Chemistry
2012 : Member of the Young Academy of Europe
2012 : Extraordinary Young Scientist, World Economic Forum
2010 : Werner Prize : Swiss Chemical Society
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering