Tom Ian Battin
EPFL Valais Wallis
EPFL ENAC IIE RIVER
Route des Ronquos 86
1951 Sion
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Office:
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EPFL ENAC LIMNC
GR A2 434 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne
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Office:
GR A2 434
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Awards
Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
2023
Teaching & PhD
PhD Students
Martin Boutroux, Aleksei Dukat, Stefan Eckensperger, L Francomme, Jingyi Hou, Zhe Liu
Past EPFL PhD Students
Marta Boix Canadell (2020), Massimo Bourquin (2024), Jade Brandani (2023), Anna Depetris (2021), Asa Lovisa Viktoria Horgby (2019), Amin Niayifar (2019), Jonas Paccolat (2025), David Scheidweiler (2019), Pier Luigi Segatto (2021), David Touchette (2026)
Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector
Courses
Aquatic ecosystems
ENV-321
Inland waters are now being recognized are major players of global biogeochemical cycles. They also provide essential ecosystem services such as fresh water and fish, and link continental processes with atmospheric and marine processes. The understanding of the structure and function of inland water
Fundamentals in ecology
ENV-220
The students will learn the fundamentals in ecology with the goal to perceive the environment beyond its physical and chemical characteristics. Starting from basic concepts, they will acquire mechanistic understanding of biodiversity, ecosystem functioning and global change.
Global change ecology and fluvial ecosystems
ENV-512
Understand the functioning of rivers, focusing on hydrological, geomorphologic, biogeochemical and ecological components, and their linkages. Analyze impacts of global change on rivers ecosystems, develop skills related to synthesizing and interpreting literature and communicating science.