Hubert Girault
Professor Emeritus
hubert.girault@epfl.ch http://lepa.epfl.ch
Citizenship: Swiss
Birth date: 13.02.1957
Fields of expertise
Electrochemistry
Redox flow batteries
Hydrogen production and distribution
Analytical Chemistry
Fuel cell cars
Redox flow batteries
Hydrogen production and distribution
Analytical Chemistry
Fuel cell cars
Mission
Teaching and Research in Analytical and Physical ElectrochemistryBiography
Education:1979 - Engineering diploma from Grenoble Institute of Technology. FRANCE.
1982 - PhD- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton.
Thesis entitled : Interfacial studies using drop image processing techniques.
Positions :
1982 - 1984 SERC Research Fellow. University of Southampton.
1984 - 1985 CNRS Research Fellow. University of Southampton.
1985 - 1992 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
1992 - Professor of Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
2011 - 2014 Dean of Bachelor and Master studies
Hubert Girault is the author of 2 textbooks, the co-author of about 600 scientific publications with more than 20'000 citations and the co-inventor of more than 15 patents.
During his academic career, he has supervised 70 PhD students. 30 alumni of his laboratory are now Professors.
Honours: Faraday medal 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry 2007, Reilley Award 2015. Fellow of the Electrochemical Society (USA), Shikata International medal, Polarography Society of Japan.
Associate editor of Chemical Science
Memberships
1994 - 1998 Division Officer of the International Society of Electrochemistry1994 - 1998 Member of the International Advisory Board of Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions
1995 - VP & Editor for chemistry, Presses Polytechniques Universitaires Romandes
1996 2001: Associate Editor of Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
1998 - Member of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
1999 - Member of the International Advisory Board of Journal of the Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry..
1999 - Member of the Editorial Board of Electrochemical Communications.
1999 2000: Président de la Société Suisse dElectrophorèse
2001 - 2002: Member of the Advisory board of the A-pages of Analytical Chemistry.
2002 - Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry.
2003 - Member of the Editorial Board of Electrophoresis.
2003 - Member of the International Academic Committee of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
2003 - Member of the jury of the Carnot Fundation (Paris, France)
2005 - Member of the Editorial Board of Analytical Sciences (Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry)