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Kay Severin

kay.severin@epfl.ch http://lcs.epfl.ch/

EPFL SB ISIC LCS
BCH 3307 (Batochime UNIL)
Av. F.-A. Forel 2
1015 Lausanne

Kay Severin was born in Germany in 1967. He obtained his Ph.D. in 1995 with a thesis in the group of Prof. W. Beck, University of Munich. Subsequently, he joined the group of Prof. M. R. Ghadiri as a postdoctoral fellow. In 1997, he started independent research projects ("Habilitation") at the Department of Chemistry, University of Munich. In 2001, he became assistant professor at the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). Since 2009, he is full professor at the same institute. Awards: Bayerischer Habilitations Förderpreis (1997), ADUC award of the year (2001), Heinz Maier-Leibnitz award of the DFG (2001), award of the Karl-Ziegler foundation (2001), Arnold Sommerfeld award of the Bavarian Academy of Science (2001), Werner Prize of The Swiss Chemical Society (2003), Otto Roelen Medal of the DECHEMA (2005), award for chemistry of the Academy of Sciences, Göttingen (2007), Dalton Transactions European Lectureship (2008).

Awards

ADUC award of the year

2001

Heinz Maier-Leibnitz award

DFG

2001

Arnold Sommerfeld award

Bavarian Academy of Science

2001

Werner Prize

Swiss Chemical Society

2003

Otto Roelen Medal

DECHEMA

2005

chemistry award

Academy of Sciences Göttingen

2007

Dalton Transactions European Lectureship

2008

Infoscience

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Damien Wen Chen, Jacob Alexander Gome, Maxim Dominic Hamers, Christeena Mathew, Jean Charles Edouard de Montmollin, Lena Rieder, Dicky Wong, keqiang Wu

Past EPFL PhD Students

Florian Gérald Abela (2018), Cesare Berton (2023), José Luis Bila (2020), Carl Thomas Bormann (2022), Thomas Brasey (2006), Estelle Burri (2006), Andrey Buryak (2007), Giacomo Cecot (2019), Nicolas Christinat (2008), Barnali Dutta (2010), Noga Eren (2026), Léonard Yannick Maurice Eymann (2018), Sébastien Gauthier (2006), Erica Giraldi (2021), Anastasia Gitlina (2024), Zacharias Immanuel Grote (2006), Burçak Içli (2012), Vera Janowski (2012), Suzanne Maria Jansze (2019), Loïc Nicolas Jeanbourquin (2018), Gregor Kiefer (2015), Ziya Köstereli (2015), Iris Roswitha Landman (2022), Bo Ram Lee (2014), Marie-Line Lehaire (2004), Nicolas Luisier (2016), Mathieu Jérémie Marmier (2016), Sebastian Mirtschin (2010), Ophélie Marie Planes (2021), Laurent Quebatte (2005), Julie Risse (2013), Sébastien Rochat (2010), Alexander Schiller (2006), Clément Schouwey (2014), Erin Sheepwash (2012), Sylvain Alexandre Marie Sudan (2024), Abdusalom Suleymanov (2020), Katrin Anne Thommes (2010), Justus Tönnemann (2015), Alexander Tskhovrebov (2014), Paul Varava (2022), Matthew David Wise (2015), Friederike Gundula Marie Zaubitzer (2010)

Courses

Chemistry of elements s and p

CH-221

Introduction to the chemistry of the s & p elements of the periodic table.

Inorganic chemistry "Applications and spin-offs"

CH-711

Present and discuss important recent contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry. This will be achieved by student literature seminars based on selected publications,emanating from the last 12 months. Seminar preceded by an introduction to the topic and followed by a group discussion.

Inorganic chemistry "Fundamentals and properties"

CH-610

To present and discuss important recent contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry with an emphasis on fundamental aspects and properties.Literature seminars based on selected publications,emanating from the last 12 months, preceded by introduction and followed by a group discussion.

Inorganic chemistry "Techniques and methods"

CH-611

To present and discuss important recent contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry incorporating techniques and methods. Student literature seminars based on selected publications,emanating from the last 12 months. Seminar preceded by introduction to the topic followed by group discussion.

Preparative chemistry II

CH-329

Advanced chemistry laboratory Admission to the TP is conditional on the successful completion of 2 of the 3 courses: CH-222 Coordination chemistry, CH-223 Organometallic chemistry, CH-233 Fonctions et réactions organiques

Supramolecular chemistry

CH-424

The course provides an introduction to supramolecular chemistry. In addition, current trends are discussed using recent publications in this area.