Tom Ian Battin

EPFL Valais Wallis
EPFL ENAC IIE RIVER
Route des Ronquos 86
1951 Sion

EPFL ENAC LIMNC
GR A2 434 (Bâtiment GR)
Station 2
1015 Lausanne

Awards

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medal

European Geosciences Union (EGU)

2023

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

David Touchette, Zhe Liu, Aleksei Dukat, Martin Boutroux, Jingyi Hou, Léa Francomme, Stefan Eckensperger

Past EPFL PhD Students

Amin Niayifar, David Scheidweiler, Asa Lovisa Viktoria Horgby, Marta Boix Canadell, Pier Luigi Segatto, Anna Depetris, Jade Brandani, Massimo Bourquin, Jonas Paccolat

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Jeremy Wong

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.