— At the Magistrale, Giulia has received the 2024 EPFL Best Teaching Award “ En reconnaissance de ses nombreuses contributions à l’enseignement du génie mécanique allant de la thermodynamique à la nanophotonique, ainsi que de ses remarquables compétences pédagogiques renforcées par sa facilité de contact et d’interaction, qui ont induit un climat d’apprentissage exemplaire “. Congratulations! EPFL Interview
— Giulia has been awarded the 2024 Daniela Pucci Prize in Nanotechnology for “ significant contributions to the field of light-energy harnessing and conversion and in the development of innovative nanophotonics devices. Her pioneering research has advanced the understanding and application of energy conversion technologies“. Congratulations!
— Dr. Bowman has been awarded a Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship by SNSF. His 2 year project will focus on plasmon-enhanced visualization of buried interfaces in solar cells. Congratulations!
2023 Zellner Prize for Physical Chemistry.
— Giulia has been awarded the Zellner Prize in Physical Chemistry for “crucial contributions to the understanding of “hot” charge carriers for energy conversion, especially photodetection and plasmon-induced photocatalysis“. Congratulations!
Welcome Ershad!
— Ershad Mohammadi joins LNET as a postdoc.
PhD candidacy exam
— Milad successfully passed his candidacy exam. Now he is officially a PhD candidate in the Energy Doctoral Program. Great job Milad!
Welcome Elif!
— Elif Nur Dayi starts her PhD at LNET.
Congratulations Dr. Tang!
— Dr. Tang leaves LNET to start her independent academic career at Fudan University ! Congratulations Hongyu and all the best for your new start!
Prof. Tagliabue joins Nanophotonics Editorial Board!
— Prof. Tagliabue has joined the editorial board of Nanophotonics!
SNSF Starting Grant!
— Prof. Tagliabue has been awarded a SNSF Starting Grant to expand LNET’s research effort on hydrovoltaic devices! Read the EPFL article for more info.
Welcome back Can!
— Can Karaman was a research assistant at LNET during his master studies. After his master thesis at King’s College London (Zayats’ group) , he comes back to LNET as a PhD student. Welcome back!
New Collaborative Funding!
— LRESE, LNET and SMAL have received funding through the STI Engineering Discovery Initiatives to develop a propotype of mini-refineries for CO2 reduction!
PhD candidacy exam
— Matteo successfully passed his candidacy exam. Now he is officially a PhD candidate in the Photonics Doctoral Program. Great job Matteo!
— Giulia receives the 2021 Nanophotonics Award for “significant contributions to fundamental and applied science at the intersection of nanophotonics and catalysis“.
PhD candidacy exam
— Tarique successfully passed his candidacy exam. Now he is officially a PhD candidate in the Energy Doctoral Program. Great job Tarique!
— Alfredo Naef was a research assistant at LNET during his master studies. After his master thesis at JJ Cooling Innovation, he comes back to LNET as a PhD student. Welcome back!
— LNET is looking for a new Postdoc to join the lab. Check out this great opportunity Link – Position filled
Ted awarded Spark grant. Congratulations!
— Dr. Tsoulos has been awarded a Spark grant by the SNSF to study the interplay of plasmonic hot-carriers and plasmonic heating. The grant will support him for a year in 2020.
LNET awarded a Korean-Swiss Science and Technology grant!
— LNET has been awarded a Korean-Swiss Science and Technology grant by the SNSF to study fundamental mechanisms and technological applications of photogating of graphene. The project will last four years and will be carried on in collaboration with the Jang group at KAIST.
— Fatemeh presents a poster at the Swiss Nano Convention about a new scalable ultra-broadband absorber design. Nice work!
Interview with Prof. Tagliabue
— STI interviewed Prof. Tagliabue to learn more about LNET Link
The Optical Lab is ready!
— Today the optical tables have been moved into the lab. This endeavour certainly did not go unnoticed in MED! Thanks to all who have helped in organizing and making the move happen!
Welcome Fatemeh!
— Fatemeh Kiani joins LNET as a PhD student.
Welcome Evelyn!
— Mrs. Evelyn Rovero joins LNET as administrative assistant.
