Alumni (LTC & LPAC)

Dear Alumni of LTC and LPAC, if you wish to be included or if your contact info is missing or not correct, please let us know!

Guillaume Broggi 
PhD thesis (2018-2023), now Postdoc scientist in aerospace engineering at TU Delft, The Netherlands.

Bariș Çağlar
Postdoc (2017-2021), now Assistant Professor at TU Delft, The Netherlands.

Feyza Karasu
Postdoc (2016-2018 and 2021-2023), now Senior Chemist at Sicpa SA, Switzerland.

Aigoul Schreier
PhD thesis (2020-2024)

Alexandre Looten
PhD thesis (2020-2024)

Valentin Rougier
Postdoc (2021-2024)

Alexios Argyropoulos
PhD thesis (2019-2023)

Joanne Vaucher
 Master thesis (2019) and engineer (2021-2022) now sustainability project leader at Groupe JPF, Switzerland.

Céline Wyss
PhD thesis (2016-2020), now R&D Engineer / Operations at Inergio SA, Switzerland.

Yann Lebaupin
Postdoc (2017-2020), now Research And Development Engineer at Bcomp Ltd, Switzerland.

Colin Gomez
Engineer (2020)

Amaël Cohades
PhD thesis (2014-2018 and Postdoc 2018-2020), now CEO at CompPair, Switzerland.

Robin Trigueira
Engineer (2019-2020), now CTO at CompPair, Switzerland.

Cecilia Scazzoli
Master thesis (2019), now Technology Manager at CompPair, Switzerland.

Julien Carron
Engineer (2007-2010 and 2016-2019), now Research And Development Engineer at Bcomp Ltd, Switzerland.

Emylou Jaquier
Master thesis (2019).

Alexandre Mordasini
Engineer (2017-2019).

Nathan Hostettler
Engineer (2019), now PhD student at McGill, Canada.

David Framil
Postdoc (2017-2019), now Associate Director, Financial Crime Prevention: Threat Intelligence Analyst at UBS, Switzerland.

Mathieu Piccand
Engineer (2015-2018), now R&D Process Leader, Maillefer, Switzerland.

Chandran Rajasundar
PhD thesis (2013-2017) and Postdoc (2018) now product specialist at Essemtec AG (Nanodimension).

Luca Mueller
Engineer (2016-2018), now at , Switzerland.

Sanesh Iyer
Master thesis (2018), now at Graduate Research Assistant at McGill University, Canada.

Damiano Salvatori
PhD thesis (2014-2018), now Research and Innovation Consultant, New-York, USA.

Matthieu Piccand
Engineer (2014-2018), now Technical Commission Coordinator at the FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme), Geneva, Switzerland.

Matteo Marascio
PhD thesis (2014-2018), now Head of Analytics and Data Science @ Amazon, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.

David-Frédéric Schmidt
Master thesis (2018)

Grégory Riesen
Master thesis (2018), now Engineer at Rolex, Switzerland.

Théo Lachat
Master thesis (2018), now Design Quality Engineer at MindMaze, Switzerland.

Tatiana Pachova
Engineer (2017-2018)

Tiphaine Paulhiac
Engineer (2016-2017), now Senior Project Manager Officer, , Lausanne, Switzerland.

Nadège Guédon
Master thesis (2017), now R&D Backcountry Touring & Nordic Boots Project Manager at Atomic Austria GmbH.

Pierre Cully
Master thesis (2017), now Research Engineer at AGC Glass Europe, Belgium.

Lionel Wasser
Master thesis (2017), now project manager at Rolex, Switzerland.

Sara Dalle Vacche
Postdoc (2006-2017), now Assistant Professor at Politecnico di Torino, Italy.

Sylvain Galland
Postdoc (2015-2016), now R&D Process Engineer at Axalta Coating Systems, Bulle, Switzerland.

Marc Demierre
Engineer (2015-2016), now Project manager product developement and sustainable supply chain at Rolex, Switzerland.

Wouter Post
Exchange PhD (2016), now Researcher at Wageningen Food & Biobased Research, the Netherlands.

Yonghoon Yoon
PhD thesis (2012-2016), now at LG Hausys, Republic of Korea.

Federica Sordo
PhD thesis (2012-2016), now at BBraun, Switzerland.

Azadeh Khoushabi
PhD thesis (2012-2016), now Technical Support Engineer at Circa Group, Basel, Switzerland.

Anouk Dorogi
Master thesis (2016), now Medical Devices Engineer at UCB, Switzerland.

Théo Milliez
Master thesis (2016), now at Helvetia Environment, Switzerland.

Chloé Waeber
Master thesis (2016), now Project Manager at at Dentsply Maillefer, Vallorbe, Switzerland.

Martin Hofmann
Master thesis (2016), Founding Partner of Technis, and now researcher at ETHZ, Switzerland.

Christopher Plummer
Member of the laboratory direction, (1997-2016), now at LMOM-EPFL.

Marek Jancik
Master thesis (2014 and Engineer (2016), now Manager Automotive at Bcomp Ltd, Switzerland.

Lilian Medina
Master thesis (2015), now PhD student at KTH-Stockholm, Sweden.

Damien Chevret
Master thesis (2015).

Michael Hausmann
Master thesis (2015), now PhD student at EMPA/ETHZ, Switzerland.

Benjamin Rime
Master thesis (2015), now Scientist at Berner Fachhochschule BFH, Switzerland.

Laurent Dejace
Master thesis (2015), now PhD student at LSBI-EPFL.

Tommaso Nardi
PhD thesis (2012-2015), now at Deloitte, Chicago, USA.

Luis Canal
Postdoc (2012-2015), now Researcher at DuPont, Switzerland.

Marina Gonzalez Lazo
PhD thesis (2012-2015), now Program Coordinator at EPFL, Switzerland.

Brennan Bailey
Postdoc (2013-2015), now Medical Writer at NSPM ltd, Luzern, Switzerland.

Pierre Jacquet
Engineer (2012-2015), now Senior Sustainability & CSR Consultant at Quantis International, France.

Florian Dujonc
Engineer (2012-2015), now Operational & RH Manager at Groupe Effusions SA, Switzerland.

Maxime Cattin
Master thesis (2012) and Engineer (2012-2015), now Product Assurance Manager at APCO Technologies SA, Switzerland.

Erica Manfredi
PhD thesis (2011-2015), now Project coordinator at Rolex, Switzerland.

Thomas Chenal
Master thesis (2014), now Manufacturing Engineer at Medtronic, Switzerland.

Katja Fröhlich
Master thesis (2014).

Raphaël Thierrin
Master thesis (2014) now Scientist at Osmotex AG, Switzerland.

Edgars Sparnins
Postdoc (2013-2014), Founder of DIMD AUDIO, Riga, Latvia.

Alessandra Apicella
Postdoc (2011-2014), now at Swiss Embassy, South Korea.

Fabien Duc
Master thesis (2010) and PhD thesis (2011-2014), now Material Scientist at Philip Morris International, Switzerland.

Robert Tween
Engineer (2010-2014), now at Scheurer Design & Engineering, Zurich, Switzerland.

Kaspar Schadegg
Chief Engineer and member of the laboratory direction (2009-2014), now at Global Tool Trading AG Composites, Kriens, Switzerland.

Suzanne Glock
PhD thesis (2011-2014), now at Constellium, Switzerland.

Manuel Bianco
Master thesis (2013), now PhD student at EPFL-Wallis.

C. Grize
Master thesis (2013).

J. Richard
Master thesis (2013).

S. Ben Mlouka
Master thesis (2013).

B. Guerra
Master thesis (2013).

Joël Porret
Master thesis (2013).

V. Reymond
Master thesis (2013).

Sandra Diego-Marina
Master thesis (2013), now Corporate Key Account Manager en Endesa, Spain.

Maria Benavente
Engineer (2012-2013), now R&D Project Manager at Hutchinson, Montréal, Canada.

Matthieu Mottet
Master thesis and Engineer (2010-2013).

Jean-Baptiste Leran
Engineer (2010-2013), now at LMSC-EPFL.

Fabiane Oliveira
Postdoc (2011-2013).

Jericho Moll
Postdoc (2011-2013), now Manager at Exponent Failure Analysis Associates, Natick, MA, USA.

Charly Azra
PhD thesis (2009-2013), now Fuel cell R&D team leader at PO-Celltech, Israel.

Mathieu Soutrenon
PhD thesis (2010-2013), now Associate professor at HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland.

Robert A. Witik
PhD thesis (2007-2013), now Senior Specialist for Sustainability & Packaging Material Science at Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland.

Tom Delaviere
Master thesis (2012), now Customer Support Engineer at Bergoz Instrumentation, France.

Blaise Friderici
Master thesis (2012), now Business Director at Friderici Spécial, Switzerland.

Samuel Siegfried
Master thesis (2012), now New Business Manager at JSP, Switzerland.

Yannick De Giorgi
Master thesis (2012), now Packaging engineer at Aproz Sources Minérales SA, Switzerland.

Ahlem Lamkarfed
Engineer (2010-2012), now Head of Global Life Cycle Management, BBraun Medical SA-PSM, Switzerland.

Paul Velut
Engineer (2009-2012), now Mechanical team manager at Flyability, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Rémy Teuscher
Engineer (2009-2012), now Sustainability Analyst at Amcor Flexibles, Switzerland.

Sam Neuser
PhD thesis (2009-2012), now Engineer at RUAG Space AB, Switzerland.

Basile Golaz
PhD thesis (2009-2012), now Materials Science Engineers at HYDRO Exploitation SA, Switzerland.

Carole Boissard
Master thesis and PhD thesis (2008-2012), now R&D Materials Engineer, Montres Breguet SA, Switzerland.

Matthieu Cuénoud
PhD thesis (2008-2012), now Project Manager at CFF, Switzerland.

Sophie Faller
Engineer (2011).

J. Jovanovic
Master thesis (2011).

Nicolet
Master thesis (2011).

M. Genoud
Master thesis (2011).

Yaobo Ding
Master thesis (2011).

Krista Lumsden
Master thesis and Engineer (2010-2011), now Senior Development Engineer at B.Braun Medical, Switzerland.

Marc Oggier
Engineer (2009-2011), now Scientific Researcher at Norwegian Polar Institute, Norway.

Claire Delabarde
PhD thesis (2008-2011), now Global Clinical Research Specialist at Dentsply Sirona, Switzerland.

Antoine Sigg
Engineer (2008-2011), now Fiber Optic Manager, American Magic – Challenger, America’s Cup, USA.

Judith Waller
Postdoc (2007-2011), now Masters Student at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

Cristian Neagu
Postdoc (2006-2011), now Senior Packaging Engineer at Philip Morris International, Switzerland.

  • François Dauphin (Master thesis 2010).
  • Jose M. Pariona Lartiga (Master thesis 2010).
  • Chiara Spadaro (Postdoc 2008-2010), now Product Manager at Philip Morris International, Switzerland.
  • Yannick Roulin (Engineer 2008-2010), now R&D Mechanical Engineer at Bobst, Switzerland.
  • Martin Molberg (PhD thesis 2007-2010), now at Denso GmbH, Germany.
  • Riccardo Ruggerone (PhD thesis and postdoc, 2006-2010), now at Sensient Imaging Technologies, Switzerland.
  • Ana Borges de Couraça (PhD thesis 2006-2010), now at Philip Morris International, Switzerland.
  • Valérie Geiser (PhD thesis 2006-2010), now Application Group Manager at Nestlé Nespresso, Switzerland.
  • François Bonjour (Chief Engineer and member of the laboratory direction 1992-2010).
  • Samuel Vionnet (Engineer 2008-2009), now Sustainability Expert and Founder at Valuing Nature, Guatemala.
  • Steve Hancock (Postdoc 2007-2009), Co-founder at InCA Technology, Switzerland.
  • Laure Lalande (PhD thesis and postdoc, 2004-2009), now at University of Applied Science – Western Switzerland.
  • Pascal Clausen (PhD thesis 2006-2009), Founder and CEO of Osylum and Researcher at EPFL.
  • Eva Kirkby (PhD thesis 2006-2009), now at Imperial Innovations, London, UK.
  • Sandra Sequeira Lopes Tavares (PhD thesis 2006-2009), now at CERN, Switzerland.
  • Markus Nordlund (Postdoc 2007-2008), now Manager Scientific and Medical Affairs at Philip Morris International, Switzerland.
  • Daniel Schmäh (Engineer 2006-2008), now Product Manager at Nidecker SA, Switzerland.
  • Albert Pinyol (Postdoc 2006-2008), now at Swiss Re, Switzerland.
  • Vinodh Mewani (Postoc 2006-2008), now Senior IP Analyst, India.
  • Manuel Buehler (PhD thesis 2005-2008), now at Huber+Suhner AG, Switzerland.
  • Julien Rion (PhD thesis 2005-2008), co-founder of BComp, Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Simon Jespersen (PhD thesis 2005-2008), now at Dow Chemical, Switzerland.
  • Sébastien Lavanchy (Engineer 2004-2008), now at Earth Space Technical Ecosystem Enterprises SA, Switzerland.
  • Aurélie Mottet (Engineer 2007), now Expatriate at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
  • Céline Ternat (PhD thesis 2004-2007), now at UCB, Bulle, Switzerland.
  • Bandeep Singh (PhD thesis 2004-2007), now at ABB, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
  • Chrystelle Houphouet-Boigny (PhD thesis 2004-2007), now at Philip Morris International, Switzerland.
  • Christian Fischer (Master thesis and PhD thesis 2004-2007), co-founder of BComp, Fribourg, Switzerland.
  • Damien Gilliéron (Engineer 2006-2007), now Project Manager at Rolex, Switzerland.
  • Young-Hyun Jin (Exchange PhD student from KAIST, South Korea, and Postdoc 2004-2007), now Senior Researcher, KISTEP, South Korea.
  • Martyn Wakeman (Postdoc and head of LTC’s Industrial Inmplementaiton Group 1997-2007), now Senior Consultant, Switzerland.
  • Grégory François (Postdoc 2005-2006), now at the Automatic Control Lab, EPFL.
  • Julien Ramier (Postdoc 2004-2006), now Senior Materials Scientist at Schlumberger, UK.
  • Pierre Dumont (Postdoc 2004-2006), now Full Professor at INSA Lyon, France.
  • Julien Plojoux (Master thesis and Engineer 2003-2006), now Supervisor Device Development at PMI R&D, Switzerland.
  • Emmanuelle Comte (Engineer 2002-2006), now Product Manager at FURUNO France SAS.
  • Lars Erik Schmidt (PhD thesis 2002-2006), now Technology Lead Center Manager at ABB, Sweden.
  • Jérôme Bouchet (Postdoc 2002-2006), now R&D Manager at Rolex, Switzerland.
  • Fabio Demarco (Engineer 2001-2006), now Technical Leader at Thermo Fisher Scientific, Switzerland.
  • Gregory Tornare (Engineer 2005), now Engineer in Environmental Technologies, Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Niklas Jansson (Postdoc 2003-2005).
  • Pascal Vuilliomenet (Engineer and member of the laboratory direction 2002-2005), now Manager of Strategic Projects, VPIV-EPFL.
  • Dima Tanzilli-Merhi (Postdoc 2002-2005), now Project Team Leader at ALTRAN, France.
  • Gabrielle Pax (Master thesis and PhD thesis 2001-2005), now at NV Bekaert SA, Belgium.
  • Julien Verrey (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1999-2004), now at B.Braun Medical, Switzerland.
  • Joëlle Wolfrath (Master thesis and PhD thesis 2000-2004), now at SwissGEL AG, Switzerland.
  • Xavier Buillard (PhD thesis 2001-2004), now at Samsung, Republic of Korea.
  • Laurence Mathieu (PhD thesis and post-doc, 2000-2007), now at Anteis SA – Merz, Switzerland.
  • Stephen Clifford (Postdoc 2002-2004), now Global Service Manager at ABB Baden, Switzerland.
  • Léonard Médico (Enginer 2002-2004), now at Aisapack, Switzerland.
  • Marlene Rodlert (PhD thesis 2001-2004), now at Imerys Graphite & Carbon, Switzerland.
  • Per-Ola Hagstrand (Postdoc 2000-2004), now Expert at Borealis Innovation Centre, Sweden.
  • Loïc Zingraff (PhD thesis 1999-2004), now at Sika Technology AG, Switzerland.
  • Alp Sarioglu (PhD thesis 2000-2003), now at AKSA, Turkey.
  • Gil Rochat (PhD thesis 2000-2003), now Head of Strategic Project Portfolio and OE at CSL Behring, Switzerland.
  • José Antonio Balta (PhD thesis 2000-2003), now at Stematix, Switzerland.
  • Lazlo Garamszegi (Postdoc 1998-2003), now Consultant at Agap2, Switzerland.
  • Patrick Sutter (Engineer 2002).
  • Seung-Bum Kil (Postdoc, 2000-2002).
  • Hervé Teil (Engineer 2000-2002), now Production Unit Manager, Sogefi Group, Montreal, Canada.
  • Lars Lundquist (PhD thesis 1999-2002), now at Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland.
  • Nicolas Weibel (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1997-2002), now at Greene Tweed, Switzerland.
  • David Mendels (PhD thesis 1998-2001), now Professor at Surya University, Indonesia.
  • Raffaelle Mezzenga (PhD thesis 1998-2001), now Full Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Food & Soft Materials, ETHZ, Switzerland.
  • Alexandre Luisier (PhD thesis 1998-2001), now at AkzoNobel, Switzerland.
  • Louis Boogh (Postdoc 1994-2001), now Development Manager Ballistic Protection at DuPont, Switzerland.
  • Ronnie Törnqvist (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1995-2000), now CEO at CalixKlippan AB, Sweden.
  • Gustav Jannerfeldt (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1995-2000), now at The Chemours Company, Wilmington, DE, USA.
  • Nicolas Bernet (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1994-2000), now General Manager BU Medical at Composites Busch SA, Switzerland.
  • Stéphane Page (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1996-2000), now Head of Technology Insulation & Components, ABB, Switzerland.
  • Mika Meller (PhD thesis 1997-2000), now Global Manager at Armacell, Germany.
  • Marc Doyle (Engineer 1997-2000), now Executive VP at Cytec Solvay.
  • Jean-Emile Zanetto (PhD thesis 1997-2000), now Head of Strategy – Director, Corporate Development at Lonza, Switzerland.
  • Colin Servais (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1995-2000), now Business Quality Manager at Nestlé, Switzerland.
  • André Luciani (Postdoc 1996-2000), now Director at IRT Jules Verne, France.
  • Philippe Berguerand (Engineer 1992-2000), now at Michelin, Switzerland.
  • Marc-André Grumser (Engineer 1998-1999).
  • Sonia Japon (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1994-1999), now Global Product Specialist at DuPont, Switzerland.
  • Yong-Song Eom (PhD thesis 1996-1999), now at ETRI, Republic of Korea.
  • Olivier Rozant (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1994-1999), now EMEA Application Development Leader Life Protection at DuPont, Switzerland.
  • Matthias Walter (Postdoc, 1997-1998).
  • Paul Sunderland (PhD thesis 1994-1997 and member of the laboratory direction until 2001), now Deputy to the Vice President for Research, EPFL.
  • Yves Wyser (PhD thesis 1994-1997), now Packaging Research Scientist at Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland.
  • Per-Arne Eriksson (PhD thesis 1994-1997 with KTH Stockholm), now product development director at Scania AB, Sweden.
  • Jacques-Eric Bidaux (Postdoc 1991-1997), now Professor of materials science and technology at the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland in Sion, Switzerland.
  • Staffan Toll (Postdoc 1991-1997).
  • Anders Ericsson (PhD thesis 1993-1996), now Vice President R&D at Seco Tools, Sweden.
  • Gregory Smith (PhD thesis 1993-1996), now Professor, Department of Wood Science, University of British Columbia, Canada.
  • Patrick Kim (PhD thesis 1992-1995), now Vice President at BMW Group, Germany.
  • Marco Connor (PhD thesis 1991-1995), now European Patent Attorney and founding partner of Pecher & Partners, Belgium.
  • Richard Phillips (Master thesis and PhD thesis 1991-1996), now Manager at Federal Office of Energy, Switzerland.
  • Janis Andersons (Postdoc 1995), now Senior Researcher at Institute for Mechanics of Materials, University of Latvia.
  • Jakob Lange (PhD thesis 1990-1995), now Account Director at Ypsomed AG, Switzerland.
  • Mats Johansson (Postdoc 1994), now Professor at KTH, Stockholm, Sweden.