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“I live vicariously through the researchers and their experiments”

— Kevin Sivula is driven by curiosity to understand the nature of chemical systems for direct solar to fuel energy conversion. His love of color change has been a common thread throughout his endeavors.

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Scalable graphene membranes: a leap for carbon capture

— Scientists at EPFL have developed a scalable method to produce porous graphene membranes that efficiently separate carbon dioxide. The breakthrough could significantly reduce the cost and footprint of carbon capture technology.

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Strain “trick” improves perovskite solar cells' efficiency

— Researchers at EPFL have found a way to dramatically reduce energy loss and boost efficiency of perovskite solar cells by incorporating rubidium using lattice strain—a slight deformation in the atomic structure that helps keep rubidium in place.

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ISIC Memento – Conferences and Thesis

Electronic Structure Reading Group: Green-Kubo Method for Computing Transport Coefficients: Heat Transport from Classical to Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics

13-05-202513-05-2025

With: Davide Tisi
Place and room: MA B1 524
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Prof. Arvind Rajendran

Prof. Arvind Rajendran : The Challenge of CO2/H2O Co-adsorption for Point-Source and Direct Air Capture

15-05-202515-05-2025

With: Prof. Arvind Rajendran, Chemical and Materials Engineering Dpt , University of Alberta, Edmonton, USA
Place and room: I17 4 K2
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65378030944
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Prof. Marina Freitag

Prof. Marina Freitag : Diffuse Light to Structured Information

16-05-202516-05-2025

With: Prof. Marina Freitag, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, UK  
Place and room: Tseuzier
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65378030944
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Mechanism of Iron- and Cobalt-Catalyzed MHAT Hydrofunctionalization of Alkenes

19-05-202519-05-2025

With: Prof. Patrick Holland, Conkey P. Whitehead Professor of Chemistry at Yale University, USA
Place and room: CH G1 495
Category: Conferences – Seminars

TBA

21-05-202521-05-2025

With: Prof. David Berkowitz, University of Nebraska, USA https://chem.unl.edu/person/david-berkowitz/  
Place and room: BCH 2201
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Prof. Nikita Kavokine's Inaugural Lecture: What is Quantum Plumbing?

22-05-202522-05-2025

With: Professor Nikita Kavokine Quantum Plumbing Lab (LNQ)
Place and room: CE 1 5
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/64838167543
Category: Inaugural lectures – Honorary Lecture

Stereocontrol in Photochemical Reactions

22-05-202522-05-2025

With: Prof. Tehshik P. Yoon, University of Winsconsin-Madison, WI, USA https://yoon.chem.wisc.edu/tehshik/
Place and room: Génopode C
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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ISIC Seminars

Modern Organic chemistry-Success stories (CH-642)

Organized jointly by Professors Nicolai Cramer, Jieping Zhu and Jerome Waser, the seminars usually take place on Wednesday at 17:15. Unless indicated otherwise, the lecture takes place in BCH 2218.

Physical Chemistry Seminars (CH-630)

The Physical Chemistry Seminar Series at ISIC.
Unless it is otherwise specified, the seminars take place on Thursday at 17:15 in BCH 2201.

Highlights energy research and chemical engineering (ChE-612)

The seminar series “Chemical Engineering and Energy Seminars ” is organized by Prof. Wendy Queen and take place on Friday at 16:15.

Chemical Biology Seminar Series 3 (CH-637)

The Chemical Biology Seminars Series is Organized by Prof. Christian Heinis, Prof. Beat Fierz and Prof. Angela Steinauer.. It takes place every Tuesday at 16:15 unless otherwise indicated.

AI in chemistry and beyond: Trends in the field (ChE-607)

The Machine Learning Seminars are organized by Prof. Berend Smit, Prof. Clémence Corminboeuf and Prof. Jiri Vanicek, the seminars usually take place on Tuesdays at 15:15. Unless indicated otherwise, the lecture takes place on Zoom.