Seven professors nominated at EPFL
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At its meeting held in December, the Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology appointed seven professors at EPFL.
Drazen Dujic as Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the School of Engineering (STI). Drazen Dujic is an experienced researcher, having both academic and industrial background, and with main research interest being in the area of medium–voltage high-power electronics. His research findings have applications in many industrial areas, such as high-performance variable speed drives or medium-voltage static power converters. In particular, he has developed new concepts for medium-voltage galvanic-isolated conversion, with minimized weight and volume, which are successfully demonstrated in the field.
Joachim Krieger as Full Professor of Mathematics at the School of Basic Sciences (SB). Joachim Krieger is a leading international expert in nonlinear partial differential equations. In his research to date, he has achieved important, ground-breaking discoveries in mathematical physics, both alone and in collaboration with other renowned experts. Joachim Krieger is considered one of the most innovative and creative mathematicians of his generation working in an extremely challenging, competitive, and technical field.
Roland Logé as Associate Professor of Materials Science at the School of Engineering (STI). Holder of the PX Group Chair, his fundamental and applied research in the field of metallurgy, mechanical engineering and the thermodynamic treatment of metals are particularly innovative. He combines experimental and theoretical approaches to study the behavior of metals, including the use of multi-scale modeling. The results of his transdisciplinary research will assist many sectors of Swiss industry.
Carl Petersen as Full Professor of Life Sciences at the School of Life Sciences (SV). Carl Petersen conducts research on key topics in the neurosciences and is acknowledged to be one of the leading scientists in his field. For example, he investigates how neuronal networks initiate signals in the brain and how these signals are perceived, interpreted and implemented by the individual. Carl Petersen uses the latest electrophysiological and chromophoric techniques in his research. He is strongly committed to teaching. He has become a leading expert in the field of in vivo research on neural networks in the cerebral cortex, as well as in state-of-the-art imaging techniques that allow researchers to study dynamic behavior of the networks at the cellular level.
Nisheeth Vishnoi has been appointed as Associate Professor of Computer Science and Communication Systems at the School of Computer and Communication Sciences (IC). Nisheet Vishnoi is a distinguished theoretician. He both investigates fundamental questions such as the complexity of algorithms, as well as studying the ways in which processes in nature and society can be better modelled using methods from theoretical computer science. His findings have applications in economics and biology, for example.
Richard Frackowiak as external Adjunct Professor of Life Sciences at the School of Life Sciences (SV). Currently head of Neurology, and director of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at CHUV, Lausanne, Richard Frackowiak is a pioneer in the use of the latest imaging technologies for mapping and investigating the human brain. His achievements include founding and developing several centers for the use of these technologies, such as positron emission tomography and, later, magnetic resonance tomography. Today, these centers are ranked among the best in the world.
Kei Sakamoto currently Group Leader at Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences in Lausanne, as external Adjunct Professor of Life Sciences at the School of Life Sciences (SV). In his role at Nestlé, Kei Sakamoto works closely with EPFL researchers. Several groups of the faculty of Life Sciences benefit from his outstanding expertise in how the human metabolism functions. Bestowing the title of professor on Kei Sakamoto will further reinforce the relationship between him and the faculty.