👏 Congratulations to Prof. Véronique Michaud, head of the Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites (LPAC) on her promotion to Full Professor of Materials Science in the School of Engineering! More info: www.admin.ch/fr/newnsb/zj...

🎉 Congratulations to Gregor Jotzu from the Dynamic Quantum Materials Laboratory (DQML) on being named a CIFAR Global Scholar — a well-deserved recognition of his pioneering work in quantum materials and light-driven states of matter. cifar.ca/cifarnews/20...

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Meet CIFAR’s newest Global Scholars, 2026–2028

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Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️Monday, 18 May 2026 🕐13:15 🎙️Prof. Warren Chan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 🔎The delivery challenges of nanoparticles to solid tumours Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 11 May 2026 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Prof. Claus Ropers, Max Planck Göttingen, Germany 🔎 Ultrafast Electron Microscopy Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Marian Lumongsod-Thompson from the Tribology and Interfacial Chemistry (TIC) Group for her PhD thesis “Growth and Dissolution Mechanisms of Siderite Scale on Iron under Environmental Transients” under Dr. Anna Neus Igual Munoz and Dr. Stefano Mischler's supervision.

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 4 May 2026 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Prof. Katharina Maniura, EMPA 🔎Instructive soft biomaterials for tissue response by design: steering events at the biointerface Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 27 April 2026 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Dr. Jan-Georg Rosenboom, MIT / MacroCycle, USA 🔎Polymers for people and planet - from solving problems in the lab to solving problems in the world Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

Join the next IMX talk 🗓️ Thursday, April 16 2026 at 16:15 🎙️ Dr. Shaoqing Cui, Zhejiang University, China 🔎 Sustainable green bio-polycarbonates from bio-based feedstocks and CO2 toward carbon-neutral goals Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

Join the next IMX talk 🗓️ Thursday, April 16 2026 at 15:30 🎙️ Prof. Zhenglong Li, Zhejiang University, China 🔎 Value-added utilization of biomass and CO2 for sustainable aviation fuels and biomaterials Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

Join the next IMX talk 🗓️ Wednesday, April 1 2026 at 16:15 🎙️ Prof. Frank Leibfarth, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 🔎 Controlling Reactivity and Selectivity for the Discovery of Sustainable Thermoplastics Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/contro...

Join the next IMX talk 🗓️ Friday, 20 March 2026 at 15:15 🎙️ Prof. Philipp Werner, University of Fribourg, Switzerland 🔎 Nonequilibrium dynamical mean field theory Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/nonequ...

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 23 March 2026 🕐 14:15 🎙️ Prof. Filip Du Prez, Ghent University, Belgium 🔎 How to unlock the industrial potential of reprocessable thermosets through dynamic covalent chemistry Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 23 March 2026 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Prof. Chiara Ciccarelli, University of Cambridge, UK 🔎 Picosecond spin pumping from antiferromagnets Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

Join the next IMX talk 🗓️Friday, March 20 at 15:30 🎙️Dr. Giovanni Pizzi, Center for Scientific Computing, Theory and Data, PSI 🔎From first-principles simulations to autonomous discovery: building a computational ecosystem for accelerated materials design go.epfl.ch/imx

✨ A promising step toward faster bone repair! The Soft Materials Laboratory, led by Prof. Esther Amstad, has developed a 3D-printable scaffold that accelerates bone growth, using an enzyme-driven process that works at room temperature. 🔗 Read more: advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

3D‐Printed Porous Hydroxyapatite Formed via Enzymatic Mineralization

Bone combines lightness, strength, and the ability to heal, inspiring new materials design. This work introduces a room-temperature, enzyme-mediated 3D printing method to create porous hydroxyapatite...

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Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 9 March 2026 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Prof. Alessandra Lanzara, UC Berkeley, USA 🔎 Switching the Quantum World Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

🧑‍🚀 Filippo, Arslan and Paolo doing some PET talk with our friends at the @epfl-ai-center.bsky.social ai.epfl.ch/a-new-refere...

A New Reference Model for Machine-Learning–Driven Materials Discovery - EPFL AI Center

Researchers at EPFL’s Laboratory of Computational Science and Modeling (COSMO) have reached a significant milestone in material science, reaching the top position on Matbench Discovery, the leading be...

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The future is built with better materials! Curious about a Master’s in Materials Science & Engineering? Discover what’s possible at EPFL during the Master Info Days on Feb 25–26 memento.epfl.ch/event/master...

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Stella Laperrousaz from the Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices (FIMAP) of for successfully defending her PhD thesis “Development of soft electronic and optoelectronic fiber-based devices via the thermal drawing process” under Prof. Fabien Sorin supervision

💡A great example of how materials science can clean up everyday products by Prof. Harm-Anton Klok (LP) and Prof. Jeremy Luterbacher (LSCP)! 📄 Science Advances: science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🔗 EPFL news: actu.epfl.ch/news/safer-r...

Sustainable thermal paper formulation using lignocellulosic biomass fractions

Safer and more sustainable thermal paper formulations made from nonedible biomass are introduced.

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Join the next IMX talk 🗓️ Thursday, 8 January 2026 at 15:00 🎙️ Dr. Christian Leinenbach, EMPA and EPFL 🔎 From Powder to Performance: Microstructure Engineering in Metal Additive Manufacturing for Advanced Applications Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Eva Baur from the Soft Materials Laboratory (SMaL) for successfully defending her PhD thesis “From the design to the characterization of granular elastomers for 3D printing applications” under the supervision of Prof. Esther Amstad.

👏 Congratulations to Prof. Dirk Grundler, head of the Laboratory of Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Magnonics (LMGN) on his promotion to Full Professor of Materials Science in the School of Engineering! More info: actu.epfl.ch/news/nominat...

🎓 Last Friday, we celebrated the Bachelor graduation ceremony for our Materials Science & Engineering students! Congratulations to all 33 graduates! Special recognition to Aurelien Curti for the prize for the highest Bachelor’s average and a big thank to the Enigma association for the organization.

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Nicola Marzari, head of the Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Materials (THEOS) and director of NCCR-MARVEL on receiving this prize! Read more: nccr-marvel.ch/news/awards/...

🎓 From 19–21 November, EPFL hosted its Info Days! High school students discovered the Materials Science section through presentations, info booths, and hands-on workshops. Thank you for your enthusiasm, we look forward to seeing you next year!

Join the next IMX-IPHYS talk 🗓️ Friday, 28 November 2025 at 14:15 🎙️ Prof. Angela Pitenis, UCSB, USA 🔎 Surface Physics of Soft Materials Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/surfac...

Join us for the IMX/ISIC Colloquium 🗓️ Wednesday, November, 19 2025 🕐 16:15 🎙️ Prof. Peidong Yang, University of California, Berkeley USA 🔎 Semiconductor nanowire building blocks: from gate-all-around transistors, nanolasers to photochemical diodes Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/specia...

Check out the portrait of Prof. Francesco Stellacci, from the Supramolecular NanoMaterials and Interfaces Laboratory (SuNMIL), who has been named the best teacher for 2025 in the materials science section. Thank you Francesco for your commitment! 👉 actu.epfl.ch/news/i-would...

“I would be my own worst student”

Francesco Stellacci likes teaching all kinds of things. With his effective yet unpretentious manner, he won the 2025 best teacher award for the materials science and engineering section. He lists two ...

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🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Michele Zendrini from LMSC for successfully defending his PhD thesis “Engineering GaAs nanostructures for heterointegration with 2D transition metal dichalcogenides” under Prof. @i_morral and Dr. Valerio Piazza supervision