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
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🗓️ 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
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🗓️ 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
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🗓️ 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
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🗓️ Friday, 20 March 2026 at 15:15
🎙️ Prof. Philipp Werner, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
🔎 Nonequilibrium dynamical mean field theory
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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
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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
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🗓️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
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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...

✨ 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/...

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium
🗓️ Monday, 9 March 2026
🕐 13:15
🎙️ Prof. Alessandra Lanzara, UC Berkeley, USA
🔎 Switching the Quantum World
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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...

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

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
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🎓 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

Sustainable thermal paper formulation using lignocellulosic biomass fractions Safer and more sustainable thermal paper formulations made from nonedible biomass are introduced.

💡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...

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
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🎓 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!
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🎓 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!
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🎓 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
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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
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“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 ...

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!
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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

✨ EDMX events
🥐 Welcome Breakfast – 11.11.2025, followed by an information meeting for new doctoral students
🍽️ Eat&Meet – 25.11.2025, 12:15 PM
A buffet-lunch information meeting for Master students
🎄 EDMX Christmas Lunch – 11.12.2025
More details 👉 go.epfl.ch/EDMX_event

🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Nicola Marzari on receiving the 2026 David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Material Physics from the American Physical Society!
Read more here: actu.epfl.ch/news/nicola-...

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Francesca Bono from the Soft Materials Laboratory (SMaL) for successfully defending her PhD thesis “Additive manufacturing of bio-inspired functional granular hydrogels: from soft to mineral-based composites" under Prof. Esther Amstad's supervision.

Electronic fibres via the thermal drawing of liquid-metal-embedded elastomers - Nature Electronics A thermal drawing method can be used to create stretchable electronic fibres from a liquid-metal-embedded elastomer that can contain conductive and insulating domains across the fibre cross-section.

💡Exciting innovation from the Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices! Prof. Fabien Sorin and his team have developed a innovative stretchable electronic fiber. Read more in Nature Electronics: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🌟The IMX Colloquium is underway! Exciting discussions, cutting-edge research, and inspiring talks are happening every Monday at the IMX Colloquium. Don’t miss out and check out the complete program 👇

✨Are you a driven Master’s student passionate about Materials Science? Join one of the cutting-edge research labs at EPFL’s Institute of Materials (IMX) for a 6-month Master project.
Choose a lab and apply!
🗓️ MX Fellowship applications are open until November 1
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