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Dr. Günther G. Scherer studied Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (Diplom-Chemiker) and obtained a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the Technical University Berlin in 1975, while working with Prof. Heinz Gerischer and Prof. Frank Willig at the Fritz-Haber Institut of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. |
| Jan Van Herle obtained a chemistry degree from Basel University (Switzerland) in 1987 followed by a masters degree in Information Science in 1989. The same year he temporarily joined ABB in Baden for a SOFC demonstration project led by Dr Ulf Bossel, in preparing for his PhD. In 1993 he obtained a doctoral degree from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL, Switzerland) with a thesis on SOFC cathode reaction mechanisms. After a postdoc 1994 – 1995 in Japan (Tsukuba, Prof. H Yokokawa, Prof. T Kawada) he returned to EPFL as scientific collaborator in SOFC research at the Chemistry Department, focusing on electrochemistry and materials. In 2000, he cofounded HTceramix, a Swiss SOFC company, and completed a masters degree in Energy Technology at EPFL, to join the Laboratory of Industrial Energy Systems (LENI, EPFL, Prof. D Favrat), as a lecturer and group leader of SOFC research, focusing on fuels and stacks. J. Van Herle has coauthored > 90 journal publications, > 50 conference papers and comanaged > 40 projects in half of which he was the main applicant. In 2008 he was promoted to MER at EPFL (Research and Teaching Responsible). |