🎓 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...

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...

🎓 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.

💡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 🔗 sti.epfl.ch/smx/mx-fello...

🎓 Congrats to Dr. Hritwick Banerjee from the Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fiber Devices (FIMAP) for successfully defending his PhD thesis “ Functional Soft Fibers and Textiles: Multi-Material Approaches for Actuation and Sensing” under Prof. Fabien Sorin's supervision.

Are you or do you know a smart, motivated Master student in a materials-adjacent area interested in doing a research project at EPFL? The @materials-epfl.bsky.social MX Fellowship applications open today sti.epfl.ch/smx/mx-fello.... Choose a lab, send your file, and spend up to six months at EPFL!

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Matthieu Wendling from the Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials - LMOM for successfully defending his PhD thesis “Hierarchical Structure and Phase Behavior of Supramolecular Elastomers” under Prof. Holger Frauenrath's supervision

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 13 October 2025 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Prof. Ingrid Graz, Linz School of Education, Austria 🔎 Smart by Nature: Bio-Inspired sensors and actuators Find out more: lnkd.in/eysPGHrE

🎓 Huge congratulations to our 42 graduates who received their Master’s degrees last Saturday at the Magistrale! We are proud of all our graduates. Thank you for being part of our community, and we wish you every success in your next chapter!

🌍 EPFL’s Institute of Materials (IMX) is offering 6-month funded fellowships for external Master’s students in Materials Science. Join one of IMX’s world-class labs and gain hands-on research experience at the cutting edge of materials science. 👉 lnkd.in/enNeKmTh

🎓 Congrats to Dr. Huixin Guo (LMGN) on defending her PhD thesis “Additive Manufacturing and Exploration of Three-Dimensional Ferromagnetic Nanonetworks for 3D Magnonics and 3D Spintronics” with Prof. Dirk Grundler. Nominated for the Thesis Distinction Award!

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Calixe Bénier from the Tribology and Interfacial Chemistry (TIC) Group for successfully defending her PhD thesis “Lubrication of the watch pivot contact: a multi-physics approach” under Dr. Stefano Mischler's supervision.

Join the next IMX talk 🗓️ Wednesday, 1 October 2025 at 10:15 🎙️ Dr. Marios H. Michael, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems 🔎 Interlayer coherence at room temperature in high Tc cuprates and photo-induced superconductivity Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

Join us for the next IMX Colloquium 🗓️ Monday, 29 September 2025 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Prof. Jörg F. Löffler, Department of Materials, ETHZ, Switzerland 🔎 Ultrahigh-purified lean magnesium alloys for bioresorbable implant applications Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

👏 Congratulations to Prof. @micheleceriotti.bsky.social (@labcosmo.bsky.social) and Prof. Roland Logé (LMTM) on their promotion to Full Professor of Materials Science in the School of Engineering! More info: actu.epfl.ch/news/appoint...

Don't miss the next IMX talk: 🗓️ Thursday, 18 September 2025 at 16:00 🎙️ Dr. Laura Porath from ESPCI, Paris, France 🔎 Viscoelasticity and Applications of Self-Healing Polymers Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

Don't miss the next IMX talk: 🗓️ Friday, 19 September 2025 at 12:00 🎙️ Prof. Véronique Michaud 🔎 Sustainability driven composite materials development Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

Join us for the IMX Colloquium - Fall 2025 🗓️ Monday, 15 September 2025 🕐 13:15 🎙️ Prof. John Kolinski, Engineering Mechanics of Soft lnterfaces, EPFL 🔎 Defects in cracks and contact: enhancing toughness and suppressing wetting Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...

🚀 What an inspiring three days! The Alloys for Additive Manufacturing 2025 symposium in Neuchâtel co-organized by EPFL and EMPA has just wrapped up. With 170 participants from around the world, the symposium sparked exciting discussions on the latest advances in metal additive manufacturing.

🎓 Welcome to all our new Bachelor’s and Master’s students in Materials Science! We wish you an exciting academic journey and hope this new chapter will be filled with discovery, growth, and success.

🎓 Congratulations to Dr. Melis Özkan for successfully defending her PhD thesis (nominated for the Best thesis award) “Development of Small Molecule Heparin Glycomimetics for Applications in Nerve Regeneration Therapies” under Prof. Stellacci and Prof. Micera supervision.

Don't miss the next IMX talks on Sep 8 at 13:15 & 14:15 🎙️ Prof. Massimo Mastrangeli, Delft University of Technology 🔎 Micro electro-mechanical physiological systems (MEMPhyS) 🎙️ Prof. Achilleas Savva, Delft University of Technology 🔎 Reverse Engineering the Nervous System with Biohybrid Electronics

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Antonios Baganis from EMPA for successfully defending his PhD thesis “Fabrication of Multi-Material and Functionally Graded Metal Structures with Additive and Hybrid Manufacturing Methods” under the supervision of Dr. Christian Leinenbach.

Don't miss the next IMX talk: 📅 September 1 at 11:00 🎙️ Prof. Christopher Hutchinson, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Monash University 🔎 Strengthening and strain hardening from solute clusters in Aluminium alloys Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

Register before August 29! Join us for the inaugural lecture by Professor Maartje Bastings @Materials Science and Engineering at EPFL 🧬 "Making Materials That Speak the Cellular Language" 🗓 Friday Sept 5 🕛 17:15 - 18:15 📍 Room SV1717 & Online memento.epfl.ch/event/inaugu...

Save the Date! Join us for the inaugural lecture by Professor Maartje Bastings 🧬 "Making Materials That Speak the Cellular Language" 🗓 Friday Sept 5 🕛 17:15 - 18:15 📍 Room SV1717 & Online

Congratulations to Dr. Sophia Thiele from the Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Materials for successfully defending her PhD thesis "Supramolecular Materials from Sustainable Polyesters: Structure, Dynamics, and Performance" under Prof. Holger Frauenrath's supervision.

Don't miss the next IMX talk: 📅 16 July 2025 at 11:00 🎙️ Prof. Mark R. Marten, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA 🔎 Using a genetic approach to develop mycelial materials Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Morgan Barbey-Binggeli from the Laboratory for in situ nanomaterials characterisation with electrons (INE) for successfully defending his PhD thesis under Prof. Vasiliki Tileli's supervision. memento.epfl.ch/event/liquid...

🏆 Congratulations to Prof Francesco Stellacci from Materials Science and Engineering at EPFL for receiving an ERC Advanced Grant for his project Engineering Protein Interactions Using Small Molecules Find out more: actu.epfl.ch/news/epfl-re...

"Don't miss the next IMX talk: 📅 12 June 2025 at 17:00 🎙️ Prof. Giovanni M. Pavan, Politecnico di Torino, Italy 🔎 From microscopic dynamics to dominant fluctuations to complex emergent behaviors in self-organizing matter Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/talk-f...

Check the portrait of Dr. Pierre-Etienne Bourban, senior scientist from the LPAC at EPFL and director of the DLL Materials and Bioengineering, who was named best teacher for 2024 in the materials science section. Thank you Pierre-Etienne for your commitment! actu.epfl.ch/news/my-job-...

"Don't miss the next IMX talk: 📅 5 June 2025 at 9:30 🎙️ Prof. Robert Carpick, University of Pennsylvania 🔎 Seeing the Hidden Interface: Revealing Nanoscale Mechanisms of Contact, Adhesion, and Wear by in situ Experiments Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-ta...

Composites and low carbon with Veronique Michaud, head of the Laboratory for Processing of Advanced Composites (LPAC) and Anastasios P. Vassilopoulos, head of the Group of Composite Mechanics from the Civil Engineering Institute 👇 actu.epfl.ch/news/composite

🎉 Congratulations to Dr. Shreyas Joglekar from the Laboratory of Nanoscale Magnetic Materials and Magnonics (LMGN) for successfully defending his PhD thesis “Magnon assisted magnetization reversal in NiFe-YIG hybrid nanostructures” under Prof. Dirk Grundler's supervision.

Don't miss the 11th IMX Colloquium of this spring: 📅 26 May 2025 at 13:15 🎙️ Prof. Bert Meijer, Eindhoven University of Technology 🔎 From supramolecular polymers to functional materials and systems Find out more: memento.epfl.ch/event/imx-co...