Prof. Dr. Pierre BRODARD
Professor of Physical
Chemistry
Haute école d’ingénierie et d’architecture
Institute of Chemical Technology
University of Applied Sciences Western
Switzerland
Boulevard de Perolles 80
CH-1700 Fribourg - SWITZERLAND
+41 26 429 67 19
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ACADEMIC EDUCATION
1999 - 2004:
PhD - Physical Chemistry
University of Geneva - Switzerland
1994 - 1999:
MSc - Chemistry
University of Fribourg - Switzerland
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2012 - now:
Professor - Fribourg (Switzerland)
HESSO University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland
Professor of Physical Chemistry at HESSO. Research activities on
chemical imaging and thermal analysis for chemical and pharma industry, polymer
science, nanotechnology and archeology.
2012 -2016: Head of the
Chemistry department at HESSO (4-year term)
2008 - 2012:
Scientist - Thun (Switzerland)
EMPA Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Head of Raman spectroscopy activities in the Laboratory for Mechanics of
Materials and Nanostructures (Dr. Johann Michler). Research projects in nanoscience
and applied projects with industrial partners.
2005 - 2008:
Postdoc - Lausanne
(Switzerland)
EPFL Ecole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Laboratory of Physics at Surfaces (Prof. Wolf-Dieter Schneider).
Development of a UHV Raman spectrometer combined with a scanning tunneling
microscope for the study of self-assembled nanostructures.
2004 - 2005:
Postdoc - Sendai (Japan)
Tohoku University
JSPS fellow, Organic Physical Chemistry Lab (Prof. Hiroshi Fukumura).
Raman spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy of organic monolayers.
1999 - 2004:
PhD - Geneva (Switzerland)
University of Geneva
PhD thesis in ultrafast laser spectroscopy applied to liquid interfaces
in the Physical Chemistry Department (Prof. Eric Vauthey).
LANGUAGES
French: mother tongue
German: fluent B2
English: fluent C1
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Non-Destructive Materials Characterization (Raman, IR...)
Micro-/Nanoscale Imaging & Characterization (SEM-EDX, DLS...)
Thermal Analysis & Thermal Safety (DSC, TGA, TGA-GC/MS...)
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Bachelor
Quantum Mechanics
Optical Spectroscopy
PhysChem Labworks
Master
Process Thermal Safety
Polymers Characterization
Nanoscale Spectroscopy
Inherently Safe Processes
ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
STK
President
Swiss Society for
Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
SAOG
Executive Committee
The Swiss Surface and Interface Symposium
PCS
Member
Photochemistry
Section of the Swiss Chemical Society
SCS
Member
Swiss Chemical Society