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

pierre.brodard@hefr.ch

 

 

1994

1999

2004

2005

2008

2012

MSc Chem

PhD PhysChem

Postdoc

Postdoc

Scientist

Professor

Uni Fribourg

Uni Geneva

Tohoku

EPFL

EMPA

HEIA-FR

articles = 50, h-index = 16, citations > 750, conference contributions > 60

list of publications (PDF)

 

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