About Professor Hubert Girault

MISSION

Teaching and Research in Analytical and Physical Electrochemistry

BIOGRAPHY

Education:
1979 - Engineering diploma from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Electrochimie et d'Electrométallurgie de Grenoble, Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble. FRANCE.
1982 - PhD- Department of Chemistry, University of Southampton.
Thesis entitled : Interfacial studies using drop image processing techniques.

Positions :
1982 - 1984 SERC Research Fellow. University of Southampton.
1984 - 1985 CNRS Research Fellow. University of Southampton.
1985 - 1992 Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Edinburgh.
1992 - Professor of Physical Chemistry, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.

Hubert Girault is the author of 2 textbooks, the co-author of more than 300 scientific publications and the co-inventor of more than 10 patents.
During his academic career, he has supervised more than 30 PhD students.

Honours: Faraday medal 2006, Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow of the International Society of Electrochemistry 2007.

Latest Publications

Raheleh Partovi Nia. Electrocatalysis at liquid/liquid interfaces. Ph.D. Thesis, 2010.
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F Cortes-Salazara, M Zhang, A Becue, J-M Busnel, M Prudent, C Champod, and H.H. Girault. Human Fingerprint Imaging by Scanning Electro-Chemical Microscopy (SECM). In Chimia, volume 63, number 9, page 580, 2009.
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I. Hatay, S. Su, F. Li, M. A. Mendez, T. Khoury, C. P. Gros, J.-M. Barbe, M. Ersoz, Z. Samec, and H.H. Girault. Proton-Coupled Oxygen Reduction at Liquid-Liquid Interfaces Catalyzed by Cobalt Porphine. In Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 131, number 37, pages 13453-13459, 2009.
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F Cortes-Salazar, J-M Busnel, F Li, and H.H. Girault. Adsorbed protein detection by scanning electrochemical microscopy. In Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, volume 635, number 2, pages 69-74, 2009.
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J Gamby, A Rudolf, M Abid, H.H. Girault, C Deslouisa, and B Tribollet. Polycarbonate microchannel network with carpet of Gold NanoWires as SERS-active device. In Lab on a Chip, volume 9, number 12, pages 1806-1808, 2009.
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A-L Gassner, M Abonnenc, H-X Chen, J Morandini, J Josserand, J S Rossier, J-M Busnel, and H.H. Girault. Magnetic forces produced by rectangular permanent magnets in static microsystems. In Lab on a Chip . Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology, volume 9, number 16, pages 2356-2363, 2009.
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M Abonnenc, A-L Gassner, J Morandini, J Josserand, and H.H. Girault. Magnetic track array for efficient bead capture in microchannels. In Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, volume 395, number 3, pages 747-757, 2009.
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M A Méndez, B Su, and H.H. Girault. Voltammetry for surface-active ions at polarisable liquid|liquid interfaces. In Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, volume 634, number 2, pages 82-89, 2009.
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A Trojánek, J Langmaier, B Su, H.H. Girault, and S Zdenek. Electrochemical evidence of catalysis of oxygen reduction at the polarized liquid–liquid interface by tetraphenylporphyrin monoacid and diacid. In Electrochemistry Communications, volume 11, number 10, pages 1940-1930, 2009.
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Q. Li, S. Xie, S. Liu, H.H. Girault, and Y. Shao. Fast Ion-Transfer Processes at Nanoscopic Liquid/Liquid Interfaces. In Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, volume 48, number 43, pages 8010-8013, 2009.
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