EPFL Valais Wallis

With its 10 laboratories active in the key fields of energy, environment and health, 226 researchers, administrative and technical staff, 92 doctoral students, 43 nationalities, firmly integrated into the Energypolis project, the Valais campus plays its full part in promoting research and innovation in the heart of the Alps.

Pole of Excellence at the foot of the peaks

Dedicated mainly to scientific research and innovation in the fields of energy, green chemistry, health and the environment, the EPFL Valais Wallis campus brings together 226 researchers, administrative and technical staff from four faculties. The next phase of the project dedicated to research on the Alpine and polar environments (Alpole) will bring together 200 additional researchers including the Swiss Polar Research Institute at the end of 2021. By this date, more than 400 people will be active on the Sion site.

Deux personnes, derrière une vitre, travaillant sur un ordinateur au Energypolis Sion, Valais-Walis

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Filtering out toxic chromium from water

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EPFL Valais Wallis chemists have developed sponges to capture various target substances, like gold, mercury and lead, dissolved in solution. The sponges are actually porous crystals called metal organic frameworks, and now one exists for capturing toxic hexavalent chromium from water.

Drifting through the ice on board a polar climate research vessel

05.05.20NewsResearch

The German research icebreaker Polarstern has been drifting through the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean since September last year. Julia Schmale, an atmospheric scientist from EPFL Valais Wallis, joined the crew two months ago to study cloud formations and their role in local and global climate change.

Devis Tuia nominated as associate professor in environment

09.03.20NewsEPFL

Devis Tuia, professor at Wageningen University in The Netherlands, will join ENAC School at EPFL Valais Wallis on 1st September 2020 as associate professor of Computational Environmental Science and Engineering.

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