People

Zhengmao Lu

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 31 65
Office: MED 3 1526
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Zhengmao Lu joined the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) as a Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering in February 2023. Previously, Zhengmao was a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from MIT as well. At EPFL, Zhengmao leads the Energy Transport Advances Laboratory (η-Lab), aiming to obtain a deeper understanding of phase change phenomena and develop more sustainable energy and water technologies by optimizing interfacial transport.

Chiara Donini

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 73 96
Office: MED 3 1023

Chiara Donini has moved from Northern Italy’s Dolomites to Swiss Alps more than 25 years ago. She has been working at EPFL since then, first in IC then STI from 2004 on. She starts working part-time for η-Lab in February 2024. When she is not at the office, she will be at her piano practicing, trying to crack a new foreign language or wandering around the countryside.

Sk Rameez Iqbal

Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 29 20
Office: MED 3 1626
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Sk Rameez Iqbal joined η-Lab as a Postdoctoral Researcher in May 2023. Previously, Rameez was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Laboratory of Multiphase Thermofluidics and Surface Nanoengineering at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai, India. At η-Lab, Rameez would be primarily working on multiphase thermofluidics phenomena. Besides work, he enjoys travelling, cooking, and interacting with people from different parts of the world.

Gautier Rouaze

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Phone: +41 21 693 05 13
Office: MED 3 1626
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Gautier Rouaze joined η-Lab as a Doctoral Student in July 2023. Prior to this, Gautier worked several years as a Thermal Research Engineer at JJ Cooling Innovation, a spinoff of the Laboratory of Heat and Mass Transfer at EPFL. He received his M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from EPFL and HES diploma from the HEPIA University of Applied Science in Geneva. At η-Lab, his research focus is on the application and optimization of passive cooling systems, harnessing and combining the principles of radiative and evaporative heat transfer. Outside the lab, Gautier immerses himself in cycling, bike travels, and the innovative realms of 3D printing and electronics, blending creativity with technology.

Luca Magoni

Undergraduate Student

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Between June and September 2023, Luca Magoni worked in the η-Lab as an undergraduate researcher through the EPFL E3 program in the third year of his bachelor’s degree in physics engineering at the Polytechnic of Milan in Italy.