LMER

25.-30. October 2026 19th Int. Symposium on Hydrogen-metal Systems MH2026 in Sendai, Japan

Prof. Dr. Shin-ichi ORIMO, Chairperson of MH2026/Director/Professor,
Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University

25. May 2026 E-MRS 2026 Spring Meeting 

in Strasbourg, France.

The symposium is jointly organized by:
Professor Shin-ichi Orimo (AIMR, Tohoku University; Main Organizer)
Professor Andreas Borgschulte (Empa)
Professor Astrid Pundt (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)

20. March 2026: 25 year of HYDROPOLE

14:00 – 22:00 Hydropole General Assembly and Celebration

SCHWELLENMÄTTELI RESTAURANTS
Event-Raum • Dalmaziquai 11 • 3005 Bern
U: schwellenmaetteli.ch

19. September 2025 Public PhD defense Ms. Zohreh AKBARI

“Catalytic Hydrogen Combustion: Insights into Reaction Mechanisms and Material Design”
President: Prof. Jan van HERLE

Thesis director: Prof. Andreas ZÜTTEL

Expert: Prof. Andreas BORGSCHULTE
Expert: Prof. Arash TAHMASEBI
Expert: Prof. Berend SMIT


CONGRATULATIONS!

16. September 2025 Seminar “The Challenges of Vanadium-based Alloys toward Applications for Hydrogen Storage” Abstract  ZOOM
16. 09. 2025, 10:30 – 11:30, EPFL Valais/Wallis in Sion, 4th floor, Zeuzier Room

Prof. Dr. Yigang YAN, Institute for New Energy and Low-carbon Technology, Sichuan University. Chengdu 610065, China

2. September 2025 Candidacy exam Mr. Aleksandar Mihaylov
MIKOV

“Engineering Metal-Doped Crystalline COF Thin Films: Tuning Pore Architecture and Surface Chemistry for Improved Ion and Gas Transport “

President: Prof. Anne-Sophie Chauvin
Thesis director: Prof. Andreas Züttel
Thesis co-director: Prof. Paul Dyson
Expert: Prof. Berend Smit

CONGRATULATIONS!

31. August 2025 Dr. Loris LOMBARDO promoted

Assistant Professor at Tohoku University, Institute for Materials Research (ICC-IMR), 2-1-1 Katahira, Aoba-ku, 980-8577 Sendai, Japan
e: [email protected]

Thank you very much for all your contributions and all the best for the future!

16. July 2025 Candidacy exam Mr. Boyu (David) OUYANG

“Palm-Oil-to-SAF: An Integrated Catalytic Route to Maximize Carbon-Retention”

President: Prof. Berend Smit
Thesis director: Prof. Andreas Züttel
Expert: Prof. Paul Dyson

CONGRATULATIONS!

9. July 2025 PhD defense Ms. Zohreh AKBARI

“Catalytic Hydrogen Combustion: Insights into Reaction Mechanisms and Material Design”
President: Prof. Jan van HERLE

Thesis director: Prof. Andreas ZÜTTEL

Expert: Prof. Andreas BORGSCHULTE
Expert: Prof. Arash TAHMASEBI
Expert: Prof. Berend SMIT


CONGRATULATIONS!

1. July 2025 Ms. Seohyun (Diane) HONG starts summer internship

Project “Hydrogen physisorption on nano-materials”

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea

1. July 2025 Ms. Wei XUE starts as guest PhD student

Project “Hydrogen in Mg-Ni alloys”

Power Engineering, Department of Energy, Power and Mechanical Engineering, North China, Electric Power University, Beijing, China, Supervisor: Weihua Wang

22. – 27. June 2025 Gordon Research Conference (GRC) Hydrogen-Metal Systems
Understanding Interactions in Hydrogen Materials and Their Role in Technological Transformation
Chairs: Rana Mohtadi and Yaroslav Filinchuk
Vice Chairs Martin Dornheim and Anibal Ramirez-Cuesta
Les Diablerets Conference Center, Switzerland

Zohreh AKBARI, “Enhancing Catalytic Hydrogen Combustion: Insights
into Nanoparticles Size, Metal-Support Interactions and Reaction Mechanisms”

Wai Kwan LIU, “High-Capacity, Low-Cost Hydrogen Storage Using
Industrial Ferrovanadium-Based BCC Alloys”

Loris LOMBARDO, “Deep Eutectic Solvents Formed by Complex
Hydrides: a New Class of Hydrogen-Rich Liquid”

Boyu OUYANG, “Hydrodeoxygenation of Palm Oil over layered
double hydroxide based meso-macroporous Pt/CNT-NiAl Oxide Catalysts”

Thi Ha My PHAM, “Elucidating the mechanism of Fe incorporation in in
situ synthesized Co-Fe oxygen-evolving nanocatalysts”

Andreas ZÜTTEL, “A general model for the hydrogen density in porous materials”

2. – 6. June 2025 ECOMATES Summer School

ECOMATES Advanced International Summer School on Nanomaterial-Based Electrochemical Processes for Environment and Energy Applications.
Organizer: Prof. G. Cicero (POLITO)
“Fundamentals of Electrochemistry and Electrochemical Cells”, A. Züttel
“Beyond Hydrogen Production: Storage and Distribution Systems”, A. Züttel

26. May 2025 Lecture on Hydrides (EPFL internal)

“Hydrides”, A. Züttel

20. May 2025 Candidacy Exam Ms. Wai Kwan (Charlotte) LIU

“Hydrogen Storage in BCC Alloys”

President: Prof. Berend Smit
Thesis director: Prof. Andreas Züttel
Expert: Prof. Frank Nüesch

CONGRATULATIONS!

19. May 2025 Completion of guest PhD Mr. Yinghui LI

Farewell party

Yinghui Li, Li Ren, Yingying Yao, Yingyan Zhao, Hao Xu, Zhao Li, Zi Li, Xiaohan Dai, Yuhan Tian, Shusheng Cao, Xi Lin, Chongnan Ye, Andreas Züttel, Jianxin Zou “A Single‐Atom Interface Engineering Strategy to Promote Hydrogen Sorption Performances of Magnesium Hydride”, Advanced Functional Materials 35 (13) (2025), 2417915

Yinghui Li, Li Ren, Yingying Yao, Yingyan Zhao, Hao Xu, Zhao Li, Zi Li, Xiaohan Dai, Yuhan Tian, Shusheng Cao, Xi Lin, Chongnan Ye, Andreas Züttel, Jianxin Zou “Study on mechanisms of two-step hydrogen sorption in MgH 2-TiCrMnFeZr high-entropy alloy composite”, Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2025)

Thank you very much for all your contributions and all the best for the future!

19. March 2025 Vortrag ” Energieautonomie für die Armee”

Mitgliederversammlung Vereinigung Berner Division / Kaserne Bern / Auditorium
Die Kernfrage und Herausforderung:
Braucht unsere Armee mehr Autonomie oder Autarkie in der Energieversorgung?
Referat Prof. Dr. Andreas Züttel EPFL Sion

20. March 2025 Aktiv Radio

INTERVIEW – Prof. Dr. Andreas Züttel 
Prof. Dr. Andreas Züttel, bekannt als der „Energiepapst der Schweiz“, gehört zu den führenden Wissenschaftlern im Bereich Energie und Wasserstofftechnologie. In diesem spannenden Gespräch mit Gastgeber Daniel Sauser diskutiert er über die Herausforderungen und Chancen der Energiezukunft. 

07. March 2025 General Assembly of HYDROPOLE
Emosson, 4th floor, EPFL Valais/Wallis, rue de l’industrie 17, 1950 Sion
Ordentliche GV 2025
«Futurum Goms», Christoph OTT
 «Erneuerbare Energie und Wasserstoff», Andreas ZÜTTEL
«Biooil to SAF», Boyu OUYANG

20. February 2024 Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Expo

Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan

18. February 2025 17^th International Symposium Hydrogen& Energy 

Hotel by WYNDHAM, Harbin, China
Organized by Prof. Dr. Chunyu DU and Prof. Dr. Jinqiu ZHANG, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

14. February 2025 Swiss-Koren Project meeting

Seosomun Museum, Seoul, Republic of Korea
3nd Year Progress Inspection Conference on International Joint Research Project

Hojun Song, Juhee Gang, KITECH; Heena Yang, Minsuc Cha, Yunji Kim, K-Water; Sanghyun Paek, Sangmyung University; Andreas Züttel, Thi Ha My Pham, Loris Giovanni Lombardo, EPFL; Minkyu Son, Minsu Seo, KICET