Xile Hu - Curriculum Vitae#
1. Education
- Postdoc., California Institute of Technology, USA, February 2005 – June 2007. Advisor: Prof. Jonas C. Peters
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA, December 2004. Advisor: Prof. Karsten Meyer
- B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China, June 2000. Advisor: Prof. Jianhua Lin
2. Institutional responsibilities
Current:
- Director, Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis
- Member, 65plus advisory committee for the President
- Member of Steering Committee of Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering
- Member of Tenure and Promotion Committee of Faculty of Basic Sciences
- Chair, Institute Award Nomination Committee
Past:
- Member, EPFL Strategic Committee in Fundamental Sciences
- Expert member of Scientific Panel of Research Commission of SNSF
- Members of Doctoral Program Committee in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- Faculty Recruitment Committees (multiple); Member, SB Dean Recruitment Committee
- EPFL Library Committee
3. Teaching activities (summary information)
- 2008 - 2016 Coordination chemistry (Bachelor level)
- 2011 – present Bioinorganic chemistry (Bachelor level)
- 2008 – present Catalysis for energy storage (Master level)
- 2010 – present Frontier in chemical synthesis – towards sustainable chemistry (Ph.D. level)
- 2010 – present Frontier in organic synthesis – synthesis of carbo- and hetero-cycles (Ph.D. level)
- 2010 – present Frontier in organic synthesis – stereochemistry (Ph.D. level)
4. Active memberships in scientific societies, fellowships in renowned academies:
- Fellow, European Academy of Sciences
- Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
- Member, Young Academy of Europe
- Invited Professor, University of Paris Diderot (2016)
- GIAN Fellowship for Invited Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2016)
- Member, Swiss Chemical Society, International Society of Electrochemistry, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.
