R & D Groups Working on Catalysis in Switzerland

1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Lausanne (EPFL)
2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - Zürich (ETH-Zentrum)
3. Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen (PSI)
4. Ciba-Geigy Ltd.
5. F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.
6. Lonza Ltd.

1. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)

CH-1015 LAUSANNE

A. Institute of Environmental Engineering and Bioengineering
B. Institute of Physical Chemistry I
C. Institute of Physical Chemistry II

Personnel
Profs. Michael GR�TZEL, Lorenz WALDER, Albert RENKEN, Ralf DOEPPER, Anders HAGFELDT, Drs. John KIWI, Cesar PULGARIN, Augustin J. McEVOY

Research Topics
Photocatalysis; electrocatalysis; nanocrystalline TiO2; elimination of non-biodegradable pollutants and pesticides; catalysis in solid-state ionics; kinetics and mechanisms of catalytic reactions; unsteady-state kinetics.

2. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH-Zentrum)

Universitätstrasse 6
CH-8092 ZÜRICH

A. Department of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
B. Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry

Personnel
Profs. Alfons BAIKER
Phone: 41-1-632 3153
Fax: 41-1-632 1163
E-mail:

Roel PRINS
Phone: 41-1-632 5490
Fax: 41-1-632 1162
E-mail:

Giambattista CONSIGLIO, Antonio TOGNI

Research Topics
Fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis; reaction engineering; homogeneous transition-metal catalysts; asymmetric C-C formation; coordination polymerization; zeolites, sulphides and metals catalysts; enantioselective catalysis; copolymerization of CO and olefins.

3. Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen (PSI)

CH-5232 VILLIGEN

Personnel
Prof. Alexander WOKAUN

Research Topics
Catalysis in energy research; fuel cells; production and storage of hydrogen; hydrogenation of CO2 to MeOH.

4. Novartis Services AG

Catalysis and Synthesis Services
R-1055.6.28
CH-4002 BASEL

Personnel
Drs. Hans-Ulrich BLASER, Peter BAUMEISTER

Research Topics
High-pressure catalytic hydrogenation; chemo-, regio-, stereo- and enantioselective hydrogenation; catalytic dehydrogenation; catalytic carbonylation and hydroformylation; acid-base catalysis; C-C bond formation; modification of heterogeneous catalysts; zeolites and clays; immobilization of homogeneous catalysts; mechanisms of catalyzed reactions.

5. F.Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Hochdruckzentrum Kaiseraugst
CH-4070 BASEL

Personnel
Drs. Felix ROESSLER, Rudolf SCHMID

Research Topics
Homogeneous catalysis by metal complexes: oxidation and isomerization processes; carbonylation reactions; enantioselective hydrogenation; highpressure hydrogenation; catalytic dehydrogenation.

6. Lonza Ltd.

Walliser Werke
CH-3930 VISP

Personnel
Dr. Josef HEVELING

Research Topics
Hydrogenation; acetylation; alkylation; ketene chemistry; pyridine chemistry; HCN chemistry; metallic glasses as catalysts; nano- crystaline/amorphous catalysts; enantioselective hydrogenation; selective oxidation.