Christophe Copéret

Christophe Copéret is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences at ETH Zurich since 2010. His academic journey includes research roles at CNRS - University of Lyon (2002-2010) and post-doctoral work at the Scripps Research Institute (1996-1997).

• Education: PhD in Chemistry (Purdue University, 1996), Habilitation (Université de Lyon 1, 2002)
• Leadership: Co-editor of H Helvetica Chim. Acta, Chairman of ETH Zurich's Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry (2011-2015, 2022-present)

Research interests span molecular organometallic chemistry, surface chemistry, and catalysis mechanisms. His work integrates solid-state NMR spectroscopy and computational chemistry for material design.

Honors:

• 2018 Humboldt Research Award
• 2016 Rössler Prize (ETH Zurich)
• 2001 CNRS Bronze Medal
• Multiple international lectureships (US, Japan, Canada)

As an academic leader, he serves on the Research Commission at ETHZ (since 2015) and chairs the Platform Chemistry at the Swiss Academy of Natural Science (2015-2021).