Wolf-Dieter Schneider

Wolf-Dieter Schneider is an Honorary Professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the School of Basic Sciences (SB) and the Department of Physics (PH-SB). He has held distinguished academic roles across multiple institutions, including Full Professor positions at the University of Lausanne (1989–2003) and EPFL (2003–present). His research focuses on nanoscience, scanning tunneling microscopy, and supported nanostructures, with a research group established at the University of Lausanne in 1989.

Education: Dipl.Phys. (University of Bonn, 1971), PhD (Dr. rer. nat., University of Bonn, 1975). He has worked at institutions in Germany, Sweden, Brazil, the U.S., and Switzerland. Key affiliations include the Free University of Berlin (1977–1985) and the University of Neuchâtel (1985).

Research emphasizes experimental nanotechnology and surface science, leveraging advanced microscopy techniques to study material properties at the atomic scale. His work contributes to understanding nanostructure formation and functional materials.

Advising: Supervised PhD theses of Hong I-Po, Ploigt Hans-Christoph, and Rossel Frédéric. No listed awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts.

Laboratory involvement: Research group at the University of Lausanne since 1989, continuing at EPFL.