Advanced Materials Processing

Head of the Laboratory and Group Leaders

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Prof. Dr. Patrik Hoffmann
Head of the laboratory for advanced manufacturing methods
Group leader of large-scale laser-micro-processing and atomistic simulation

Tel: +41 58 765 62 62

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Dr. Christian Leinenbach, MER EPFL
Group leader advanced processing and additive manufacturing
Deputy head of the laboratory

Tel: +41 58 765 45 18

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Dr. Elia Iseli
Group leader intelligent manufacturing

Tel: +41 58 765 63 28

Senior Researchers

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Dr. Marc Leparoux
Senior scientist
Deputy group leader advanced processing and additive manufacturing

Tel: +41 58 765 62 47

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Dr. Vladyslav Turlo
Senior scientist

Tel: +41 58 765 63 18
vladyslav.turlo@empa.ch

Postdoctoral Researchers

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Dr. Saleh Baghersalimi
Postdoctoral researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 62 95
saleh.baghersalimi@empa.ch

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Dr. Yang Hu
Guest postdoctoral researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 63 68
yang.hu@empa.ch

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Dr. Nicola Nesa
Postdoctoral researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 63 61
nicola.nesa@empa.ch

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Dr. Chang Rajani
Postdoctoral researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 62 52
chang.rajani@empa.ch

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Dr. Roland Richter
Postdoctoral researcher
Deputy group leader intelligent manufacturing

Tel: +41 58 765 62 47

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Dr. Evangelos Skoulas
Postdoctoral researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 62 03
evangelos.skoulas@empa.ch

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Dr. Wojciech Szmyt
Postdoctoral researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 44 15
wojciech.szmyt@empa.ch

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Dr. Pinku Yadav
Postdoctoral researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 63 22
pinku.yadav@empa.ch

Doctoral Candidates

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Golnoosh Abdollahinejad
PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 63 89
golnoosh.abdollahinejad@empa.ch

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Abdullah Aydemir
PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 62 21
abdullah.aydemir@empa.ch

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Antonios Baganis
PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 41 06
antonios.baganis@empa.ch

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Julia Chmielewska
PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 61 97
julia.chmielewska@empa.ch

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Simon Gramatte
PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 63 99
simon.gramatte@empa.ch

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Justin Hijam
Guest PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 62 39
justin.hijam@empa.ch

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Umut Taylan
PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 63 76
umut.taylan@empa.ch

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Job van de Sande
Guest PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 62 81
job.vandesande@empa.ch

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Jian Yang
PhD researcher

Tel: +41 58 765 40 67
jian.yang@empa.ch

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Tirui Wang
Internship student

Tel: +41 58 765 62 55
tirui.wang@empa.ch

Technical Staff

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Andreas Alff
Technical Staff

Tel: +41 58 765 48 87
andreas.alff@empa.ch

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Christoph Amsler
Technical staff

Tel: +41 58 765 63 54
christoph.amsler@empa.ch

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Arnaud Mader
Technical staff

Tel: +41 58 765 63 75
arnaud.mader@empa.ch

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Benjamin Minning
Technical staff

Tel: +41 58 765 63 38
benjamin.minnig@empa.ch

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Danilo Näf
External worker

Tel: +41 58 765 62 29
danilo.naef@empa.ch

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Peter Ramseier
Technical staff

Tel: +41 58 765 62 73
peter.ramseier@empa.ch

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Thomas Rytz
Technical staff

Tel: +41 58 765 62 66
thomas.rytz@empa.ch

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Hans-Rudolf Sieber
Technical staff

Tel: +41 58 765 62 94
hans-rudolf.sieber@empa.ch

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Nicolas Zaugg
Technical staff

Tel: +41 58 765 62 18
nicolas.zaugg@empa.ch


News

Open positions for master thesis/student project/internship

Several new master thesis/student project/internship positions have been opened. For further information, click here.

Latest publications

Reinforcement Learning on Reconfigurable Hardware: Overcoming Material Variability in Laser Material Processing

https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.19102

Autonomous exploration of the PBF-LB parameter space: An uncertainty-driven algorithm for automated processing map generation

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214860425000417

Forecasting Water Dynamics in Pipe-Networks: Machine Learning Approach

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/247985

Next conferences

Looking ahead, we are excited to co-organize the AAMS 25 from September 3-5, 2025, alongside the LTM from EPFL.

 



Open Positions

Open positions for a master thesis/student project:

More positions (if available) can be found here.


Master's thesis projects and semester internship proposals


Open positions for master thesis/student projects:

If there are no open positions or you have your own project propositions, feel free to contact us! We are always open to discussing potential topics and exploring new opportunities together.

Lectures

Teacher Course Title University Department Term Credits
Patrik Hoffmann Laser Microprocessing EPF Lausanne Microtechnique, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Spring 2
Patrik Hoffmann
Christian Leinenbach
Laser Materials Processing EPF Lausanne Materials Science and Engineering Autumn - every 2 years 2
Patrik Hoffmann
Sergey Shevchik
Materials processing with inteligent systems EPF Lausanne Microtechnique, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Autumn 3
Christian Leinenbach Advanced Metallurgy EPF Lausanne Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Autumn 4
Christian Leinenbach Additive Manufacturing of Metals and Alloys EPF Lausanne Materials Science and Engineering Autumn - every 2 years 2

Patrik Hoffmann

Nanofabrication of focused electron and ion beams EPF Lausanne Materials Science and Engineering, Advanced Manufacturing Autumn - every 2 years 2