Jobs & Education

NES unitNameProject
LESDr. Bin Xi«Net-Zero optimization of cementitious materials» 
Start date: July 2024
LESDr. Dengquan Wang“Atomic-scale understanding of redox behaviors of Fe-doped hydrotalcites in Mg-cements” Start date: July 2023
LESDr. Xiaoyan Wei"Diffusion and retention of redox sensitive elements in clay" Start date: October 2024
NES unitNameTitleSupervisor
LESLev Khait“Se-uptake by zeolites” Start date: December 2024Dr. R. Dähn, PSI;
Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE
LESJiazheng Lu“Fe speciation in cementitious pore water” Start date: December 2024Prof. Dr. U. Angst, ETHZ; 
Prof. Dr. J. L. Provis, PSI; 
Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE
LESAlexandra Ilga Ermanni“Fe diffusion in cement phases” Start date: October 2024Prof. Dr. U. Angst, ETHZ; 
Dr. R. Prasianakis, PSI;
Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE
LESNajma Sultana Shaik“Fe speciation in cement phases by XAS” Start date: July 2024Prof. Dr. U. Angst, ETHZ; 
Dr. R. Dähn, PSI;
Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE
LESMaciej Delekta“Formation, synthesis, chemical structure, and thermodynamic properties of Fe-hydrotalcite in Mg-rich cement” Start date: January 2024Prof. B. Lothenbach, Empa and UNIBE; 
Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE;
Prof. Dr. J. L. Provis, PSI; 
Prof. B. Ma, NCEPU
LESJiaxing Ban “Fe-doped hydrotalcites in Mg-cements”
Start date: September 2023		Prof. B. Lothenbach, Empa and UNIBE;  Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE;
Prof. Dr. J. L. Provis, PSI; 
Prof. B. Ma, NCEPU
LESSevgi Ekin Bayram“Synthesis and characterisation of metal-doped C-S-H phases”
Start date: February 2023		Dr. A. Testino, EPFL;
Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE;
Prof. Dr. J. L. Provis, PSI;
Prof. B. Ma, NCEPU
LESHaonan Peng“In situ chemical tomography and modelling of reactive transport processes in porous media”
Start date: November 2021		Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE;
Dr. N. Prasianakis, PSI
LESVasyl Stotskyi“Molecular scale understanding of competitive cation adsorption on swelling clay minerals” 
Start date: May 2021		Prof. Dr. S. Churakov, PSI and UNIBE;
Dr. M. Marques Fernandes, PSI
NES unitNameProject
LESDr. Guang Hu“Data driven and physics based TH-model for repository near-field”
LESDr. Athanasios Mokos“Boiling crisis in nuclear reactor” and “Microstructural changes in cementitious materials”
LESDr. Ashish Dinesh Rajyaguru“In situ chemical tomography and modelling of reactive transport processes in porous Media”
LESDr. Fulvio Di Lorenzo“Molecular scale understanding of competitive cation adsorption on swelling clay minerals”
LESDr. Yanhua Chen"Diffusive transport of gaseous species at saturated and partially saturated conditions"
LESDr. Pablo Cruz Hernandez"Sorption mechanisms of Zn and U on Opalinus Clay"
LESDr. Francesco Marafatto"Cryo-microspectroscopy at the microXAS beamline for the investigation of redox- and radiation-sensitive samples"
LESDr. Typhaine Guillemot“Development of C-14 AMS based analytical methods for the identification and quantification of dissolved and volatile organic compounds”
LESDr. Ravi Patel

"Resolving carbonation mechanisms of cement-based materials through multi-scale microstructural simulations"

"Boiling crisis in nuclear reactor"

LESDr. Dan Miron

"Effect of aluminum on C-S-H structure, stability and solubility"

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LESDr. Guoqing Gen"Alkali-silica reaction in concrete"
LESGuomin Yang"Pore-scale control of mineral precipitation: from atomistic model to macroscopic modelling and experimental observations"
LESBenjamin CvetkovicC-14
LESAlina YapparovaCOTHERM
NES unitNameTitleLink to thesis
LESDimitra Zerva“Retention and transport of surface complexing radionuclides in compacted clay rocks” 
LESJerry Owusu"Pore-scale simulations of gas molecules in saturated and partially saturated clays" 
LESYanting Qian"Adsorption of redox sensitive radionuclides on Fe-bearing clay minerals" 
LESMohamed Mahrous"Resolving dissolution-precipitation processes in porous media: Pore-scale lattice Boltzmann modelling combined with synchrotron-based X-ray characterisation" 
LESLeonardo Hax Damiani"Modelling transport across reactive interfaces with the Nernst-Planck approach" 
LESPhilipp Krejci"Multispecies cation transport in compacted clays" 
LESPietro Luraschi"Evolution of transport properties, mineralogy and porosity of cement-clay interfaces" 
LESSilvan Wick"Thallium Sorption onto Illite and Birnessite and its Relevance in Soils"Thesis
LESAndrea Mancini"Thermodynamic and spectroscopic investigations of ferric and ferrous iron in cementitious systems"Thesis
LESLatina NedyalkovaA structural and thermodynamic study of the intercalation of selenium(IV), selenium(-II), sulfur(-II) and iodine(-I) in AFm phases 
LESAnnamária KériShedding light on metal adsorption processes on clay minerals inferred from atomistic simulations and X-ray absorption spectroscopy 
LESCornelia WiggerAnion accessibility in low argillaceous rocks (ANPOR) 
LESYanhua ChenRetardation of low-molecular weight organic compounds in clays 
LESAmir ShafizadehPorosity and structural changes at cement/clay interfaces and their relations to transport properties 
LESJenna PoonoosamyDissolution-Precipitation in Porous Media: Experiments and ModellingThesis
LESDaniela SoltermannFerrous iron uptake mechanisms at the montmorillonite-water interface under anoxic and electrochemically reduced conditionsDiss., ETH Zürich, Nr. 22103
NES unitNameCourseUniversity
LESProf. Dr. Sergey ChurakovAtomistic simulations of geo-materialsUniversität Bern
LESProf. Dr. Sergey ChurakovMineral surface characterization by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)Universität Bern
LESProf. Dr. Sergey ChurakovCrystal OpticsUniversität Bern
LESProf. Dr. Sergey ChurakovCrystallography I + II and Practical CourseUniversität Bern
LESProf. Dr. Sergey ChurakovFuel Cycle and Waste ManagementETH Zürich
LESDr. Nikolaos PrasianakisLattice Boltzmann simulation in porous mediaUniversität Bern
LESPD Dr. Georg KosakowskiGeostatisticsUniversität Bern
LESPD Dr. Thomas GimmiGeochemical Modelling II: Reactive-Transport ModellingUniversität Bern
LESPD Dr. Thomas GimmiFluids in the crustUniversität Bern