THEOS

Directions to EPFL and to our offices at the bottom of this page; we are in an uber cool building by Dominique Perrault

Nicola Marzari
Chair, Theory and Simulation of Materials, EPFL
Director, NCCR MARVEL, SNSF
Head, Laboratory for Materials Simulations, Paul Scherrer Institut
Excellence Chair, University of Bremen

Office: ME D2 1126
Phone: +41 21 693 1129
Fax: +41 21 693 1125
Email: nicola.marzari@epfl.ch

Homepage THEOS: http://theossrv1.epfl.ch
Homepage MARVEL: http://nccr-marvel.ch
Homepage PSI: https://www.psi.ch/en/lms

Postal address
Prof. Nicola Marzari
EPFL STI IMX THEOS
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

THEOS Administrative Assistant
Ms. Cornelia Bujenita
EPFL STI IMX THEOS
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

Office: ME D2 1726
Phone: +41 21 693 1128
Fax: +41 21 693 1125
Email: cornelia.bujenita@epfl.ch
Available every day, except for Wed and Thu afternoons

MARVEL Administrative Assistant
Ms. Cornelia Bujenita
EPFL STI PRN-MARVEL
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

Office: ME D2 1726
Phone: +41 21 693 1911
Email: cornelia.bujenita@epfl.ch
Available every day, except for Wed and Thu afternoons

PSI Administrative Assistant
Ms. Nadja Ursula Ebner
Room WHGA/138
Paul Scherrer Institute
Forschungsstrasse 111
CH-5232 Villigen PSI
Swittzerland

Office: WHGA/138
Phone: +41 56 310 42 88
Email: nadja.ebner@psi.ch

MARVEL Scientific Manager
Dr. Lidia Favre-Quatttropani
EPFL STI PRN-MARVEL
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

Office: ME D2 1626
Phone: +41 21 693 4880
Email: lidia.quattropani@epfl.ch

MARVEL Program Manager
Dr. Patrick Mayor
EPFL STI PRN-MARVEL
Station 9
CH-1015 Lausanne
Switzerland

Office: ME D2 1626
Phone: +41 21 693 8166
Email: patrick.mayor@epfl.ch

Directions

First of all, useful to get EPFL printable campus map. Our group (EPFL interactive campus map: Office ME D2 1126) is on the second floor of the MED building, on the west wing - follow signs for THEOS and NCCR MARVEL. You can enter the building most easily from the south side that faces the Rolex Learning Center.

Driving directions: If you are driving to EPFL you should park in the paying parking lot underneath the Esplanade (see here for Google Maps directions) or the one underneath the Rolex Learning Center (see here for Google Maps directions). Both are labeled "P" on EPFL printable campus map. Then, walk to our offices (EPFL interactive campus map: Office ME D2 1126) .

By metro: There are two Metro lines in Lausanne - M1 from Lausanne Flon to Renens, and M2 from Ouchy to Croisettes (sometimes with shorter services that end at the train station Lausanne Gare). EPFL is on the M1 line, close to Renens (metro stop is EPFL). If you are coming from the train station, you take the M2 line in the direction of Croisettes (1 stop, going north/uphill), and get down at Lausanne Flon (the metro station of Lausanne Gare is outside the train station, on the north/city center side, across the street, and in between a MacDonalds and a Starbucks - sic transit gloria mundi). At Lausanne Flon you take the M2 line in the direction Renens, and get down at the EPFL metro stop (if by any chance you are visiting CECAM instead, it is easier to get down at the previous stop Unil-Sorge). You can find here the timetables for the two metro lines (and also maps and timetables for buses).

By train: Lausanne is well served with trains from Geneva, Paris, Zurich, Basel, and Milan, to mention a few. From Geneva airport there are fast trains and somewhat slower trains. If you are on one of the latter, and it stops in Renens, it might be worth getting down there and taking the metro line M1 in direction Lausanne Flon - it's only 5 stops to EPFL. On a fast train get down in Lausanne, and use the directions given above. Train timetables (including metro stops - e.g. you can ask to go from EPFL to Geneva Airport) can be found here. EPFL general page on Directions to EPFL has a nice sketch of the timelines for the different options.

By plane: the closest airport is GVA, on the outskirts Geneva - there are frequent trains directly from the airport to Lausanne, from where you can take the metro or a taxi to EPFL. Train journey between 42 minutes and 1 hour. ZRH (Zurich Airport) has also direct trains to Lausanne, and the journey takes ~2 hours and 20 minutes. BSL (Basel Airport) is close to the town, and from Basel it is also a ~2 hour 20 minutes train ride. You can find here all train timetables. Remember also that Easyjet has many flights to all these airports.

By taxis, Uber: Plenty of taxis at airports or at Lausanne train station. A ride to EPFL from the train station is ~35 CHF. Lausanne and all of Switzerland have a legal Uber service.

Some useful maps

EPFL printable campus map
EPFL interactive campus map
EPFL interactive campus map: Office ME D2 1126
Directions to EPFL
Mobilis tarif zones map (public transport)