Last updated:
November 20, 2009

Dr. Steve Comby Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) M.Sc. in Chemistry (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland) E-mail: combys@tcd.ie

I graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in chemistry in 2004. The same year I started my PhD at the EPFL within the group of Prof. J.-C. Bünzli where I studied the thermodynamic and photophysical properties of lanthanides complexes, emitting in both visible and near-infrared ranges, and investigated their potential use as probes for bio-imaging. I then joined the group of Prof. Gunnlaugsson in October 2008 as an IRCSET postdoctoral fellow. I am currently working on the sensing and imaging of biological important molecules using Ln-functionalised gold nanoparticles. My main interests apart from chemistry are music, sports and as every real Swiss, chocolate.