Governance
Steering Committee
Claudia Binder
Estelle Doudet
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
Michael Lehning
Niklas Linde, Chairman
Nelly Niwa
Mario Paolone
Julia Steinberger
Martin Vetterli
Nicolas Tétreault, permanent guest
Dean ENAC, EPFL
Vice Rector "Research", UNIL
Associate Vice President for Centers and Platforms, EPFL
Academic Director, CLIMACT
Dean FGSE, UNIL
Director, Competence Center in Sustainability, UNIL
Chairman, CEN directorate, EPFL
Academic Director, CLIMACT
President of EPFL
Executive Director, CLIMACT
Executive Committee
Rizlan Bernier-Latmani
Fabrizio Butera
Corentin Fivet
Augustin Fragnière
Antoine Guisan
Samuel Jaccard
Michael Lehning, permanent guest
François Maréchal
Athanasios Nenes
Nicolas Senn
Julia Steinberger, permanent guest
Nicolas Tétreault
Marie Violay
Professor, EPFL
Professor, EPFL
Professor, EPFL
Doctor, UNIL
Professor, UNIL
Professor, UNIL
Academic Director, CLIMACT
Professor, EPFL
Professor, EPFL
Professor, UNIL
Academic Director, CLIMACT
Executive Director, CLIMACT
Professor, EPFL
Meet the team
Nicolas Tétreault
Executive director
After 15 years of academic research at University of Toronto, Cambridge University and EPFL, Dr. Nicolas Tetreault joined Sofies SA in 2015 as senior consultant to help public and private entities reach their climate goals. Expert in climate strategy and planification, as well as in renewable energy, H2, green chemistry and CCUS in particular, Nicolas is the executive director of CLIMACT since June 2021.
Julia Steinberger
Academic Director
Julia Steinberger is Professor of Societal Challenges of Climate Change at the University of Lausanne. Her research examines the connections between resource use (energy and materials, greenhouse gas emissions) and societal performance (economic activity and human wellbeing).
Michael Lehning
Academic Director
Michael (Michi) Lehning has been leading the CLIMACT development on the EPFL side and is a joint professor of cryospheric sciences and snow processes between EPFL and WSL (SLF Davos). He is an expert in snow-atmosphere interactions in extreme environments. More details can be found on the Laboratory of cryospheric sciences website or on Wikipedia.
Email address:
nicolas.tetreault@climact.ch
Email address:
julia.steinberger@unil.ch
Email address:
lehning@slf.ch
Aïcha Besser
Communication specialist
With a background in Political Sciences and a Bachelor in Marketing and Public Relations, Aïcha has been working in institutional communications, media relations and events for the last 15 years, among which 13 years for IMD Business School. Passionate about environmental questions, she joined CLIMACT as a communications specialist in August 2021.
Isabelle Derivaz-Rabii
Administrative assistant
Passionate about administration, organisation and human contacts, Isabelle worked for several years at the Bernoulli Interfaculty Centre where she discovered the multiple facets of academia before joining the CLIMACT team.
Charmilie Nault
Scientific collaborator
Following a Master in International and European law, Charmilie worked for different programmes dedicated to polar research. Being part of the CLIMACT team is a new way to actively support research dedicated to climate change.
Email address:
aicha.besser@climact.ch
Email address:
isabelle.derivaz-rabii@climact.ch
Email address:
charmilie.nault@climact.ch