!!Xile Hu - Curriculum Vitae \\ __1. Education__ \\ *Postdoc., California Institute of Technology, USA, February 2005 – June 2007. Advisor: Prof. Jonas C. Peters\\ *Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, USA, December 2004. Advisor: Prof. Karsten Meyer\\ *B.S. in Chemistry, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China, June 2000. Advisor: Prof. Jianhua Lin \\ __2. Institutional responsibilities__\\ \\ __Current:__ \\ *Director, Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Catalysis\\ *Member, 65plus advisory committee for the President\\ *Member of Steering Committee of Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering\\ *Member of Tenure and Promotion Committee of Faculty of Basic Sciences\\ *Chair, Institute Award Nomination Committee \\ __Past:__ \\ *Member, EPFL Strategic Committee in Fundamental Sciences \\ *Expert member of Scientific Panel of Research Commission of SNSF \\ *Members of Doctoral Program Committee in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering \\ *Faculty Recruitment Committees (multiple); Member, SB Dean Recruitment Committee\\ *EPFL Library Committee \\ \\ __3. Teaching activities (summary information)__ \\ *2008 - 2016 Coordination chemistry (Bachelor level) \\ *2011 – present Bioinorganic chemistry (Bachelor level)\\ *2008 – present Catalysis for energy storage (Master level)\\ *2010 – present Frontier in chemical synthesis – towards sustainable chemistry (Ph.D. level)\\ *2010 – present Frontier in organic synthesis – synthesis of carbo- and hetero-cycles (Ph.D. level) \\ *2010 – present Frontier in organic synthesis – stereochemistry (Ph.D. level) \\ __4. Active memberships in scientific societies, fellowships in renowned academies:__ \\ *Fellow, European Academy of Sciences\\ *Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) \\ *Member, Young Academy of Europe\\ *Invited Professor, University of Paris Diderot (2016)\\ *GIAN Fellowship for Invited Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2016)\\ *Member, Swiss Chemical Society, International Society of Electrochemistry, Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry.\\ \\