Klaus Yvon - CV
Education:PhD (Physics & Physical Chemistry, Thesis on Carbo-Hydrides of Transition Metals, 1967), from Univ. of Vienna (Austria).
Professional history: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at LRSM (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA); Visiting Professor at Max-
Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Stuttgart, Germany) and at University of Paris-Sud (France); Sir Allan Sewell Fellow (Griffith
University, Brisbane, Australia); Full Professor at University of Geneva (Switzerland).
Professional activities: Member of the Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research: Materials with Novel Electronic Properties
(MANEP); Director of Crystallography Laboratory (University of Geneva); past President of Swiss Society of Neutron Scattering; Committee
member of Swiss Crystallographic Association; past Chairman of Scientific Councils of Institute Laue-Langevin (Grenoble) and Swiss
Neutron Spallation Source (PSI Villigen); past Council Member of the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (Grenoble); Member of
International Steering Committee for the Conference Series: International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems; Co-chairmen and Vice-
chairmen of the Gordon Conferences on Hydrogen in Metals (2005, 2007); Expert at IEA Tasks 17 and 22 on solid state hydrogen storage;
Evaluator at European Framework programs FP6and FP7in the fields of hydrogen and fuel cell technology; Reviewer at the 2009 Annual
Review Merit Meeting of the US DoE Hydrogen Program (Washington, 2009).
Current research interests: Hydrogen technology (storage, sensors, integrated projects).
Scientific achievements: Author or co-author of more than 300 scientific publications in the fields of intermetallic compounds and solid
state hydrogen storage materials; discovered or co-discovered over 80 new complex transition metal hydrides; constructed first hydrogen
powered lawn mower (1992) and evaluated first Photovoltaic Hydrogen Production and Storage Installation for a Residential Home in
Switzerland (2000); Guest Editor for Proceedings of International Symposium on Metal-Hydrogen Systems 1996 in J. of Alloys and
Compounds; Guest Editor of Z. Kristallographie on special issue on metal hydrides for hydrogen storage (2008).
Honors and awards: Silver medal at 20th International Fair of Inventions (Geneva), Ivan Puluj Medal (Ukrainian Academy of Sciences), Sir
Allan Sewell Fellowship Award, Mineral Yvonite named after Klaus Yvon.
