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Kay Severin is a full professor in the Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL). He received his Ph.D. in 1995 from the University of Munich, under the supervision of Prof. W. Beck. He then pursued postdoctoral research with Prof. M. R. Ghadiri. In 1997, he began independent research projects at the University of Munich. Severin joined EPFL in 2001 as an assistant professor and was promoted to full professor in 2009. His research interests include supramolecular chemistry, organometallic chemistry, and atomic transfer radical reactions. Over the years, he has received numerous prestigious awards including the Bayerischer Habilitations Förderpreis and the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Award in 2001, along with various recognitions from the Swiss Chemical Society and DECHEMA. His work has been widely published, with notable contributions to ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE and the Journal of the American Chemical Society. He is actively involved in teaching, leading courses on inorganic chemistry and supramolecular chemistry, and guiding PhD students in their research projects.
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