Dominique Derome new Head of Laboratory

On 1 April 2017, Dominique Derome will become the new Head of the Laboratory for Multiscale Studies in Building Physics. She takes over from Jan Carmeliet, who wants to focus more on his research in the area of urban physics at Empa and on his professorship at ETH Zurich. Dominique Derome has studied architecture and holds a PhD in civil engineering. She has been working at Empa since 2008, initially as a Senior Scientist and, since 2012, as a Group Leader in the Laboratory for Multiscale Studies in Building Physics, for which she will now take over responsibility. The change in leadership of the lab was triggered by the desire of Jan Carmeliet, the previous lab head, to devote more time to research and teaching in the future. Last October, Empa's Board of Directors publicly advertised the open position based on the lab's current research activities. Following a recruitment process lasting several months, the seven-member selection committee unanimously nominated Dominique Derome as the new Laboratory Head in late January 2017.