Vacuum around the clock: Yaroslav Romanyuk with the large-format ’CT200’ system with three chambers for the production of thin films. It is the heart of Empa’s ’Coating Competence Center’, which went into operation in 2016. Image: Empa
Vacuum around the clock: Yaroslav Romanyuk with the large-format 'CT200' system with three chambers for the production of thin films. It is the heart of Empa's 'Coating Competence Center', which went into operation in 2016. Image: Empa Yaroslav Romanyuk has been working at Empa for around 15 years on complex thin-film technologies for solar cells, printed circuits, novel solid-state batteries and other applications. Since the beginning of July, he is heading the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics and is pursuing ambitious goals with his team - from innovative materials to founding a start-up and using artificial intelligence for future experiments. He could have lived in Germany, in the US, in Poland perhaps, or at home in Ukraine. But then Yaroslav Romanyuk had his postcard moment. In 2002, he traveled to Lausanne for an interview for a doctorate at EPFL: from Luzk in Ukraine by bus via Poland to Zurich; from there on the train to Lausanne, into the tunnel behind Puidoux - and out into the enchanting vista over the vineyards to Lac Léman.
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