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Gábor Laurenczy finished his studies (MSc, chemistry) at the Kossuth University, Debrecen – Hungary in 1978, three years later he obtained a PhD (inorganic chemistry). In 1985 he became assistant professor (Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry) and in 1991 he made his habilitation (Hungarian Academy of Sciences). In 1985 he moved to Switzerland where in 1991 he became assistant professor at the University of Lausanne and from 2001–2009 he was master of teaching and research at EPFL. Since 2010 he has been a professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and head of the Group of Catalysis for Energy and Environment.