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Marcel received his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from EPFL and his master’s degree in Chemical and Bioengineering from ETH Zurich. During his studies, Marcel worked on Li-Ion Batteries at BASF and investigated Fischer-Tropsch refining catalysts at the University of Alberta. His master’s research was performed in the laboratory of Sossina Haile at Caltech, where he designed materials for fuel cell electrodes. He subsequently joined the laboratory of Michael Grätzel at EPFL, where he developed electrocatalysts and devices for the sunlight-driven conversion of CO₂ to fuels. Following his passion for fundamental electrochemistry, he moved to MIT, where he worked with Yogi Surendranath as an SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow. He subsequently joined the Department of Chemical and Bioengineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as the Richard H. Soit Assistant Professor. Marcel wants to understand how the structure of the electrochemical interface and the surface chemistry of catalytic materials influence the fundamental mechanisms which drive chemical transformations using electrical energy. Apart from electrochemistry, Marcel is passionate about wired and wireless communication systems, Modern Art, energy systems, technologies of all kinds and policy.