Istituto federale di ricerca per la foresta, la neve e il paesaggio WSL
Funzione
Membro della Direzione, Senior scientist, Responsabile di gruppo
Unità
Biodiversità ed ecologia della conservazione
Gruppo
Ecologia delle comunità
Contatto
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Sito
WSL Birmensdorf Bi MG D 40
2010: Habilitation, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Sciences
Supervisor: Peter J. Edwards
2004 - 2006: Post-doc in Ecosystem Ecology, Department of Biology, Syracuse University,
Supervisor: Douglas A. Frank
2003: Ph.D. Degree in Forest Ecology, WSL, ETH Zurich
Thesis: Successional patterns and processes following land use change in subalpine forests of the Central European Alps.
Supervisor: Martin Schütz, Harald Bugmann
2000: Masters Degree in Forestry, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA
Thesis: Vegetation - environment relationships within small tributary watersheds of an old-growth forest in Upper Michigan, USA.
Supervisor: Kurt S. Pregitzer, Margaret R. Gale, Martin F. Jurgensen, Casey F. Huckins
1999: Masters Degree in Ecology and Systematics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis: Raum-Zeit-Modell der Vegetationsentwicklung auf zwei subalpinen Kleinweiden im Schweizerischen Nationalpark.
Supervisor: Martin Schütz, Bertil O. Kruesi
2023 - present: member of the board of directors WSL
2018 - present: Senior scientist at WSL (Switzerland)
2010 - present: Private Lecturer (PD) at ETH Zürich (Switzerland)
2009 - present: Graduate Faculty and Adjunct Professor, MTU (USA)
2008 - present: Lecturer at department of Environmental Sciences of ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
2006 - present: Head of plant-animal interactions group (formerly animal ecology) within research unit community ecology at WSL (Switzerland)
2019 - 2024: Visiting Fellow (Adjunct), Queensland University of Technology,QUT (Australia)
2006 - 2009: Adjunct Assistant Professor, MTU (USA)
2006: Research scientist for vegetation-soil interaction at WSL (Switzerland)
2004 - 2006: Research associate for ecosystem CO 2 fluxes in a temperate grassland (Yellowstone National Park) at Syracuse University (USA)
2000 - 2004: Research scientist for vegetation dynamics at WSL (Switzerland)
2000: Research scientist for soil science and wetland science at MTU (USA)
1996 - 1999: Graduate research assistant at the Geobotanical Institute of ETH Zurich and at the entomological collection of ETH Zurich (Switzerland)
1994 - 1999: Part time assistant and secretary at Union Bank of Switzerland, Zurich (Switzerland)