Prof. Dr. Daniel Farinotti

Professional Curriculum vitae

• since 2016: Assistent professor in glaciology at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland
• 2014-2016: Research associate at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Switzerland
• 2012-2014: Research associate at the Section of Hydrology at the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Potsdam, Germany
• 2010 and 2012: Visiting scientist at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge, UK
• 2007 - 2012: Research associate in the glaciology group at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 2009 - 2011 Postgraduate Course in Applied Statistics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 2008 - 2010  PhD Thesis at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• 2007  Diploma in Environmental Engineering at ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Scientific interests

• Hydrology of glacierized catchments
• Estimation of glacier ice thickness
• Glacier-climate interactions
• Long term hydro-glaciological projections and forecasts

Five most influential publications

• D. Farinotti, M. Huss, J.J. Fürst, J. Landmann, H. Machguth, F. Maussion, and A. Pandit (2019). A consensus estimate for the ice thickness distribution of all glaciers on Earth. Nature Geoscience, 12 (3), 168-173. doi: 10.1038/s41561-019-0300-3
• D. Farinotti, V. Round, M. Huss, H. Zekollari, L. Compagno (2019). Large hydropower and water-storage potential in future glacier-free basins. Nature, 575 (7782), 341-344. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1740-z
• H. Zekollari, M. Huss, and D. Farinotti (2019). Modelling the future evolution of glaciers in the European Alps under the EURO-CORDEX RCM ensemble. The Cryosphere. 13 (4), 1125-1146. doi: 10.5194/tc-13-1125-2019
• D. Farinotti, and 36 others (2017). How accurate are estimates of glacier ice thickness? Results from ITMIX, the Ice Thickness Models Intercomparison eXperiment. The Cryosphere, 11 (2), 949-970. doi: 10.5194/tc-11-949-2017
• D. Farinotti, L. Longuevergne, G. Moholdt, D. Duethmann, T. Mölg, T. Bolch, S. Vorogushyn, and A. Güntner, 2015. Substantial glacier mass loss in the Tien Shan over the past 50 years. Nature Geosciece, 8 (9), 716-722. doi: 10.1038/NGEO2513

• Publication list and profile on ResearchGate
• WSL Research Unit Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements
• Glaciology group at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW), ETH Zurich
• IACS working group on glacier ice thickness estimation
• Available Master-, Bachelor-, and Semester-Theses
• Further publications