WSL Institut pour l’étude de la neige et des avalanches SLF

Research interests

  • Forest structure analyses using inventory data
  • Canopy height modelling with 3d satellite and aerial imagery
  • Disturbance ecology based on tree-ring data
  • Biodiversity modelling at different spatial scales

Education and professional experience

05/2015 - 04/2017 Postdoctoral fellow - SILVIS Lab, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
06/2013 - 03/2015 Research associate - Remote Sensing Group and Stand Dynamics and Silviculture group WSL
02/2010 - 05/2013 Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich - WSL and Forest Ecology Group at ETH
  Ph.D. thesis: "Structure and disturbance patterns of the largest European primeval beech forest revealed by terrestrial and remote sensing data"
10/2005 - 11/2010  Certificate of Teaching Ability in Environmental Education ETH Zurich
10/2006 - 10/2008 Master of Science in Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich - Specialisation in Forest and Landscape Management
  Master thesis: "Growth reactions of beech, Scots pine and black pine on a forest fire" (in German)
10/2003 - 09/2006 Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences ETH Zurich

Main Projects

Monitoring natural forest reserves in Switzerland

The monitoring of natural forest reserves in Switzerland studies the natural forest using a standardised methodology based on forest inventories. There are 49 reserves under observation, which cover the most common forest types of Switzerland.

Primeval forest structures and biodiversity: A Swiss-Ukrainian research cooperation  

The cooperation in forest research between Switzerland and Ukraine, which has existed since 1999, focusses on the topics of primeval forest research and the sustainable use of resources in the energy wood sector.

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