Alexandre ButtlerI am a honorary professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Lausanne - EPFL. Up to 2019, I was a joint-professor between EPFL (Head of the laboratory of Ecological Systems - ECOS) and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL for Forest, Snow and Landscape (Head of the research group Pasture Woodlands and Wetlands) and head of the Site WSL-Lausanne. I was also professor at the laboratory of Chrono-Environnement (UMR CNRS 6249) of the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon (France). I am author or co-author of over 160 papers in international ISI cited peer-reviewed journals.
Pascal TurbergSince 2000 Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland, Laboratoire des systèmes écologiques (IIE-ECOS).
1999 2000 Research associate, National Research Center for Health and Environment. Institute of Hydrology Neuherberg München, Germany
1998 1999 Private consulting in hydrogeology and applied geophysics.
1995 - 1999 Research associate, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Center of Hydrogeology.
1993 - 1995 Postdoc, University of Birmingham, England
1989 - 1993 PhD in groundwater geophysics (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Center of hydrogeology).
1986 - 1988 Postgraduate studies in hydrogeology (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, Center of hydrogeology)
1981 - 1986 Lic. Phil. nat. (MSc) in Geology (Univ. of Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
Rita Bütler SauvainFunctions
Since 2005: Scientific collaborator,
WSL (Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research)
19972005: Scientific collaborator, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), Laboratory of Ecosystem Management
1996: Biologist,
SFFN (Service des forêts, de la faune et de la nature du canton de Vaud)
, Lausanne
1991-1992: Lecturer and project leader,
VŜST Technical University
, Liberec, Czechia
1989-1991: Teacher for natural sciences,
KKSS (Kath. Kantonssekundarschule)
,
KSBG (Kantonsschule am Burggraben)
, St. Gallen and
NTB (Interstaatliche Hochschule für Technik)
, Buchs
Education
2003: Ph.D. degree EPFL,
Dead wood in managed forests: how much and how much is enough? Development of a snag-quantification method by remote sensing and GIS and snag targets based on Three-toed woodpeckers' habitat requirements.
2003:
Hintermann&Weber research award
1995: Master degree in Environmental Sciences, EPFL
1989: Diploma for teaching of natural sciences - mathematics,
PHSG (Pädagogische Hochschule)
, St. Gallen
1984: Baccalaureate Latin, St. Gallen. Award for best matura.
Rodolphe SchlaepferExamples of international experience:
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Research project in Indonesia (Impact of forest exploitation on the ecological quality of rivers)
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Research project in Columbia (Impacts of petroleum exploitation on rivers and landscapes)
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Teaching at the University of Antananarivo (Sustainable management of natiral resources)
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Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Switzerland, France, UK
Scientific education:
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (Forestry),
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University Laval Quebec (Forest inventory and Statistics),
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University of Edinburgh (Statistics, Biometry),
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Oregon State University (Landscape ecology, Forest ecology).
Professional career:
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Statstician at Ciba-Geigy Basel(1969-1975),
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Professor for Statistics and Physics at the Swiss Engineering School for Agriculture Zollikofen (1975-1982),
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Professor for Forest Management and Forest Biometry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (1982-1987),
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Director general of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Birmensorf and Professor for Forest Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Zürich (1987-1996),
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Professor for Ecosystem Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technolgy Lausanne (1997-2005)
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From 2005: Honory Professsor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne
Paolo BenettinI was born in Padova, Italy, in 1986. After high school, I started the Environmental Engineering program at the University of Padova (Bachelor and Master), where I followed the 'soil protection' curriculum. During my Master studies I spent a semester as Erasmus student at Wageningen University (Wageningen, the Netherlands) to follow courses in Hydrology. After graduation, I decided to bring my education further and I started a Ph.D. at the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Padova. My Ph.D. thesis focused on hydrologic transport and travel time distributions at the catchment scale. My contribution to the subject included both new theoretical formulations and extensive numerical applications to real catchments. During my Ph.D., I also spent 7 months as visiting research fellow at Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, USA). Since I arrived at EPFL as post-doc in 2015, I started being involved in field and experimental activities, which allowed me to learn about practical experimental problems. In 2017 I had the opportunity to by hired by the ECHO laboratory as a permanent scientist, conducting research in the field of catchment hydrology.
Konstantin Svetlozarov Gavazov2018 - to present: WSL, Switzerland; SNSF Ambizione research associate 2015 - 2017: CIRC Abisko, Umeå University, Sweden; Postdoc in permafrost ecology and climate change 2014 - 2015: WSL, Switzerland; Postdoc in peatlands ecology and biogeochemistry 2009 - 2013: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland; PhD in Ecology. 2006 - 2009: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands; MSc in Ecology 2002 - 2005: Jacobs University Bremen, Germany; BSc in Biological Sciences.
