| 2014- | Postdoctoral fellow and senior scientific assistant, ETH Zuerich |
| 2009-2013 | PhD studies in physics (Dr. sc. nat.), University of Bern, supervised by Prof. Dr. Fortunat Joos and Prof. Dr. Hubertus Fischer; research assistant, supervision of and grading for practical courses (2.-6. semester) physics major |
| 2007-2008 | Diploma in physics, thesis at LHC/CERN, supervised by Prof. Dr. Guenther Dissertori |
| 2002-2008 | Diploma studies (Master) in Physics (major subject: particle physics), ETH Zuerich |
| 1994-2002 | Matura, Typus B (modern languages), Kantonsschule Solothurn |
| 1989-1994 | Obligatory school (Luterbach, SO) |
Research Interests:
Mathematical modeling, statistics, particle physics, climate physics, carbon cycle, carbon isotopes,
game theory, mathematics application in negotiation or politics, scientific simulations
Conferences, seminars, lectures and workshops:
| 2017 | Lecturer/Workshop: Zurich Academy of Internal Medicine - Lehrgang Laufbahn-Planung (conflict management) |
| Oral presentation: Volkshochschule Zuerich / Kulturpark (free movement of persons / negotiation engineering ) | |
| Oral presentation: Emeriti ETH (negotiation engineering ) | 2016 | Course leader summer school "Good Governance and its Application to Modern Technology Policies" |
| Lecturer: Contemporary conflict management, ETH Zuerich - Course Catalogue ETH | |
| Co-organisation of a simulation seminar (energy treaty), European Campus of Excellence, Studienstiftung Schweiz | |
| 2015 | Presentation/Workshop for Bank of Communications (China) (negotiation engineering) |
| Oral presentation: Impulsvortrag, Amt fuer Energie, Abfall und Umwelt, Kanton Zuerich (free movement of persons / negotiation engineering) | |
| Jury participation: Business Game St. Gallen | |
| Lecturer/Workshop: Zurich Academy of Internal Medicine - Lehrgang Laufbahn-Planung (conflict management) | |
| Jury participation: European Campus of Excellence, Studienstiftung Schweiz | |
| Oral presentation: EDA Young Diplomat Training (game theory) | |
| Oral presentation: Studieninformationstage, ETH | |
| Oral presentation: Game Theory, Negotiation Conference UniBE | |
| Co-organisation of a simulation seminar (on nuclear disarmament), Uni Genf | |
| 2014 | Oral presentation: Studieninformationstage ETH |
| Oral presenation: Postfinance, Bern (negotiation engineering) | |
| Co-Organisation of a simulation seminar (on negotiations between CH-EU), ETH | |
| 2012 | LPJ Development Meeting, Bern |
| 2011 | WETCHIMP workshop, Hamburg, Germany |
| 2009 | Oral presentation: Exchange Meeting ETH and University of Bern |
| Poster presentation: EGU, Vienna, Austria | |
| Oral presentation: LPJ Development Meeting, Bern | |
| other | Reviewer for SPSR |
Teaching:
Supervision of various master theses (ETH; e.g. UK-EU Renegotiation: Quantitative Analysis of Immigration and Free Movement; a safeguard clause for the Gotthard tunnel; Engineering Climate Change Negotiations),
supervision of and grading for practical courses (2.-6. semester) physics major (University of Bern),
lecturer for "Contemporary Conflict Management" (ETH), organisation "Applied Negotiation Seminar" (ETH),
(co-) organisation of two simulation seminars (ETH)
Languages:
German, English, French: fluent; Italian: conversant
Programming and Software:
Fortran, C++, Matlab, NCO tools, R, HTML, Ferret, NCL, LATEX, Emacs, Subversion, Illustrator, Photoshop, Gimp,
OpenOffice, MX Windows, Linux
Interests:
Hema, cycling, gaming, photography, cooking, solving riddles (e.g. Puzzleup), story telling