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Dr. sc. techn. in Hydrology (Ph. D.)
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)
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June 2001
Zurich, Switzerland
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Thesis: Mechanisms controlling macropore flow during infiltration - Dye tracer experiments and simulations
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Diplom in Hydrology (M. Sc.)
Albert-Ludwigs University
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June 1997
Freiburg, Germany
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Minors: Soil Science, Geology, Statistics
Thesis: Study of runoff generation on hillslopes using tracer experiments and a physically-based numerical hillslope model
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Vordiplom in Geography (Hydrology) (B.Sc.)
Albert-Ludwigs University
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June 1993
Freiburg, Germany
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Majors: Hydrology, Physical Geography
Minors: Physics, Chemistry, Statistics
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study
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Laurentian University
Scholarship to the Ontario - Baden-Württemberg Exchange Program
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1993-1994
Sudbury, Canada
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Courses in Geomorphology, Land Resources, GIS, Fractal Geometry, Instrumental Analytical Chemistry, Earth Resources, and Geochemistry
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Dept. of Forest Engineering, Oregon State University
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Corvallis, OR, USA
October 2001 - to date
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Research topics:
Influence of forest roads in small watersheds, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Hydrological response and solute transport in forested hillslopes
Virtual experiments - exploring the hydrology of hillslopes and catchments
Preferential flow pathways in forested soils (sprinkling and dye tracer experiments)
Transfer distribution of event and pre-event water - a new approach based on natural isotopes
Water repellency in forest soils - effects on infiltration and hillslope hydrology
Persistence of throughfall patterns under different forest vegetation
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
Research Assistant
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Zurich, Switzerland
July 1997 - July 2001
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Co-Investigator in the following consulting/applied research projects:
Land use change and runoff processes - evaluation in three catchments in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Nonstructural measures on flood protection for the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR)
Extreme floods of the Cuncumen River (Chile) - Hydrometerological study of the Quillayes Tailing Dam
Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland - Flood Retention
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Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology
Research Assistant
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Zurich, Switzerland
August - December 1995
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Involved in a project on the identification of runoff generation processes on hillslopes funded by the Swiss National Scientific Research Foundation.
Application of different physically-based rainfall-runoff models
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teaching
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Hillslope Hydrology
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Oregon State University, Fall 2002, FE 605, 4 Credits
Co-taught with Jeff McDonnell
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Runoff Generation at different hydrological scales - basics, experimental methods and simulation
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Oct 2002, 3 day short course for graduate students at Potsdam University, Germany
Invited and sponsored by the International Quality Networks (IQN), DAAD, Germany
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Snow Hydrology
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Oregon State University, Winter 2003, 1 week field course at the Andrews Experimental Forest
Co-taught with Jeff McDonnell
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Hydrology, Hydrogeology, and Water Resources Management
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ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 1998-2001
Lecturing in the Postgraduate Program with emphasis on runoff generation processes
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Current graduate students
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Roman Portmann, M.Sc. student, started April 2002, Coop with University of Basel, Switzerland
Thesis: Hillslope hydrology of the Maybeso watershed in Southeast Alaska: Spatial and temporal characteristics of runoff generation in steep, forested watersheds
Matthias Retter, M.Sc. student, started Jan 2003, Coop with University of Freiburg, Germany
Thesis: Exploring subsurface flow pathways using natural and artificial tracers
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Supervision of interns from abroad in the Department's work experience program
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ETH Zurich, 1998-2001
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Hydrology I, Hydrology II, Tracer hydrology
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University of Freiburg, Germany, 1995-1996, Preparation of lectures as a teaching assistant
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Government Agency for Water Management and Soil Conservation
Internship
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Konstanz, Germany
Sept-Oct 1994
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Involved in different projects relating to water supply, hydraulic engineering and waste water treatment
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Karl Storz Endoscope
Temporary employment in summer holidays
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Tuttlingen, Germany
1989 - 1993
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Employee in the shipping or public relations department and programming shipping data base
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skills |
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Special Skills
Skilled user of IDL and PV-Wave software
GIS software ARC-INFO, ArcView, GRASS and IDRISI
Programming in C and FORTRAN
HTML and Javascript - Website programming for several institutes at ETH
Languages
German: native speaker
English: fluent
French: basics
Leadership
Officer of the student geography association
Swimming instructor and lifeguard certificates
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