Current Position

• Coordinator Research Initiative Mining the Atmosphere
• Development Climate Solutions Hub
• Host NEST Podcast

Area of Expertise

• Knowledge and Technology Transfer for the Construction Sector
• CO₂-negative Building Materials

 
Membership in National and International Committees

• Advisory Board "Energy" Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM), Germany, head of Advisory Board
• Energy Cluster Switzerland, Vice President of the Board
• International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM), Former President (2009-2012)

Curriculum Vitae

• Professional Career
  • 2012 - 2025 Deputy Director Empa
  • 2002 – 2024 Empa, Head of Department "Engineering Sciences"
  • 2000 – 2001 Empa, Member of the Directorate of Empa Dübendorf
  • 1995 – 2000 Empa, Head of the Laboratory for Corrosion and Surface Protection
  • 1990 – 1995 Empa, Head of the Group for Plasma-Source Mass Spectrometry
  • 1989 – 1990 Indiana University, Postdoc funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation with Prof. Dr. G. M. Hieftje, Department of Chemistry, "Tandem-Source Plasma Mass Spectrometry"

• Education
  • 2002 – 2004 EMBA at University of St Gall
  • 1985 – 1989 PhD in Chemistry at ETH Zurich with Prof. Dr. B. Magyar "Fundamentals, Mechanism and Application of the Adsorption Polarography of Molybdenum(VI)"
  • 1979 – 1984 Diploma in Chemistry at ETH Zurch