CV of Bernd Nowack

Experience
1/2007 to date Group leader, Environmental Risk Assessment and Management Group, Technology and Society Laboratory, Empa - Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
8/2006-12/2006 Senior Researcher, Technology and Society Laboratory, Empa - Materials Science and Technology, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
4/1999-12/2006

Senior researcher (Oberassistent) at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems, ETH Zurich, Soil Protection Group

2/2002 Invited researcher, Chemistry Department, Université de Limoges
8/1998-3/1999 Postdoctoral researcher, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), group of Dr. U. von Gunten
2/1997-7/1998 Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Geography & Environmental EngineeringThe Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, group of Prof. A. Stone  
1/1996-12/1996 Research scientist, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), St. Gallen, Switzerland, Department of Chemistry. 
11/1992-12/1995 Doctoral studies - Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG), Dubendorf, Switzerland. Thesis advisor Prof. Dr. Laura Sigg
4/1992-7/1992 Master's Thesis "Speciation of Chromium in Freshwaters" - EAWAG, Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dr. L. Sigg
11/1990-4/1991 Practical work at the Drinking Water Inspectorate of the State of Aargau, Switzerland.
Education
2013

Adjunct professor at ETH Zürich, Department of Environmental Systems Science

2003 Habilitation for the teaching area "Environmental Chemistry", Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich
1996 Ph.D. (Dr. sc. nat) - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, Thesis title: "Behavior of EDTA in groundwater: a study of the surface reactions of metal-EDTA complexes", Diss ETH Nr. 11392, Thesis Advisor: Prof. Dr. L. Sigg.
1992 M.Sc. (Dipl. Natw. ETH) in Environmental Science - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland. 
1987-1992 Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland, Department of Environmental Systems Science.