Vita

Professional experience

  • since 2022: External Lecturer in Spatial Data Analytics (part-time, one-day lecture as part of a CAS)
    University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (FHNW), Olten, Switzerland

  • since 2018: Head of Data Science
    EBP Schweiz AG, business division Information Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2013-2014: Research Assistant (part-time)
    Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK

  • 2010-2018: Project Lead, Data Scientist, and Senior Consultant
    EBP Schweiz AG, business division Information Technology, Zollikon/Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2008-2008: GIS Consultant (on demand)
    ASE and Spectraseis, both in Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2006-2010: Research Assistant
    Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland

  • 2005-2005: GIS and Remote Sensing Intern
    Swissphoto Group, GeoAviation Solutions, Regensdorf, Switzerland

  • 2004-2006: GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst (part-time)
    EBP Schweiz AG, business division Information Technology + GIS, Zollikon, Switzerland

  • 2004-2004: GIS and Remote Sensing Intern
    EBP Schweiz AG, business division Information Technology + GIS, Zollikon, Switzerland

Education

  • 2014-2018: Visiting Researcher
    Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK. Since May 2015: Member of the Geonet Project and the Connectiviy, Inclusion, and Inequality Group.

  • 2006-2010: PhD
    Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Focus on geographic information science. Thesis: Extraction and Characterisation of Landforms from Digital Elevation Models: Fiat Parsing the Elevation Field.

  • 2001-2006: MSc
    Institute of Geography, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Focus on geographic information science, remote sensing, and economic geography; minors in political science, cartography, geology, and mathematics. Thesis: Sensitivity of process models with respect to the spatial resolution of LiDAR-based elevation data.

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