Curriculum

Academic degrees

1994 Final diploma (equivalent to M.Sc.) in earth sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich at ETH Zurich
Thesis: Potential starting zones of debris flows in the periglacial of the Oberengadine (Swiss Alps)
1999 Ph.D. at the Technical University of Catalonia, Barcelona
Thesis: Geotechnical analysis of large volcanic landslides. The La Orotava events on Tenerife, Canary Islands. (PDF)

1989 - 1993 Several temporal jobs at the ETH Zurich
1992 Temporal training at the environmental department of the Canton Lucerne
1992 - 1995 Employee at the GEOTEST AG in Horw (Lucerne)
1995 - 1997 Investigation grant based on an agreement between the ETH Zurich and the CSIC of Spain at the Institute of earth sciences ‘Jaume Almera’ CSIC (Barcelona)
1997 - 1999 TMR grant of the Swiss National Science Foundation at the Department of Geotechnical Engineering and Geosciences of the Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
2000 Post-doctoral research scientist at the WSL
2001-2004 Assistant professor for Engineering Geology, Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
2005-2008 Associate professor (Prof. Agregat) for Engineering Geology, Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
2008- Associate professor (Prof. Titular) for Engineering Geology, Technical University of Catalonia (Barcelona)
2013-2014 Visiting researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)