Curriculum
Research experience
October 2010 till present:
Senior research assistant / lecturer, Engineering Seismology, Swiss Seismological Service, (ETH Zürich), Switzerland)
April to July 2011:
JSPS postdoctoral fellow, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Japan
November 2007 to September 2010: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
May 2003 to October 2007:
Research assistant and Ph.D student, Hazard and Risk group, Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich,
Switzerland
November 2002 to February 2003 :
Work experience, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, Australia
April 2002 to October 2002 :
Research assistant, Hazard and Risk group, Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Awards and Grants
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short-Term) for North American and European Researchers, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, PE10061, July 2010.
''Medal for outstanding Ph.D. thesis'', ETH Zürich, April 2008
Fellowships for prospective researchers, ''Earthquake scenarios for Salt-Lake valley and Southern California'', Swiss National Science Foundation, PBEZ22-117264. April 5 2007
''Award for excellent contributions to young scientists in the session site response and site effects'', First European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Geneva, Switzerland, 3rd to 8th September 2006
''Outstanding student presentation award'', 6th Ph.D. student's and advisor's meeting in the field of natural hazards, Cardada (Locarno), Switzerland, 18th to 20th September 2005
Education
Ph.D., Seismology, ETH Zürich, October 2007
- Thesis title: ''Site effects in the Rhône valley analysed by ambient noise, weak motion records and numerical simulations''
- Supervisors: Prof. Donat Fäh, Prof. Domenico Giardini
M.S., Earth Sciences, ETH Zürich, April 2002
- Thesis title: ''Moment tensor inversion of local earthquakes in Switzerland''
- Subjects: Seismology, Applied Geophysics, Geodynamics, Hydrology
Matura, Kollegium Brig, 1996
