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head of research unit

Organisational unit:	Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
Phone:	+41 44 7392 527
Fax:	+41 44 7392 215
Room:	Bi MG C 29
E-Mail:
Address:	Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL ZÃ¼rcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Current position

Adjunct Professor at ETH Zürich

Head of Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, member of the directorate of WSL

Lecturer for population genetics, conservation genetics, landscape genetics, alpine plant biology and the biology of ferns at the ETH and University in Zürich

Previous positions

2006-2010	Head of Research Unit Ecological Genetics and Evolution
2001-2006	Deputy Head of Section of Ecological Genetics at WSL
1998-1999	Postdoc at the Plant Science Laboratories of the University of St Andrews, Scotland
1997-1998	Research Associate at the Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zürich
1997	PhD at the University of Zürich

Research interests

Landscape and ecological genetics (animals and plants) and their practical application in nature conservation and forest management

Methodological approaches include field surveys, diverse experimental set-ups and various molecular-genetic lab techniques

Flora and vegetation of Switzerland

Other activities

Member of the Editorial Board of Landscape Ecology and of the steering committee of the Swiss Floristic Data Base (CRSF)
Personal activities in nature conservation