WSL > About us > Staff > Rolf Holderegger

In focus Mitarbeitende Projects Publications Organization Mission and Tasks History Job opportunities Contact and maps

Prof. Dr. Rolf Holderegger - Personal Homepage

head of research unit, member of directors board

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 Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Current position

Adjunct Professor at ETH Zürich

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

Lecturer for conservation biology, conservation genetics, landscape genetics and the biology of ferns at ETH Zürich

Previous positions

2006-2010	Head of Research Unit Ecological Genetics and Evolution WSL
2001-2006	Deputy Head of Section of Ecological Genetics 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

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

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

(3) Monitoring of biodiversity

Other activities

Member of the steering committee of the Swiss Floristic Data Base (InfoFlora) and the advisory board of the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (Bafu)
Personal activities in nature conservation