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Organisationseinheit:	Ökologie der Lebensgemeinschaften Tier-Pflanzen Interaktionen
Tel:	+41 44 7392 346
Fax:	+41 44 7392 215
Raum:	Bi CA C 06
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Adresse:	Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Anita Christina Risch

Education

2010: Habilitation, ETH Zurich, Department of Environmental Sciences
Supervisor: Peter J. Edwards

2004 - 2006: Post-doc in Ecosystem Ecology, Department of Biology, Syracuse University,
Supervisor: Douglas A. Frank

2003: Ph.D. Degree in Forest Ecology, WSL, ETH Zurich
Thesis: Successional patterns and processes following land use change in subalpine forests of the Central European Alps.
Supervisor: Martin Schütz, Harald Bugmann

2000: Masters Degree in Forestry, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA
Thesis: Vegetation - environment relationships within small tributary watersheds of an old-growth forest in Upper Michigan, USA.
Supervisor: Kurt S. Pregitzer, Margaret R. Gale, Martin F. Jurgensen, Casey F. Huckins

1999: Masters Degree in Ecology and Systematics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Thesis: Raum-Zeit-Modell der Vegetationsentwicklung auf zwei subalpinen Kleinweiden im Schweizerischen Nationalpark.
Supervisor: Martin Schütz, Bertil O. Kruesi

Professional experience

01/2011 - present: Head of Plant-Animal Interactions research group within research unit Community Ecology, WSL, Switzerland

09/2009 - present: Adjunct Associate Professor and member of the graduate faculty, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Tech, USA

09/2008 - present: Lecturer, Department of Environmental Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

10/2006 - 05/2009: Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Tech, USA

07/2006 - 12/2010: Head of Animal Ecology research group within research unit Community Ecology, WSL, Switzerland

03/2006 - 06/2006: Research scientist, WSL, Switzerland

03/2004 - 01/2006: Research associate, Departement of Biology, Syracuse University, USA

11/2000 - 02/2004: Research scientist, WSL, Switzerland

05/2000 - 10/2000: Research scientist, School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Tech, USA

1996 - 1999: Graduate research assistant ETH Zurich, Switzerland

1994 - 1999: Part time assistant and secretary at UBS Zurich, Switzerland

Collaborations

Prof. T. Michael Anderson, Wake Forest University, NC, USA
Prof. Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University, Department of Biology, Syracuse NY, USA
Prof. Pekka Niemelä, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry, Joensuu, Finland
Prof. Leena Finér, Dr. Seppo Neuvonen, Dr. Timo Domisch, Jouni Kilpeläinen, Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), Joensuu Research Centre, Joensuu, Finland
Prof. Lotta Sundström, University of Helsinki, Department of Biological & Environmental Sciences, Helsinki, Finland
Dr. Debbie Page-Dumroese, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Forestry Science Lab, Moscow ID, USA
Dr. Matt Busse, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Silviculture Lab, Redding, CA, USA
Prof. Martin Jurgensen, Prof. Andrew Storer, Mike Hyslop, Michigan Technological University, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Houghton MI, USA
Prof. Mizue Ohashi, University of Hyogo, Japan
Dr. Flurin Filli, Swiss National Park, Zernez, Switzerland
Dr. Beat Frey, WSL, Switzerland

Main external funding sources

Swiss National Science Foundation
Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
Finnish Academy of Sciences