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Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zuercherstrasse 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland
email: esper@wsl.ch
Voice: +41 44 739 2510
Fax: +41 44 739 2215

Secretary: Sibylle Hauser
email: sibylle.hauser@wsl.ch
Voice: +41 44 739 2579

Education
Habilitation in Geography, Univ. of Bern, Switzerland, 2005
Ph.D. in Geography, Univ. of Bonn, Germany, 1999
Diplom in Geography, Univ. of Bonn, Germany, 1995

Positions
Head Dendro Sciences Division, WSL
ETH Domain, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
2006 - present

Research Scientist, WSL
ETH Domain, Birmensdorf, Switzerland
2001 - 2006

Postdoc, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University, New York, USA
2000 - 2001

Associate Researcher, Department of Geography
University of Bonn, Germany
1999 - 2000

Ph.D. Student, Department of Geography
University of Bonn, Germany
1995 - 1999

Research Interests
Global Climate Change
Palaeoclimatology
Vegetation Dynamics

Current Teaching
Department of Geography, Univ. of Bern, Switzerland
Department of Botany, Univ. of Basel, Switzerland