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PD Dr. Anita Christina Risch
Function
Groupleader, Senior Scientist
Contact
+41 44 739 23 46
Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Site
Birmensdorf Bi MG D 40
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
Current collaborations
- Prof. Dr. Jennifer Firn, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
- Prof. Dr. T. Michael Anderson, Wake Forest University, NC, USA
- Prof. Dr. Douglas A. Frank, Syracuse University, Department of Biology, Syracuse NY, USA
- Prof. Leena Finér, Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), Joensuu Research Centre, Joensuu, 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. Dr. Joseph Bump, Prof. Dr. Martin Jurgensen, Prof. Dr. Andrew Storer, Mike Hyslop, Michigan Technological University, School of Forestry and Wood Products, Houghton MI, USA
- Prof. Dr. Mizue Ohashi, University of Hyogo, Japan
- Prof. Dr. Wim van der Putten, NIOO-KNAW, Wageningen, Netherlands
- Dr. Xiaowei Wang, Chinese Acacemy of Sciences, Institute of Applied Ecology, Shenyang, China
- Dr. Dariusz J Gwiazdowicz, Poznan University, Poland
- Dr. Raul Ochoa-Hueso, The University of Western Sydney, Australia
- over 150 researchers worldwide involved in the Nutrient Networt (NUTNET): A global research cooperative
- Dr. Ruedi Haller, Dr. Flurin Filli, Dr. Pia Anderwald, Swiss National Park, Zernez, Switzerland
- Dr. Luca Bragazza,Prof. Dr. Alexander Buttler, , Dr. Beat Frey, Dr. Constant Signarbieux, Dr. Beat Wermelinger, Dr. Stephan Zimmermann, several reserachers from LFI, WSL, Switzerland
Main external funding sources
- Swiss National Science Foundation
- Swiss Federal Office for the Environment
- Finnish Academy of Sciences