Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

Current position

Director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL

Professor for conservation biology at ETH Zürich and EPFL

PI of the Translational Centre Biodiversity Conservation, a joint Initiative of the ETH-Domain

Previous positions

2010–2024

Head of Research Unit Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
2011–2023 Member of WSL Directorate

2020–2021

Acting Deputy Director WSL

2006–2010

Head of Research Unit Ecological Genetics and Evolution WSL

2001–2006

Deputy Head of Section Ecological Genetics WSL

1998–1999

Postdoc at University of St Andrews, Scotland

1997

PhD an der Universität Zürich

Research interests

My research interests are in biodiversity and conservation biology, including environmental genomics. I use a suite of methods from monitoring to genomic approaches and study a wide array of organisms and ecosystems.

I focus on the exchange between research and application, and the implementation of scientific results in conservation management and landscape planning.

Selection of other activities

Member of the steering board of the Rübel Foundation

Vollständiger Lebenslauf und Publikationsliste

Complete CV and publication list Rolf Holderegger February 2024: PDF

Projects

Publications