Prof. Dr. Felix Kienast
Funzione
ausiliare
Contatto
+41 44 739 23 66
Istituto federale di Ricerca per la Foresta, la neve e il Paesaggio (WSL)
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf
Sito
Birmensdorf Bi HL E 34
Research Interests
Evaluation of historical and current landscape patterns and processes.
GIS-based landscape models to simulate possible future landscape development and associated landscape services.
Interactions between landscape change and ecological as well as socio-economic attributes.
Development of indicators for landscape monitoring.
Place attachment in migrating communities.
Education
Venia legendi | University of Bern / ETH Zurich | 1996 / 2005 |
PhD | University of Zurich | 1985 |
Scientific Career
Titular Professor for Landscape Ecology ETH Zürich | 2007 - 2023 |
Senior Scientist Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | 2006 - 2023 |
Head of research group „Landscape modeling“at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | 2006 - 2010 |
Section head “Landscape dynamics and spatial development” at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, deputy division head | 1998 - 2006 |
Head of research group „Landscape development“ at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL | 1988 - 1998 |
Postdoctoral fellow Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Dept. of Soil Physics | 1988 |
Postdoctoral fellow & consultant at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA | 1985 - 1987 |
Professional Societies
President | 2011 - 2015 | |
Swiss Academy of Science (SCNAT) | President Working Group "Landscape, Alps and Parks" | 2019 - 2021 |