Felix Specker

Felix Specker

Funzione

Data Scientist

Unità

Dinamica del paesaggio

Gruppo

Diversità forestale e biodemografia

  

Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
Zürcherstrasse 111
8903 Birmensdorf

Sito

WSL Birmensdorf Bi

Education

2020 – 2023

MSc Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Joint programme with the University of Zurich and University of Basel

Thesis: Incorporating biotic interactions into species distribution models for predicting coexistence using Bayesian hierarchical modeling.

2016 – 2020

BSc Environmental Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Thesis: Analysis of next-generation and whole-genome DNA-sequencing data to uncover genetic determinants for bacterial cooperative behavior in natural M. xanthus isolates.

2019Exchange semester, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway

Work Experience

06/2023 – 2025

Geospatial Data Scientist, Crowther Lab, ETH Zürich

Remote sensing and mechanistic modeling for reforestation monitoring within the EU-funded Open-Earth-Monitor project.

09/2016 – 07/2021

Social Worker (20–40%), Reformierte Kirchgemeinde Zürich

Youth work (ages 11–20), environmental education workshops, and organization of cultural exchange activities.

09/2018 – 12/2018

Teaching Assistant, ETH Zürich

Mathematics III: Systems Analysis, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics.