Research Associate
(20 %), Deputy Group Leader of the research Group GeomorphRisk at the Institute of Geography, University of Berne
Owner of NDR Consulting GmbH
Practical works in the field of Natural Hazard Management as well as Risk Management (Switzerland and different developing countries, mainly Sentral and Southern Asia)
Secondment at the Department of Public Works and Highways, Philippine Government.
Workings in the Management of Lahars at Mount Pinatubo
- November 1991 – March 2003
Employee at the geoscientific company Geo7 AG, Berne
Practical an research work in the field of Natural Hazard ans Risk Management
- October 1990 – October 1991
Post-Doc
at the Public Works Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan
Research on volcanic and non-volcanic debris flows
- February 1988 – August 1990
Research Associate
at the Versuchsanstalt für Wasserbau, Hydrologie und Glaziologie (VAW ETH), Zürich
Research on the 1987 alpine debris flow events
PhD in Natural Sciences
Dr. phil. nat. (Geographie, Geomorphologie) Universität Bern, Schweiz.
Dissertation title: Geschiebeaufkommen und Geschiebebewirtschaftung. Grundlagen zur Abschätzung des Geschiebehaushalts im Emmental. Geographica Bernensia, G34, 1989
Studium der Geographie und Physik
Schwerpunkte Geomorphologie, Erdwissenschaften und Naturgefahren Universität Bern.
Diplomarbeit: Gefahrenkartierung im Khumbu Himal (Nepal)