About me
My professional route began with an apprenticeship as a draftsman and studies in civil engineering at the Bern University of Applied Sciences in Burgdorf (BSc.), Switzerland. Following my interest in hydraulic engineering, I continued my studies at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) with one year at EPFL. In 2005 I graduated (MSc.) with an experimental study on the stability of block ramps at the Laboratory of Hydraulics, Hydrology and Glaciology (VAW) of ETH Zürich.
Then I worked for five years with Pöyry (formerly Electrowatt, now AFRY) in Zurich as a hydraulics engineer and project manager with a focus on hydropower planning, dam safety and flood protection projects.
In 2010, I joined VAW of ETH Zurich as a senior assistant. In my doctoral project until 2017, I mainly investigated suspended sediment transport and hydro-abrasive erosion on the Pelton turbines of the hydropower plant Fieschertal in Valais in collaboration with the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences. As a scientist and lecturer in the following years, I further dealt with sediment-realated topics at hydropower plants.
In 2022, I founded Aquased GmbH where I contribute to applied service and research projects.