Vitae
Born
1979 in Sierre, Switzerland
University
ETH Zürich, Switzerland, Earth Sciences, 2003
Master thesis
An assessment of the Sensitivity of the European Climate on Aerosol Forcing simulated with a Regional Climate Model
Ph.D.
ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2007
Ph.D. thesis
Dynamical analysis of atmospheric predictability in cloud-resolving models
Professional experience
Team leader Hans Ertel Research Group "Clouds and Convection", Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, since 2011
Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany, since 2010
Visiting scientist, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, 2009-2010
Post-Doc, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2007-2009
Research Assistant, ETH Zürich, Switzerland, 2003-2006
Grants and fellowship
Project Clouds and Convection, Hans Ertel Centre for Weather Research, 2011-present
Fellowship for advanced researchers, Swiss National Science Foundation, 2009-2010