Former Group Members

The following list of former group members specifies their occupation during their time with us as well as their subsequent or current occupation and affiliation, if known.

Julian Anet (2010-2013 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Lecturer & Head of RU “Meteorology, Environment and Aviation" at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Centre for Aviation.

Florian Arfeuille (2008-2012 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Catastrophe Risk Modeler at Risk Management Solutions, London.

Carolin Arndt (2012-2017 Communication Officer SPARC Office), subsequently Communication Officer at D-BSSE, Dept. of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

Pavle Arsenovic (2014- 2017 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Postdoc at Empa, Dübendorf, Switzerland.

William Ball (2015 – 2019 Scientist) subsequently Assistant Professor TU Delft, Netherlands.

Simone Brunamonti (2014-2019, PhD Student + Postdoc) subsequently Postdoc at Empa, Laboratory for Air Pollution/Environmental Technology, Switzerland.

Martin Brabec (2007-2011 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Educator for Science and Maths, Author and Compose at Clayfield College, Brisbane, Australia.

Petra Bratfisch (2013-2017 SPARC Office Manager), subsequently Administrative Assistant at D-BAUG, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

Dominik Brunner (2000-2005 Postdoc), subsequently Group Leader, Atmos. Modeling and Remote Sensing at Empa, Switzerland.

Marco Calisto (2007-2012 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently High school teacher for physics Kantonale Maturitätsschule, Zürich, Switzerland.

Mike Campana (2000-2003 PhD student), subsequently Environmental Engineer at IFEC Environmental Engineering, Lugano, Switzerland.

Gabriela Ciobanu (2006-2010 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Postdoc atUniversity of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Christina Colberg (2000-2003 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Professor of Science Education at Thurgau University of Teacher Education, Switzerland.

Ancelin Coulon (2012-2016 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Air Quality Consultant at Ricardo Energy & Environment, London.

Junbo Cui (2007-2009 PhD student), subsequently Research Associate at Hamburg University, Germany.

Jing Dou (2016-2021 PhD Student + Postdoc)

Tatiana Egorova (2002-2006 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Research Scientist at PMOD/WRC, Davos, Switzerland.

Aryeh Feinberg (2016-2021 PhD Student + Postdoc), subsequently Postdoctoral Fellow at MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, USA.

Stephan Füglistaler (2000-2005 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Associate Professor, Director Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University, USA.

Aurelien Gallice (2010-2010 Scientific Assistant), subsequently PhD in Hydrological Engineer at Laboratory of Cryospheric Science, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Gouri Ganbavale (2009-2014 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Carbon Emission Analyst atCarbon Credit Capital, N.Y.

Edwin Hausammann (2003-2011 Research Engineer), subsequently retired.

Patricia Heckendorn-Kenzelmann (2006-2010 PhD student + Postdoc), High-school teacher for mathematics and physics at Gymnasium am Münsterplatz, Basel, Switzerland.

Michaela Hegglin (2001-2005 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Associate Professor in Atmospheric Chemistry at University of Reading, UK.

Maurus Hess (2003-2009 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Managing Director "Environment, Geology and Water" at CSD Ingeneers, Lucerne/Kriens, Switzerland.

Andrew Huisman (2011-2012 Postdoc), subsequently Senior Research Scientist at Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, Michigan, USA.

Thomas Huthwelker (2000-2004 Postdoc), subsequently Beamline Manager and In-situ Spectroscopist at Swiss Light Source, PSI, Switzerland.

Teresa Jorge (2015-2021, PhD Student + Postdoc), subsequently Research and Development Test Engineer at Hitachi Energy.

Lukas Kaufmann (2012-2015 PhD student), subsequently High-school teacher at Kantonsschule Wettingen, Switzerland.

Erika Kienast-Sjögren (2010-2014 PhD student), subsequently Data Scientist at Helsana Insurances, Zürich, Switzerland.

Daniel Knopf (2000-2003 PhD student), subsequently Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry at Stony Brook University, USA.

Thomas Koop (1999-2004 Postdoc), subsequently Professor of Physical Chemistry, Bielefeld University, Germany.

Yamin Kriescher (2001-2003 Postdoc), subsequently Lead Assessor, Schweizerische Akkreditierungsstelle SAS, Bern, Switzerland.

Anand Kumar (2015-2019, PhD Student + Postdoc), subsequently Postdoc at the University of British Columbia.

Daniel Lienhard (2010-2014 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Scientific Associate, Swiss Federal Office of Public Health, Bern, Switzerland.

Jörg Mäder (2004-2010 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Politician, Freelance Programmer and Lecturer, MP Canton Zurich, Switzerland.

Irina Mahlstein (2015-2015 Scientific Programmer), subsequently Scientific Coordinator at Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS), Zürich, Switzerland.

Knut Makowski (2007-2009, PhD student), subsequently Head of Global Education at RapidMiner Computer Software, Germany.

Philip Meier (2009-2011 Electrical Engineer), subsequently Research Engineer at ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

Mehrnoush Mousavi-Fard (2013-2018, PhD Student + Postdoc), subsequenty Innovation & Sustainability lead 2150

Shubha Pandey (2009-2012 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Global registration expert, Clariant, India.

Valeria Pinti (2010-2012 PhD student), subsequently Publishing Book Author at Nulla die edizioni, Piazza Armerina, Italy.

Gisela Reichmuth-Koch (2001-2004 Postdoc), subsequently Executive Board Member at Private Equity Investments Sensoryx AG, RockX Consulting GmbH, Zürich, Switzerland.

Laura Revell (2013-2015 Postdoc), subsequently Lecturer in Environmental Physics at University of Canterbury, NZ.

Harald Rieder (2007-2011 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Professor and Head of Institute for Meteorology, University of Nat'l Resources (BOKU), Vienna, Austria.

Barbara Scarnato (2005-2008 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Remote Sensing Service Development Lead at DNV GL, Norway and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Michigan Technological University, USA.

Christina Schnadt (2004-2010 Postdoc), subsequently Executive Director at Center for Climate Systems Modeling C2SM, ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

Martin Schraner (2009-2010 PhD student), subsequently Software Engineer at Multimedia and E-Learning, Univ. of Zürich, Switzerland.

Jianxiong Sheng (2010-2014 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Research Scientist at AGAGE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA.

Mijung Song (2009-2013 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Asst. Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry, Chonbuk National University, Korea.

Vacharaporn Soonsin (2007-2011 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Researcher, Int’l Ctr. Hazardous Substance Management, Chulalongkorn Univ., Thailand.

Johannes Staehelin (2000-2018 Adjunct Professor + Director SPARC Office), subsequently Emeritus.

Johannes Staufer (2010-2013 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Software Engineer at THALES, Toulouse, France.

Ivo Suter (2013-2013 Scientific Assistant), subsequently PhD student at Imperial College, London, UK.

Ines Tritscher-Engel (2009-2013 PhD student), subsequently Postdoc at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.

Fiona Tummon (2012-2017 Postdoc + Director SPARC Office), subsequently Scientific Coordinator at MeteoSwiss, Payerne, Switzerland.

Christiane Voigt (2001-2002 Postdoc), subsequently Professor of Cloud Physics at Mainz University and Head of Department at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany.

Aldona Wiacek (2006-2008 Marie-Curie Fellow), subsequently Associate Professor of Environmental Science at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Canada.

Anke Witten (2011-2013 Admin. Asst. + SPARC Office Manager).

Marc Wüest (2005-2008 Study Coordinator + Lecturer), subsequently R&D Partnerships Manager at Swiss Re, Zürich, Switzerland.

Alessandro Zardini (2003-2007 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Scientific and Technical Support Officer at Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy.

Bernhard Zobrist (2005-2011 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Secondary School Teacher at Schule Herzogenmühle, Zürich, Switzerland.

Andreas Zünd (2004-2009 PhD student + Postdoc), subsequently Asst. Professor for Aerosols, Clouds and Climate at McGill University, Montreal, Canada.