Former members

Since September 2009:

Franziska Aemisegger (PhD student, PostDoc and Senior Scientist, 2009-2023)
Roman Attinger (PhD student and PostDoc 2016-2021), now external pageScientist at MeteoSwiss
Remo Beerli (PhD student 2014-2017), now external pageSenior Structurer Weather and Energy at NewRe
Maxi Böttcher (PostDoc and Senior Scientist 2010-2022), now external pageScientific Associate at Kantonspolizei Zürich
Dominik Büeler (PhD student and PostDoc 2014-2017), now PostDoc at ETH Zürich
Bas Crezee (PhD student 2013-2017), now external pageSoftware Developer at MeteoSwiss
Fabienne Dahinden (PhD student 2017-2022), now NatCat Specialist at SwissRe
Marina Dütsch (PhD student and PostDoc 2013-2017), now external pageSenior Scientist at the University of Vienna
Luise Fischer (PhD student 2018-2021), now at external pageSouth Pole in Melbourne
Manos Flaounas (PostDoc 2018-2020, 2023-), now external pageSenior Scientist at HCMR in Athens and at ETH Zurich
Claudia Frick (PhD student 2009-2012), now external pageProfessorin für Informationsdienstleistungen und Wissenschaftskommunikation an der TH Köln
Michael Graf (PhD student and PostDoc 2010-2015), now external pageSenior Data Scientist at KPT
Pascal Graf (PhD student and PostDoc 2013-2018), now external pageProject Manager Meteotest
Christian Grams (Senior Scientist 2012-2017), now external pageHead of Climate Fundamentals at MeteoSwiss
Irina Heese (PhD student 2009-2014), now at external pageFZ Jülich (communication and outreach)
Mauro Hermann (PhD student and PostDoc 2019-2023), now external pageForecaster at SRF Meteo
Christina Klasa (PhD student 2014-2017), now Scientist at University Medicine Greifswald
Anne Kunz (PostDoc 2013-2014), now external pagePatent Attorney in Munich
Alex Läderach (PhD student 2013-2016), now external pageData Scientist at IT Logix
Erica Madonna (PhD student and PostDoc 2010-2014), now external pageBundesamt für Energie
Olivia Martius (Senior Scientist 2009-2010), now external pageProfessor at the University of Bern
Annette Miltenberger (PhD student 2011-2014), now external pageJuniorprofessorin at the University of Mainz
Annika Oertel (PhD student 2016-2020), now external pageJunior Group Leader at KIT Karlsruhe
Stephan Pfahl (Senior Scientist 2009-2018), now external pageProfessor at the FU Berlin
Nicolas Piaget (PhD student and PostDoc 2011-2017), now IT support at a ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia
Raphael Portmann (PhD student and PostDoc 2017-2020), now external pagePostDoc at Agroscope
Julian Quinting (PostDoc 2015), now external pageHead of Working Group Meteorological Data Science at KIT Karlsruhe
Shira Raveh-Rubin (PostDoc 2012-2017), now external pageAssistant Professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science
Jacopo Riboldi (PhD student and PostDoc 2014-2018), now Senior Scientist at ETH Zurich
Stefan Rüdisühli (PhD student and PostDoc 2015-2019), now PostDoc at ETH Zurich (group of Sebastian Schemm)
Sebastian Schemm (PhD student and PostDoc 2010-2013), now Assistant Professor at ETH Zurich
Alexander Scherrmann (PhD student 2020-2024)
Bojan Škerlak (PhD student and PostDoc 2011-2015), now external pageLead Engineer at MSCI Climate Risk Center
Harald Sodemann (Senior Scientist 2010-2015), now external pageProfessor at the University of Bergen
Elisa Spreitzer (PhD student and PostDoc 2017-2020), now at SwissRe
Daniel Steinfeld (PhD student 2016-2019), now at external pageGVZ Zürich
Leonie Villiger (PhD student 2019-2022), now PostDoc at ETH Zürich (group of David Bresch)
Andries de Vries (PostDoc 2018-2021), now external pageJunior Lecturer at Université de Lausanne
Andreas Winschall (PhD student 2009-2013), now Geschäftsführer Fitnessstudio Pumpstation GmbH & Co.
Philipp Zschenderlein (PostDoc 2020-2022), now external pageLecturer at ZGeoBw

Prior to 2009 (PhD students under the supervision of Prof. Huw C. Davies - with year of PhD and current activity):

Bruno Neininger, 1987, Professor ZHAW, Winterthur
Johannes Müller, 1989, Leader of African Link, Switzerland
Christoph Schär, 1989, Professor ETH Zurich
Peter Binder, 1992, Director MeteoSwiss
Anna Ghelli, 1992, Head International Liaisons, ECMWF
Daniel Lüthi, 1993, IT and modelling specialist, passed away 2018
Jürg Trüb, 1993, Head Environmental & Commodities Markets, Swiss Re
Christof Appenzeller, 1994, Head Analysis & Prediction, MeteoSwiss, and Titular Prof. ETH Zurich
Christoph Frei, 1994, Senior Scientist, MeteoSwiss & PD ETH
Andrea M. Rossa, 1995, Senior Scientist, MeteoSwiss
Heini Wernli, 1995, Professor ETH Zurich
Christoph H. Schraff, 1996, Senior Scientist, DWD, Germany
René Fehlmann, 1997, Researcher: Pure Mathematics
David N. Bresch, 1998, Professor ETH Zurich
Olaf Morgenstern, 1998, Principal Scientist, NIWA, New Zealand
Jean-Marc Beroud, 1999, System Engineer at BNC, Switzerland
Alexia J. C. Massacand, 1999, Founder and CEO, MoutaiNow
Michel Bourqui, 2001, Founder & CEO Climanosco
Cornelia B. Schwierz, 2001, Senior Scientist, MeteoSwiss
Mark A. Liniger, 2002, Senior Scientist, MeteoSwiss
Matthias Zillig, 2002, Head of Statistics International, Swiss Post
Sebastien Dirren, 2003, Managing Director, Zurich Invest
Sandro Buss, 2004, Company founder and high school teacher, Switzerland
Patrick Koch, 2004, Fiduciary Risk Manager JP Morgan, Geneva
Raphael Schefold, 2004, High school teacher, Germany
Mischa Croci-Maspoli, 2005, Head Climate Division, MeteoSwiss
Daniel Leuenberger, 2005, Senior Scientist, MeteoSwiss
Tobias Grimbacher, 2005, IT specialist, author and dramatist, Zurich
Olivia C. Martius, 2005, Professor University of Bern
Marco Didone, 2006, Property developer, Greece
Harald Sodemann, 2006, Professor University of Bergen
Sarah F. Kew, 2007, Researcher KNMI and VU Amsterdam
Johannes Jenker, 2008, Quality Assurance Manager UBIMET
Thomas Spengler, 2008, Professor University of Bergen