New Professor of Alpine Mass Movements and farewells
At its meeting of 13/14 July 2022 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed several professors and also bid farewell to others and thanked them for their service. For D-BAUG, Johan Gaume was appointed Associate Professor of Alpine Mass Movements. Professors Markus Rothacher and Daniel Hall were bid farewell.
Prof. Dr. Johan Gaume (*1985), currently Assistant Professor at EPFL and Visiting Scientist at the WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) in Davos, was appointed as Associate Professor of Alpine Mass Movements at D-BAUG. Johan Gaume conducts research into the initiation and dynamics of gravitational mass movements, with a particular focus on snow and avalanche mechanics. He was awarded an SNSF Ambizione Scholarship in 2015, an SNSF Eccellenza Professorial Fellowship in 2018 and an SNSF Spark Award in 2020. His appointment represents an excellent opportunity for the Department and the WSL/SLF institutes to strengthen the links between natural hazards, geomechanics and numerical modelling as areas of research. He will take up his post on 1 October 2022. Welcome to D-BAUG, Johan Gaume!
Retirements/departures
Prof. Dr. Daniel Hall (*1985), currently Assistant Professor of Innovative and Industrial Construction at D-BAUG, is to leave ETH Zurich at the end of August 2022. Daniel Hall’s research explores how to use new organisational models to improve governance, productivity and innovation in construction projects. He is leaving to take up a tenured assistant professorship at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. All the best, Daniel!
Prof. Dr. Markus Rothacher (*1957), formerly Full Professor of Mathematical and Physical Geodesy at D-BAUG, retired at the end of July 2022. Markus Rothacher joined ETH Zurich as a full professor in 2009. His research focuses on the development and exploitation of global satellite navigation systems. In the 1990s he made a vital contribution to the development of a software programme now used by over 700 institutions around the world for analysing data from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Internationally, Markus Rothacher is one of the top scientists in his field. He has won numerous plaudits for his excellent teaching and dedication. All the best, Markus!
Read the ETH news article from 14 July 2022