Rodolphe Schlaepfer

Expertise monitoring systems, criteria and indicators for sustainable management of biological resources, statistical methods, including exprimental design, sampling techniques and data analysis with R, forest and landscape ecology, participation techniques in environemental projects Expertise monitoring systems, criteria and indicators for sustainable management of biological resources, statistical methods, including exprimental design, sampling techniques and data analysis with R, forest and landscape ecology, participation techniques in environemental projects Mission Statistical support for Master and PhD Students Current work

• Lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)(Experimental Design and Data Analysis with R)- Lecturer in Statistics at the Bernise University for Applied Science,Department of wood engineering- Member of the Appeal Commission of the Domain of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technolgy- Member of FSC International and FSC Switzerland- Free lance Consultant (project management, sustainable use of natural resources, ecosystem approach, landscape approach, statistical methods, experimental design, sampling techniques, research policy)- Member of the IUCN Commission for Ecosystem Management - Member of the Federal Commission Idane Forest Chargé de ccours Experimental Design and Data Analysis with R Examples of international experience:- Research project in Indonesia (Impact of forest exploitation on the ecological quality of rivers)- Research project in Columbia (Impacts of petroleum exploitation on rivers and landscapes)- Teaching at the University of Antananarivo (Sustainable management of natiral resources)- Other countries: Canada, Sweden, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Switzerland, France, UKScientific education: - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (Forestry), - University Laval Quebec (Forest inventory and Statistics), - University of Edinburgh (Statistics, Biometry), - Oregon State University (Landscape ecology, Forest ecology).Professional career: - Statstician at Ciba-Geigy Basel(1969-1975), - Professor for Statistics and Physics at the Swiss Engineering School for Agriculture Zollikofen (1975-1982), - Professor for Forest Management and Forest Biometry at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (1982-1987),- Director general of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research in Birmensorf and Professor for Forest Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Zürich (1987-1996),- Professor for Ecosystem Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technolgy Lausanne (1997-2005)- From 2005: Honory Professsor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology LausanneConsulting Director of ECHO-Power, consulting for environmental, ecological, statistical and managerial challengesConsultant for In-Finitude,Activities:- project management- project evaluation- moderation of workshops and seminars- animation of training courses- design and analysis of experiments and surveys- analysis of data- reporting the state of scientific knowledgeDomains:- sustainable management of biological resources, including forest resources- criteria and indincators for sustainable development- landscape approach- ecosystem approach- conservation of biodiversity- restoration of degraded ecological systems- statistical methods, including sampling techniques Education Forest Engineer | 1964 – 1964 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich Master in Science | Forest Inventory and Forest Ecology 1966 – 1966 Université Laval, Québec Directed by Gilles Ladouceur Diploma in Statistics | Biometry 1969 – 1969 University of Edinburgh Directed by David Finney Professionals experiences Research scientist 1967–1967 Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Research, BirmensdorfStatistician 1969–1976 Ciba-Geigy, BaselProfessor for Statistics and Physics 1976–1982 Swiss Engineering School for AgronomyProfessor for Forest Management 1982–1987 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ZürichProfessor for Forest Science and Director of the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) 1987–1996 Swiss Federal Institute of technology in Zürich (ETHZ),Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)Professor and Director 1997–2005 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Teaching & PhD Past EPFL PhD Students Christopher Elliott, Natalia Hasler Pointet, Corinne Lundström, Rita Bütler Sauvain, Pascale Derleth, Elizabeth Leon Velasquez, Vincent Luyet, Christian Glenz, Michael Reinhard, Flavio Zanini, Marc Pellaud