Alfred Johny WüestExpertise
Physical Limnology and water qualityHydrodynamic modellingRemote sensingTurbulence and mixing in stratified lakes
Enseignement et PhD A dirigé les thèses EPFL de Robert Schwefel, Carl Love Mikael Råman Vinnå, Vincent Maurice Nouchi, Theo Baracchini, Ulrike Kobler, Severin Stähly, Oscar Sepúlveda Steiner, Sara Venuleo A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de Chaojie Li
Paolo RicciPaolo Ricci earned his masters degree in nuclear engineering at the Politecnico di Torino, Turin (Italy) in 2000. His doctoral studies were conducted at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, with focus on kinetic simulation of magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail. He spent two-and-a-half years as a postdoctoral researcher at Dartmouth College's Department of Physics and Astronomy, where he worked on gyrokinetic simulations of the Z pinch. He joined the EPFL's Swiss Plasma Center (SPC), as a EURATOM fellow in 2006, was named Tenure Track Assistant Professor in June 2010, and Associate Professor in August 2016. He is at the head of the SPC theory group. Paolo Ricci is the recipient of the 2016 Section de Physique Teaching Prize and of the 2021 Craie d'Or award from the EPFL physics bachelor students.
Cara Christine TobinCARA C. TOBIN, PE
Civil Engineer
EDUCATION
PhD in Environmental Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Fulbright Fellowship
01/2007-present
Master's in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship Recipient
06/2001
Bachelor's in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, National Science Foundation Undergraduate Research Fellow
06/1999
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, MINERVE2011
Research on Predicting floods and managing hydropower in the Swiss Alps. Project includes improving knowledge of hydrological processes and conducting uncertainty analysis.
10/2007 - present
Asian Development Bank / World Bank, Baku, Azerbaijan
Environmental engineering specialist in charge of reviewing environmental aspects of water supply and wastewater discharge designs. Environmental Assessments Performed and managed the local environmental, social and resettlement specialists.
02/2009 - 07/2009
Asian Development Bank / World Bank, Yerevan, Armenia
Environmental engineering specialist for the assessment of water supply designs. Performed Environmental Assessments and Resettlement due diligence.
01/2008 - 04/2008
Temple University, Department of Civil Engineering, Philadelphia, USA
Adjunct Professor for Environmental Engineering,
Introduction to the Environment and Environmental Engineering
10/2005-06/2006
CH2M HILL, Environmental Engineering Consultancy, Philadelphia, USA
Project leader for river discharge ammonia toxicity study
Engineer in charge of over $ 100,000 in WWTP design upgrades
10/2004-06/2006
MWH Ltd., Environmental Engineering Consultancy, Christchurch, NZ and Brisbane, AU
Lead engineer for major hydraulic components of a $ 150 million wastewater and desalination project
Head shape for a dozen water and groundwater projects
02/2003-09/2004
Kennedy / Jenks Consultants, Civil Engineering Consultancy, San Francisco, USA
Environmental engineer in charge of Drinking Water Source Assessments and water quality sampling programs
08/2001-01/2003
Stanford Environmental Fluid Mechanics Lab, USA
Developer of a 3D computer model simulating turbulent mixing at lateral boundaries due to steepening and breaking of internal waves
08/2000-06/2001
Georgia Instititute of Technology, Civil Engineering Labs, USA
Analyzed influence of copper sorption rates on particle flocculation kinetics
Developed PIV experiments in turbulent hydraulic flume
06/1998-06/2000
AFFILIATIONS and SPECIALIZATIONS
Professional Civil Engineer (PE072050), ASCE, AGU, Fulbright Alumnus
Experienced with ArcGIS, Matlab, R Statistical Analysis, MapInfo, MODFLOW, H2OMap, AutoCAD, Idrisi, Unix / Lenox, Fortran, NetCDF, Visual Basic
Fluent in Anglais and Français. Proficient in Spanish
Alessio FerrariExpertise
GeomechanicsUnsaturated soil mechanicsCoupled processes in geomaterialsMultiphysical testing of geomaterialsLandslides hazard assessmentShale mechanics
Expertise
GeomechanicsUnsaturated soil mechanicsCoupled processes in geomaterialsMultiphysical testing of geomaterialsLandslides hazard assessmentShale mechanics
Enseignement et PhD Doctorant·es actuel·les Mathilde Metral A co-dirigé les thèses EPFL de Ali Seiphoori, Donatella Manca, Valentina Favero, Alberto Minardi, Eleonora Crisci, Jacopo Zann
Nicola DeluigiExpertise
Geormorphology, geochemistry, hydrology, environmental monitoring
Mission
I'm currently working for the River Ecosystems Laboratory (RIVER) at EPFL performing research on stream ecosystem ecology, ecohydraulics and biogeochemistry. I'm responsible for the RIVER biogeochemistry laboratory, the maintenance of the stream sensor network and related data management and curation. I'm also designing experimental set-ups, preparing field work and equipment and training MSc, PhD students, postdocs, interns
