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Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant

Structural Geology and Tectonics Group, Institute of Geology,
Department of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences,
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich - Zürich Technical University
(ETHZ - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)
Zürich, Switzerland
August, 1989 - June, 1993

Status:
ETH Research Assistant
Prof. Dr. J. G. Ramsay - Institute of Geology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland.
  • August, 1989 - July, 1992
ETH Teaching Assistant
Institute of Geology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland.
  • August, 1989 - July, 1992
ETH Doctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Geology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland.
  • August, 1989 - July, 1992
Visiting Doctoral Research Fellow
Institute of Geology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich, Switzerland.
  • August, 1992 - June, 1993
 
Research and Teaching Duties:
Winter Semester 1989/1990:
Structural Geology
Geology of the Alps
Structural Geology Rock collection
Archive Geology rock collection
 
Summer Semester 1990:
Structural Geology Rock collection
Archive Geology rock collection
 
Winter Semester 1990/1991:
Structural Geology Rock collection
Archive Geology rock collection
Structural Geology / J.G. Ramsay Group Assistant
 
Summer Semester 1991:
Structural Geology rock collection
Archive Geology rock collection
Structural Geology / J.G. Ramsay Group Assistant
 
Winter Semester 1991/1992:
Structural Geology Rock collection
Archive Geology rock collection
Sun Computer Assistant
Structural Geology / J.G. Ramsay Group Assistant
 
Summer Semester 1992:
Sun Computer Assistant
 
Summary of Structural Geology and Archive rock collection achievements:
1989
Reorganisation and descriptions of the Regional Stratigraphy Collection - Palaeozoic, Triassic, Jurassic (Lias, Dogger and Malm), Cretaceous, Tertiary, Pleistocene. Sorting and concentration of work and dissertation material of doctoral and diploma thesis.
 
1990
Compilation of a computer programme for the classification of the rock collection at the Institute of Geology, Swiss Federal institute of Technology. Definitive reorganisation and computerisation of the collections of Engineering Geology, Structural Geology, Sedimentology and the Albert Heim Collection. Sorting and concentration of work and dissertation material of doctoral and diploma thesis. Moving and restoration classification of 6300 rock sample trays after a fire in the Rock deposit. Sorting and classification of palaeontological collections for a monograph series.
 
1991
Definitive reorganisation and computerisation of the collections of Micropaleontology and Palaeontological. Sorting and concentration of work and dissertation material of doctoral and diploma thesis. Classification of Himalayan rock collections (A. Gansser, A. Heim,P. Bossart, P. Ottiger, E. Herren, K. Papritz, R. Rey).
 
General:
Attended tutorials, colloquia, symposia, seminars, lectures, Mittelbau meetings (for Doctoral students and Oberassistants), Doctoral students meetings, Institute meetings committee meetings for selection of Oberassistants and Professors, Geological Society lectures and Geological Society field trips.
 
Organisation of exhibitions:
"Erlebnis Rheinfall - Gestern und Heute"
  • 22 September - 16 December, 1989
"Das Antlitz der Erde - Ein Porträt des Geologen Eduard Süess (1831-1914)"
  • 26 February - 31 March, 1990
"Gebirgsbildung" in the exhibition "Die Erde im Wandel"
  • 26 January, 1991
"Aussterbenphänomene im Laufe der Zeit"
  • 22 April - 29 June, 1991
Structural Geology Exhibition
  • Winter Semester, 1989-1990
Introduction to Geological Sciences Exhibition
  • Summer Semester, 1990
Structural Geology Exhibition
  • Winter Semester, 1990-1991
Introduction to Geological Sciences Exhibition
  • Summer Semester, 1991
Igneous Rocks Exhibition
  • Winter Semester, 1991-1992
 
Academic Ranking:
In the 2003 Academic Ranking of Universities, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich was placed at number 25 amongst the Top 500 World Universities and at No. 5 amongst the Top 100 European Universities.

     

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