Research
Running Projects:
- HyPerm - Spatial occurrence and hydrological significance of Andean permafrost, Agua Negra, Argentina. Project start: 08/2021 (funded by DFG)
- EarthShape 4a - Modelling and budgeting sediment transport, storage and connectivity - biotic effect. Part of: EarthShape: Earth surface shaping by biota. A German-Chilean Priority Program in the Chilean Coast Range. Project start: 02/2016 (funded by DFG)
- Postglacial fan evolution in the Upper Rhone Valley, Switzerland - gradual or catastrophic?
- Geomorphological and hydrological significance of permafrost in the Alps (GeoHyPe)
Completed Projects:
- PermArg - Rock glacier permafrost in the Central Andes of Argentina: regional distribution – ice content – hydrological significance. Project start: 11/2015 (funded by DFG)
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„Atlas VR” - knowledge management for Disaster Risk Management.
Developing an atlas of vulnerability and resilience. - MOREXPERT - Monitoring potential hazardous rock walls and slopes in mountain regions - development of an expert system and adaptation strategies (COMET - K1: Centre for Climate Change Adaption Technologies)
- Visualisation of landforms and geomorphic process domains using regional data sets - creating a digital geomorphological map of the European Alps (GIScience Doctoral College - DK 1, funded by FWF)
Research Interests
- High mountain geomorphology
- Sediment budgets
- Mass movements (landslides)
- Permafrost and periglacial processes
- Natural hazards
- Geophysical applications in geomorphology
- GIS and digital terrain analyses
Research Regions
- European Alps (Valais, Wetterstein, Dolomites, Hohe Tauern)
- Rocky Mountains, Colorado Front Range/ USA
- Andes of Argentina
- Chilean Coastal Cordillera
- German upland (Eifel)
Methods:
classic & modern field methods:
- geomorphologic mapping
- geotechnical
- geophysical surveying