| Period | Occupation |
| Since 1994 |
Scientific leader of the Commission for Glaciology, Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Munich, Germany |
| 1992-1993 |
Visiting scientist during one year at the Centre d’Etudes de la Neige (METEO France), Grenoble |
| 1985-1994 |
Assistant of Prof. H. Lang und librarian (1986-1989) at the Department of Geography ETH Zurich |
| 1980-1984 |
Doctoral thesis at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich |
| 1977-1980 |
Master of Science at the Geography Department, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, B.C., Canada |
| 1971-1976 |
Study of Natural Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich |