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Curriculum Vitae
 Dieter
Issler
Senior Researcher
Address:
Seeweg 27, CH-8852 Altendoft, Switzerland
Phone:
Fax:
Email:
nadescor@bluewin.ch,
di@ngi.no
Education
- 1980
Diploma in Physics, ETH Zürich,
Switzerland
- 1985 PhD
University of California at
Berkeley, California, USA
Research interests and expertise
Dynamics of gravity mass flows: Flow regimes and
flow-regime transitions, entrainment and deposition mechanisms, impact
on obstacles, mechanisms for long run-outs of sub-aqueous debris flows,
composition dependence of rheological properties, numerical modelling.
Application of advanced modelling techniques to consulting problems,
particularly those related to powder snow avalanches.
Career
- 1978 - 1981 -
Substitute physics teacher at various Swiss High Schools.
- 1981 - 1983 -
Teaching Assistant in physics, UC Berkeley.
- 1981-1985 -
Research Assistant in theoretical particle physics, UC Berkeley and
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.
- 1986-1988 -
Post-doctoral researcher, Inst. of Theoretical Physics, Univ. of
Berne, Switzerland.
- 1988-1990 -
Post-doctoral researcher, Theory Group, Stanford Linear Accelerator
Centre, Stanford, California, U.S.A.
- 1990-2000 -
Research scientist at the Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and
Avalanche Research, Davos, Switzerland.
- Since 2000
- Self-employed. Company: NaDesCoR (Natural Disasters Consulting and
Research) in Switzerland. International Senior Consultant to NGI,
research consultant to the Dept. of Geosciences, University of Oslo.
Teaching experience
Physics at high-school
and university level. Guidance of several diploma and PhD students,
member of several PhD committees related to snow and avalanche research.
Instructor at the 2004 European Summer University course on avalanche
mapping.
National and international
administrative activities
Responsible for
scientific leadership and coordination in EU 5th Framework Programme
project SATSIE (Avalanche Studies and Model Validation in Europe),
2002-2005.
Administration of large integrated projects,
editorial activities, steering committees, etc.
Memberships
Publications
Available on request
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