President Michael Schaepman

Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Michael Schaepman (b. 1966) studied geography, experimental physics and informatics at the University of Zurich and earned his doctoral degree at the UZH Department of Geography UZH in 1998. Following postdoctoral work at the University of Arizona in Tucson, USA, he returned to the UZH Department of Geography in 2000 to head up a research group. In 2003, Michael Schaepman was appointed professor of geographic information science at the Department of Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University (Netherlands), where from 2005 he was academic head of the Center for Geoinformation. He has been professor of remote sensing at the Department of Geography (Remote Sensing Laboratories) at the University of Zurich since 2009.

His research priorities include Earth observation, remote sensing and spectroscopy to measure biodiversity from space. Michael Schaepman was appointed Vice Dean and then Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2014 and 2016, respectively. From 2017 to 2020 he was the member of the Executive Board of the University responsible for the areas of research, innovation and academic career development. He has been President of the University of Zurich since 1 August 2020.

Staff and students are cordially invited to join the UZH president for “Breakfast with Michael”. What are the University’s current challenges? What creative ideas could move UZH ahead? What’s holding us back? Where do we want to be in five years? The best way to discuss these questions is in an informal setting over coffee and croissants!

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