Department Management

Executive Management

The Offices of the Executive Management are in the Bernoullianum, Bernoullistrasse 32, 2nd floor.

Sonja Zürcher
Managing Director
room 201

Dominique Wyss
Safety Manager
room 031

Joëlle Zweiacker
Assistant
room 201A

Marianne Petrucci
Human Resources
room 227

Team

Plant Science Center Coordination

Departement Committee

The members of the committee are being elected by the factions. The committee is called up by the head of the department and consists of:

a. the members of the department management
b. additional representatives of faction I – two of each area of research
c. one representative of faction II – one of each area of research
d. one representative of factions III, IV and V

current representatives of the department committee -> list

Departement Assembly

The Assembly represents the Departement and its members as a whole and consists of the following factions (voting weight in percentage for the entire faction)

I) all Professors with exeption of non-tenure track assistant professors and "Titularprofessoren"(faction I)(50%)
II) non-tenure track assistant professors, "Titularprofessoren", private lecturers, PhDs and Postdocs (=„Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen“) (faction II)(20%)
III) research assistants (=„Assistierende“) (faction III)(10%)
IV) administrative and technical staff (faction IV)(10%)
V) students (faction V)(10%)

The Assembly meets at least once per semester

Teaching Committees

The Teaching Committees are responsible for the conception of the degree program and for all questions concerning tuition.

Teaching Committee Biology:
Biology BSc, Animal Biology MSc, Molecular Biology MSc, Ecology MSc, Plant Science MSc, Infection Biology/Epidemiology MSc
Chair: Prof. Walter Salzburger

Teaching Committee Geography / Geosciences:
Geosciences BSc, Geosciences MSc, SLA I + II
Chair: Dr. Stephanie von Fumetti

Teaching Committee Integrative Prehistory and Archaeological Science:
Integrative Prehistory and Archaeological Science BSc and MSc
Chair: Prof. Jörg Schibler

Teaching Committee Sustainable Development:
Sustainable Development, MSc
Coordination: Camelia Chebbi

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