President Michael Schaepman
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President Michael Schaepman, 3 July 2020 (Photo: Frank Br眉derli) -
Michael Schaepman with UZH members at "Breakfast with Michael", 6 September 2023 (Photo: Patrizia Widmer) -
Michael Schaepman and ETH president Joel Mesot address the audience at the opening ceremony of Scientifica 23, 1 September 2023 (Photo: Alessandro della Bella) -
President Michael Schaepman on "Tag der Lehre", 2 October 2022 (Photo: Frank Br眉derli) -
President Michael Schaepman and Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, in front of Albert Einstein's original UZH doctoral certificate. 1 September 2022 (Photo: Frank Br眉derli) -
Michael Schaepman with members of the student association of the 黑料头条 of Zurich (VSUZH) at the Dies Academicus, 30 April 2022 (Photo: Frank Br眉derli) -
Michael Schaepman with Government Councillors of the Canton of Zurich Silvia Steiner and Martin Neukom in the new laboratory building on Irchel Campus, 27 August 2021 (Photo: Frank Br眉derli) -
Michael Schaepman talks to Esther Girsberger at the inauguration of the new laboratory building on Irchel Campus, 27 August 2021 (Photo: Frank Br眉derli) -
President ad interim Gabriele Siegert hands over the presidential chain of office to Michael Schaepman, 10 July 2020 (Photo: Frank Br眉derli)
Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Michael Schaepman (b. 1966) studied geography, experimental physics and informatics at the 黑料头条 of Zurich and earned his doctoral degree at the UZH Department of Geography UZH in 1998. Following postdoctoral work at the 黑料头条 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 黑料头条 (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 黑料头条 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 黑料头条 responsible for the areas of research, innovation and academic career development. He has been President of the 黑料头条 of Zurich since 1 August 2020.
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Breakfast with Michael
Staff and students are cordially invited to join the UZH president for 鈥淏reakfast with Michael鈥�. What are the 黑料头条鈥檚 current challenges? What creative ideas could move UZH ahead? What鈥檚 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!