Zürich Metropolitan Area
Leading the award-winning project www.spatial-sustainable-finance.ch, connecting various disciplines from remote sensing and geospatial environmental assessments to corporate valuation and portfolio management. Developing AI-based innovations both with financial industry practitioners and with research networks. Practical experience as a quant in the financial industry. Background in molecular quantum physics.
Responsible for the "Capital Markets and Data Science" track in our MSc Banking and Finance program Teaching Fixed Income, Equity Portfolio Management and Quantitative Strategies R&D in Spatial Sustainable Finance R&D in Multi-Asset Market Dynamics and Systematic Strategies using Explainable Machine Learning. Publications: https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S109440602440002X https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5017084 https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4893677 https://www.esm.europa.eu/publications/investor-activity-efsfesm-secondary-bond-markets https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4784271 https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2024.1371502 https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.15961.2 https://doi.org/10.3905/jfds.2022.1.109 https://www.bis.org/ifc/publ/ifcb56_23.pdf https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3877143 https://doi.org/10.3905/jfds.2021.1.078 https://doi.org/10.3905/jfds.2021.1.066 https://doi.org/10.3905/jfds.2021.1.056 https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2021.668465 https://doi.org/10.1080/14697688.2019.1703030 https://doi.org/10.3389/frai.2019.00020 http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.31819.54564 https://doi.org/10.1080/14697688.2016.1249512 https://doi.org/10.21314/JNTF.2015.012 https://www.esm.europa.eu/publications/european-government-bond-dynamics-and-stability-policies-taming-contagion-risks https://doi.org/10.1007/s11408-015-0248-2
Instructor for NVIDIA Workshop "Fundamentals of Deep Learning": https://www.nvidia.com/en-eu/training/instructor-led-workshops/fundamentals-of-deep-learning/
https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23102/ Populism and euroscepticism are frequently studied together as the two phenomena often appear inextricably intertwined in contemporary European politics. The main objective of the proposed COST Action entitled Linking Euroscepticism and Populism: Causes and Consequences (EUPopLink) is to increase the scholarly competence by analyzing the linkage between Euroscepticism and populism in a comparative, innovative (conceptually, methodologically, and empirically) and longitudinal perspective. The empirical analysis will be based on the collection of additional fresh data, but also on a comprehensive re-examination of existing data. This will be accomplished through four Working Groups, namely WG1 on Conceptualising populism and Euroscepticism, WG2 on Data collection, WG3 on Studying the linkage between populism and Euroscepticism and finally, WG4 on Outreach and Dissemination. Young scholars will be involved in different deliverables, while a plan for training opportunities, short-term scientific missions, COST Inclusiveness Target Countries conference grants is foreseen. Special attention is given to a mutual collaboration with stakeholders, policy makers and the civil society. The broader aim of EUPopLink is to produce cutting edge research on the interplay between populism and Euroscepticism, to identify its causes and the consequences both for each national political arena of the EU member-states and the supranational one and to provide policy briefs on ways to mitigate their negative impact in times of multiple crises (the Eurozone crisis, the pandemic, the immigration and refugee crises, the war in Ukraine and more recently the Israel-Gaza conflict).
https://pangeos.eu/ https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22136/ The sustainability of Europe’s green resources are threatened by climate change associated environmental changes. Agricultural systems and forests are among the ecosystems mostly interlinked with human health and wellbeing due to the socio-economic services they provide. Whether heat, drought, extreme weather, or biotic stressors, conventional agriculture and forestry today is unprepared for future climate scenarios, rising populations, changing consumption habits, and traditional management practices need re-thinking. The objectives set by PANGEOS are developed in the wake of the European Green Deal strategic goals. For agriculture, these include ensuring food security in the face of climate change, strengthening the EU food system’s resilience and reducing the environmental and climate footprint of the EU agricultural sector towards a competitive and sustainable use and management of resources. For forestry, these span the protection, restoration and enlargement of the EU’s forests to combat climate change, reversing biodiversity loss and ensuring resilient and multifunctional forest ecosystems. To support these goals, PANGEOS aims to leverage state-of-the-art remote sensing (RS) technologies to advance field phenotyping workflows, precision agriculture/forestry practices and larger-scale operational assessments for a more sustainable management of Europe’s natural resources. We propose to bridge the gap between state-of-the-art technologies and applied sciences, to directly serve and inform academics, Young Researchers and Innovators, Inclusiveness Target Countries and Near Neighbor Countries, end-users (e.g., farmers, foresters), and stakeholders in industry and policy-makers by bringing together RS experts and applications in (1) Field Phenotyping, (2) Precision and Regenerative Agriculture, (3) Sustainable Land Management of Complex European landscapes, and (4) Uncertainty Analysis and Standardization.
www.remindnet.eu https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA22138 Working Group Leader "Socio-economic aspects and financing" The extraction of minerals and metals from the earth crust is as old as human mankind. The management of mine closure and post-closure is getting more and more attention because in Europe as well as worldwide many regions are affected by environmental residues such as tailings, waste dumps, subsidences, contaminated water which is the result of unsatisfactory environmental performance of the mining industry in the past. All European countries are facing these problems and many of these countries are lacking funds and capacity in managing these old mine sites. This network of proposers with 74 scientists and practitioners from more than 60 organisations from 28 EU countries focus on legislation, governance and management of these legacies, financing as well as rehabilitation and monitoring techniques to improve implementation to minimize post-closure mining legacies. It will establish an European mining legacy database, compare present legal framework, governance structures and management approaches, provide input to mine authorities, regulators and financial institutions on a social balanced and environmental friendly management of mine legacies, harmonise best practices, standards and lessons learnt for a comprehensive and sustainable management of raw materials’ extraction legacies and disseminate the results to the public through an open access visualization platform. The network pools experts from currently separated fields (e.g. geologists, economists, engineers, environmental and social scientists, metallurgists, legal representatives, etc.) to consolidate knowledge and foster mutual exchange of knowledge between researchers.