Team
Foundation Board
The Foundation Board is the supervisory body of the Swiss Ornithological Institute. It consists of 7-13 members.
Directorate
The directorate of the Swiss Ornithological Institute Sempach consists of the Director of Science (Gilberto Pasinelli), the Director of Conservation (Peter Knaus), the Director of Operations (Barbara Trösch) and the Director of Public Relations (Matthias Kestenholz). The panel decides together by consensus and is chaired by Matthias Kestenholz. The directorate reports to the Foundation Board.
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board consists of 3-5 members of the Foundation Board and other experts freely chosen by the Foundation Board. The Scientific Commission is concerned with the ornithological activities of the Swiss Ornithological Institute, the quality of the projects and the mediation of contacts with third parties.
Employees
5
Diana
Aeberhardt
Project Secretariat Research and Conservation employee
3
Bettina
Almasi
Head of Animal Welfare
Human Impact employee
2
René Urs
Altermatt
Head of Knowledge transfer
5
Valentin
Amrhein
permanent guest
Editor Ornithologischer Beobachter
5
Sylvain
Antoniazza
Status of bird species employee
5
Nadine
Apolloni
Species Recovery employee
5
Arnaud
Barras
Upswing for bird life employee
5
Simon
Birrer
Agricultural habitats employee
5
Susanne
Blättler
Environmental Education employee
5
Roman
Bühler
Ecological Research employee
5
Stefanie
Burger
Scientific Advisory Board
1
Reto
Burri
Head of Scientific Support
5
Ricardo
Carrizo
Population Trends employee
5
Benedetta
Catitti
Ecological Research employee
5
Ginny
Chan
Ecological Research employee
5
Madeline
Chase
Ecological Research employee
5
Sebastian
Dirren
Ecological Research employee
5
Jérôme
Duplain
Employee of the regional office Yverdon
2
Patricia
Dürring Kummer
Head of Library
Head of Archive
5
Catherine
Eggerschwiler
Brigitte Felder Oberholzer
5
Brigitte
Felder Oberholzer
5
Roman
Furrer
Bird-Human Conflicts employee
5
Lara
Gross
Ringing Centre employee
Population Trends employee
2
Martin
Grüebler
Head of Ecological Research
5
Barbara
Haas-Helfenstein
5
Dominik
Hagist
Agricultural habitats employee
5
Julia
Hatzl
Ecological Research employee
2
Daniela
Heynen
Head of Bird-Human Conflicts
5
Simon
Hohl
Agricultural habitats employee
5
Rolf
Holderegger
Scientific Advisory Board
5
Benjamin
Homberger
Employee of the regional office Northeast Switzerland
4
Petra
Horch
Head of Upswing for bird life
5
Alain
Jacot
Employee of the regional Office Valais
5
David
Jenny
Species Recovery employee
5
Yvonne
Keiser
Bird-Human Conflicts employee
5
Marc
Kéry
Population Trends employee
1
Matthias
Kestenholz
Chairman
Director of Public Relations
1
Peter
Knaus
Directorate
Director of Conservation
5
Tetiana
Kuzmenko
Status of bird species employee
5
Fritjof
Lammers
Ecological Research employee
5
Claire
Lischer-Guyot
Species Recovery employee
5
Shannon
Luepold
Ecological Research employee
5
Patrick
Mächler
permanent guest
Editor Ornithologischer Beobachter
5
Gabriel
Marcacci
Species Recovery employee
5
Patrick
Marti
Employee of the regional office Grisons
5
Anja
Marty
Species Recovery employee
5
Prisca
Mattmann
Bird Care employee
Veterinarian
5
Kim
Meichtry-Stier
Agricultural habitats employee
5
Yves
Menétrey
Species Recovery employee
2
Stephanie
Michler Keiser
5
Marvin
Moosmann
Status of bird species employee
5
Mathis
Müller
Species Recovery employee
5
Erica
Nicca
Employee of the Regional office Grisons
5
Carole
Niffenegger
Ecological Research employee
5
Steffen
Oppel
Ecological Research employee
5
Florian
Orgeret
Ecological Research employee
1
Gilberto
Pasinelli
Directorate
Director of Science
1
Gilberto
Pasinelli
Directorate
Director of Science
5
Jan
Pfister
Upswing for bird life employee
5
Bertrand
Posse
Employee of the regional office Valais
5
Jean-Nicolas
Pradervand
Employee of the regional office Valais
5
Emmanuel
Revaz
Employee of the regional office Valais
5
Linda
Riedel
Agricultural habitats employee
5
Christian
Rogenmoser
Monitoring employee
Monitoring Communications
5
Alexandre
Roulin
Scientific Advisory Board
5
Thomas
Sattler
Status of bird species employee
5
Christian
Schano
Ecological Research employee
2
Michael
Schaub
Head of Population Trends
5
Patrick
Scherler
Ecological Research employee
5
Stefan
Schilli
Environmental Education employee
5
Barbara
Schlup
Scientific Advisory Board
5
Arno
Schneider
Employee of the regional office Ticino
2
Hubert
Schürmann
Head of Agricultural habitats
5
Manuel
Schweizer
Scientific Advisory Board
5
Robin
Séchaud
Employee of the regional office Yverdon
5
Nicolas
Sironi
Employee of the regional office Ticino
5
Martin
Spiess
Agricultural habitats employee
5
Franz
Steffen
Employee of the regional office Valais
2
Nicolas
Strebel
Head of Status of bird species
5
Dominik
Thiel
Scientific Advisory Board
1
Barbara
Trösch
Directorate
Director of Operations
5
Matthias
Tschumi
Ecological Research employee
5
Valentijn
van Bergen
Ecological Research employee
5
Christoph
Vogel
Species Recovery employee
5
Matthias
Vögeli
Applied research employee
5
Franziska
von Lerber
Scientific Advisory Board
5
Nathalie
von Siebenthal
Ecological Research employee
2
Marlène
Wenger
Head of Environmental Education
5
Stefan
Werner
Employee of the regional office Northeast Switzerland
5
Stephanie
Witczak
Ecological Research employee
5
Judith
Zellweger Fischer
Agricultural habitats employee
5
Irmi
Zwahlen
Population Trends employee