Curriculum vitae

 

 

Personal data:

Name:                         Philipp Häuselmann

Title:                            Dr. rer. nat., Privatdozent

Home Adress:            Weissenaustr. 85

                                     3800 Unterseen - Switzerland

                                     Tel:       (0041) 77 426 23 90

                                     email:   praezis(at)speleo.ch

 

Date of birth:              28.9.1971

Origin:                         Thun (BE)

Nationality:                 Swiss

marital status:            married

 

 

 

Formation:

1978-1986                  8 years primary and secondary school, Bern

1986-1990                  4 years high school Kirchenfeld, Bern

1990                            Matura, Type B (languages)

1991-1997                  Studies of Mineralogy and Geology, University of Bern

17.4.1997                   Diploma, University of Bern (MSc, Prof. Engi)

1998-2002                  PhD thesis, University of Fribourg (Proff. Monbaron/Jeannin)

12.7.2002                   PhD defense, Title obtained: Dr. rer. nat.

2002 - 2003                PostDoc, Purdue University (Prof. Granger)

2005                            PostDoc/Scientific Collaborator, BOKU Vienna (Prof. Fiebig)

8.3. 2010                    Habilitation defense, BOKU Vienna

 

 

 

Languages:

german                 mother language

french                    spoken and written

english                  spoken and written

latin                        6 years

romanian              everyday use

 

 

 

Jobs:

1990-1991            Employee at Information Center of the Town of Bern, for software installation and troubleshooting

1992-1995            Responsible for the entries of the Mineralogic-Petrographic Institute (MPI), University of Bern, into the geochemical database "Terdat"

1994-1997            Assistant (~15 %) at MPI, University of Bern, mainly for practical courses for undergraduates

1994-2001            Assistant (25 %) at the Earth Sciences Departement of Natural History Museum Bern. Jobs: caretaking of the collection, updating the database, determination of minerals, microprobe work, sample treatment for geochemistry

1997-1998            Assistant (25-50 %) at the Geologic Institute, University of Bern, for fluid inclusion studies on diagenetic cements, as well as assistance for practical courses

1998-2002            Assistant at University of Fribourg (PhD student)

2002-2003            PostDoc researcher at Purdue University (Indiana, USA)

2003-2004            Unpaid sabbatical used for the preparation of the St. Beatus Cave monography, followed by partial employment by the BOKU Vienna for chemical preparation of cosmogenic isotopes.

2005                      Scientific collaborator, BOKU Vienna, for dating sediments by cosmogenic isotopes.

2005-                     PhD / diploma supervisor for Austria, Slovenija and Romania

2006-                     Scientific collaborator, Swiss Institute for Speleology and Karst studies, for several projects concerning karst and caves.

2009-                     Guest Professor, University of Vienna, for lectures on karst and caves.

 

 

 

Research:

Please see the list attached for a complete review of the past, present, and future projects. The main axis of research is along the two following lines:

- Speleogenesis: Evolution of the caves in relation to the geomorphologic evolution of the surface outside. This includes the study and the dating of sediments and therefore the paleogeomorphologic evolution.

- Dating of sediments: U/Th is used to date speleothems, and cosmogenic isotopes are used for a multitude of sediments and processes such as landslides, tectonic movement, glaciations, speleogenesis, erosion rates, climatic changes, etc.

 

 

 

Experience in teaching:

- Introduction to Mineralogy: practical courses for beginners

- Introduction to geological and morphological mapping: practical courses for beginners

- Teacher of cavers: Geology, Mapping, Sedimentology

- Teacher of Guinier Xray techniques at MPI, University of Bern

- Supervisor of diploma theses and PhD students all over Europe

 

Field trips, communications

- Talks at international conferences (see publication list)

- Organisation of the 2nd International Meeting on Subterranean Topography" at the 10. National Congress for Speleology in Breitenbach (SO) 1995

- Co-organisation of the 12th Int. Congress of Speleology, La Chaux-de-Fonds 1997, responsible for the "Mapping and techniques" sessions

- Organisation of the international Workshop on "Cave genesis in the Alpine Belt", Habkern, 2000.

- Leader of the field trip of University of Bern to Sieben Hengste 1997 and 2002, and University of Neuchâtel in 2004

- Organizer of field trip of University of Bern and Fribourg to Slovenija in 2000

- Co-leading of karstologic excursions of the University of Fribourg

- Presentations about caving in schools and associations, karstologic communications, field trip leader

- Field trips in caves for mineralogists, geologists and other scientists

 

Other (benevolent) jobs:

1990-1998             Editor, yearbook of the section of Bern of the Swiss Speleological Society SSS

1991-2001             Redactor of the journal "Stalactite" of the SSS

1992-1998             Archivist of SSS Bern

1994-2001             Member of the Scientific Commission of SSS, co-editor at "Stalactite"

1994-                      Correspondant of the SSS cave register

1997-                      President, working group "Topography and mapping" of the UIS Informatics Commission

1998-2005             President of the Section Bern of SSS

2000-                      Member of the "Association française de karstologie"

2001-                      President of the scientific commission of the SSS, Member of the speleological commission of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.

2002-                      Editorial board, Speleogenesis and Evolution of Karst Aquifers (Onlinejournal, www.speleogenesis.info).

2005-                      International Editorial board, Int. Journal of Speleology.

2008-                      Editorial board, Journal "Karstologia"