Curriculum Vitae

Education 

2007-2010
PhD student in the Agri-food and Agri-environmental Economics Group at ETH Zurich

Certificate in Spatial Information Systems at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich (12 ETC Points)

2000-2006
Studies in Agricultural Science at ETH Zurich;
Diploma with specialization in Agricultural Economics;

Diploma thesis titled: Limiting factors and potential for development of agricultural sector and dairy sector in Armenia (2 ½ months research stay in Armenia)

2000

Eidgenössische Matura in Bern

Experience

Since 2011
Post-doc in the Agri-food and Agri-environmental Economics Group at ETH Zurich 

2008-2011
Project coordinator for the interdisciplinary ETH North South Center research project "Reversing soil degradation by tropical legume trees using GIS analysis"

2006-2011
Research assistant in the Agri-food and Agri-environmental Economics Group at ETH Zurich

2004, July - October
Internship on an agricultural enterprise near Yerevan, Armenia

2002, April - September
Farm internship in the French speaking part of Switzerland

Referee activities 

Contributed papers for the EAAE Congress 2008 and 2011

Organization of seminars/workshops

Co-organization PhD seminar „Bounded Rationality and Anomalies“ of Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics Group, ETH Zurich, March 05-06,

Co-organization PhD seminar "Methoden der Agrarökonomie" of Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics Group, ETH Zurich, March 23-24, 2006