
Soil Science and Biogeochemistry
Tel.: 044 63 55140Room number: Y25 K 64Presence times: book contact hours (link below)michael.schmidt@geo.uzh.chWebsite
Contact
Professional Activities
Teacher of the Hour 2020 (student election)
Advisory Board of the National Hub of European Joint Program Soil (2020- )
Program Director for five Bachelor and Master programs at the of the Department of Geography UZH (2018-2020)
Member of the Swiss National Research Council, Division II Mathematics, Natural and Engineering Sciences (2011-2015)
Chair Switzerland in the European Science Foundation MOLTER program (2008-2013)
Research
Deep C: Deep soil carbon cycling in a warming world – the molecular perspective. (Swiss National Science Foundation 2017-2023)
Outreach
CV / Education
Education
Univ. Bochum, Germany: MSc Geography (1985-1991), MSc Geology (1988-1993), PhD Geosciences, Dr. rer. nat. (1994-1997).
Univ. Cologne, Germany: Tenure track eligibility, venia legendi for Geography, Habilitation (2001)
Employment
1992–1993 Environmental Consultant
1994–1996 Research Assistant (Univ. Bochum, Soil Science, Germany)
1996–1998 Research Assistant (Technical Univ. Munich, Soil Science, Germany)
1998–2000 Postdoc (Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry Jena, Germany)
2000–2002 Research Assistant (Univ. Cologne, Geography, Germany)
2002– Professor for Physical Geography at the University of Zurich: Assistant Prof. (2002), Associate Prof. (2006), Full Professor (2014)