Daniel Nüesch studied and gained his Ph.D at the Department of Geography, UZH. As a Visiting Scientist he completed his postdoc in Remote Sensing at the Environmental Institute of Michigan ERIM in Ann Arbor, USA with special emphasis in Infrared and Microwave Technology. 
After his return to the UZH he worked for the Remote Sensing Laboratories RSL and served as Swiss Delegate at the European Space Agency ESA in the Program Board Earth Observation. He retired in 2006.