Ongoing MSc Theses
| Aerni, Jan ESS | Effect of slope and microtopography on overland flow occurrence and amount in the Studibach | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Victor Gauthier |
| Bassfeld, Charmaine GEO | Spatial and temporal variation in soil moisture and evapotranspiration in the Studibach catchment, Switzerland | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Conrads, Julie Elisabeth ESS | Conservation Genomics of the Freshwater Mussel Anodonta anatina in Switzerland | Dr. Alexandra Anh-Thu Weber Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| Eichmann, Michael GEO | New analysis of low flow events and trends in the Alpine region over the last decades | Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Luzi Bernhard Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Huber, Angela GEO | Differenzierte Gradienten der Niederschlagsverteilung und deren Auswirkungen auf Abflusssimulationen mit dem Modell HBV | PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli Dr. Maria Staudinger Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Luder, Marius GEO | Wasserbilanz von Karstquellen im Ybrig: Eine karsthydrologische Untersuchung der Einzugsgebiete und Quellen im Raum Chäseren und deren Wasserbilanz in den letzten 4 Jahren | Dr. Martin Lüthi Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Rivero, Luis GEO | Understanding the effects of cloud seeding into tropical cyclones using the ICON Model | Prof. Dr. Ulrike Lohmann Andrina Caratsch Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Santi, Elena GEO | Springs in canton Thurgau | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Sigrist, Fiona Luisa GEO | Trends in Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) and its Spatial Variation across the Wägital, Switzerland: A Long-Term Analysis from 1943 to 2023 | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Tobler, Hannes ESS | Analyzing hydrological recession behavior using plant phenology | Dr. Maria Staudinger Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Villiger, Maurus GEO | Forest Water Uptake Dynamics in the Long-Term Drought Experimental Site, Pfynwald – Intercomparison of Water Extraction and Isotope Analysis Methods | Dr. Elham Freund Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| Vogler, Meret GEO | Impact of drought on the water uptake of trees in the Alptal | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| von Holzen, Nicholas Roman GEO | Factors Predicting the Occurrence of Ecologically Valuable Springs: A Random Forest Modelling Approach | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Maria Staudinger Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Wiesendanger, Sandro GEO | Spatial variation in sediment transport across the Studibach catchment | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Victor Gauthier Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Zhou, Yixuan ESS | Modelling basin scale sediment dynamics of the Red River basin in Vietnam with TOPKAPI-ETH: reconstructing the past and predicting future changes | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Paolo Burlando Dr. Anna Costa Dr. Scott Sinclair |
| Zou, Yiduo ESS | Constraining the Congo Basin Sulfur Cycle using Sulfur and Oxygen Isotopes | Prof. Dr. Jordon Hemingway Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
Completed MSc Theses
| 2024 | ||
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| Czerniejewska, Anna GEO | Spatial changes, temporal dynamics, and their influences on hydrological signals in an urban stream: A case study of the Wuhle, Berlin. PDF | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert Prof. Dr. Dörthe Tetzlaff Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| Fischer, Anja GEO | Variability in Streamflow and Electrical Conductivity in Temporary Headwater Streams on Zürichberg PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Nagel, Nina GEO | Investigating the Impact of Ice Formation on Winter Discharge Fluctuations in the Dischmàbach PDF | Michael Margreth Dr. David Vetsch Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Sonak, Sophia Michéle Maria GEO | Improving data deficits of intermittent streams in protected areas in Switzerland and Germany using crowd sourced discharge data - A dialog on what is needed and what could be provided - PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Zollinger, Geraldine GEO | Estimating the impact of climate change on maize cultivation in Switzerland based on agricultural climate indicators PDF | Dr. Sibylle Stöckli Dr. Sven Kotlarski Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| 2023 | ||
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| Bigler, Lukas GEO | Thawing permafrost - Sedimentary organic matter distribution across the Canadian Beaufort Sea PDF | Dr. Lisa Bröder Dr. Julie Lattaud Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Eisenring, Sonja GEO | Spatial Variation in Soil Hydraulic Properties in the Studibach Catchment and its Effects on Simulated Infiltration PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Tatjana Carina Speckert Victor Gauthier |
| 2022 | ||
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| Bruppacher, Anita GEO | Spatial and temporal changes in soil water and groundwater chemistry in the Studibach catchment PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Anna Leuteritz |
| Clerc-Schwarzenbach, Franziska GEO | Value of Citizen Science Data and Limited Other Information for Hydrological Model Calibration PDF | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| Frefel, Basil GEO | Determining time of concentration for small lake watersheds in Switzerland for the use in eDNA sampling – a small scale modelling approach PDF | Prof. Dr. Kristy Deiner Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Freitag, Nora GEO | Characterizing floods in US catchments using CAMELS database | Dr. Anna Senoner Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Pezzati, Tobia GEO | Seasonal and event-based changes in the flowing stream network of temporary rivers in the Reppisch catchment: Comparison of manual mapping and data from sensors. PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld |
| Pirisinu, Lisa Maria ESS | Assessment of organic carbon stabilisation in tropical soils - Evaluating soil organic carbon quality and distribution under dry-deciduous forest in south-western Karnataka PDF | Severin-Luca Bellè Dr. Samuel Abiven |
| Schädler, Larissa GEO | Assessment of snow ablation patterns and dynamics in the Dischma valley (Davos, GR): Linking multi-temporal terrestrial laser scanning observations to meteorological parameters | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Rebecca Mott-Grünewald Michael Haugeneder |
| 2021 | ||
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| Markwalder, Laura GEO | Potentials and Challenges of Probabilistic Precipitation Data for Runoff Modelling: An Analysis of Spatio-Temporal Variability Patterns. PDF | Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Montalbetti, Désirée GEO | Reliability of Multi-day Precipitation Estimates from Climate Models PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Rütsche, Joel GEO | Flood-duration-Frequency (QdF) Analysis in the Aare River Basin based on Simulated Discharge Time Series PDF | PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Sidhu, Navjot Kaur ESS | Comparative Analysis of the Flood Models HEC-RAS and BASEMENT PDF | Remo Solèr Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| 2020 | ||
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| Marijanovic, Mladen Leon GEO | Climate change and flood types PDF | PD Dr. Daniel Viviroli Dr. Anna Senoner Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Steinmann, Miriam GEO | Spatial and Temporal Variability in Stream Chemistry in a Temperate Intermittent Stream PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Samuel Abiven Rick Assendelft Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Zanitti, Florencio GEO | Percolation Transformation due to Vegetation Alteration: Does land-use change affect the chemical and physical properties of Eastern Malagasy soil and can Ksat be predicted by Pedotransfer Functions PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Dr. Samuel Abiven Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| 2019 | ||
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| Fuchs, Joanna ESS | Surface water temperature of Lake Kariba: dynamics and spatial heterogeneity PDF | Prof. Dr. Bernhard Wehrli Dr. Rogier de Jong Elisa Calamita Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Honegger, Patrick GEO | Proof of Concept for a Stilling Tube Water Level Recorder PDF | Dr. Prof. James W. Kirchner Dr. Jana von Freyberg Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Jenny, Angela GEO | Go with the Flow; Spatial Distribution in the Occurrence of Amphipods and its Relation to Flow Intermittency in a Headwater Catchment of the Reppisch PDF | Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Florian Altermatt Dr. Roman Alther Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Koller, Severin GEO | Performance Analysis of Different Flash Flood Nowcasting Chains Based on Ensemble Precipitation Nowcasting in the Emme and Verzasca Catchments The Impact of Blending an Extrapolated Nowcast into a Numerical Weather Prediction PDF | Dr. Massimiliano Zappa Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |
| Lustenberger, Florian ESS | Event-based surface hydrological connectivity and sediment transport on young moraines PDF | Fabian Maier Dr. Ilja van Meerveld Prof. Dr. Jan Seibert |