Geological Institute
Our research and teaching focuses on a better understanding of important processes on the Earth's surface and in the lithosphere. Thereby, field observations are combined with experiments, modelling, and theory.
Research groups and professorships
The Geological Institute is structured into eight principal research groups each headed by a professorial chair.
Climate Geology
Prof. Dr. Heather Stoll (Chair)
Prof. Dr. Stefano Bernasconi
Earth Ecosystem Dynamics
Prof. Dr. Cindy De Jonge (Chair)
Earth Surface Dynamics
Prof. Dr. Sean Willett (Chair)
Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Picotti
Engineering Geology
Prof. Dr. Jordan Aaron (Chair)
Geobiology
Prof. Dr. Cara Magnabosco (Chair)
Geomitigation of Greenhouse Gases
Prof. Dr. Nicole Fernandez-Franzan (Chair)
Structural Geology and Tectonics
Prof. Dr. Whitney Behr (Chair)
Surface Earth Evolution
Prof. Dr. Jordon Hemingway (Chair)
Contact
Administration
Geologisches Institut
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092
Zürich
Switzerland
Head of Institute
Head of Geological Institute
Professur für Klimageologie
Sonneggstrasse 5
8092
Zürich
Switzerland