Date of birth: 02.09.1962

Place of birth: Burgdorf, Switzerland

Citizenship: Swiss

Education

1983-1990: Studies in history, Russian Language and literature, and political science at the University of Zurich

1996 Doctoral dissertation on Swiss scientists in tsarist Russia at the University of Zurich

2005 Diploma in management of non-profit organisations at University of Freiburg (Switzerland)

Employment

1991-1997 Assistant to the Chair of History of Eastern Europe at the University of Zurich

1997-1999 Head of the History of Science Collections at ETH Library

1999- Head of the Special Collections at ETH Library

Lectures

1991-1997 Lectures on different subjects in Eastern European History at the University of Zurich

2001- Lectures on electronic library at the Zurich Librarian Courses

2003- Lectures on electronic library at the Lucerne School of Business at the University of Applied Science in Lucerne

2006- Lectures on electronic library at the Institute for Information Science at the University of Applied Science in Chur

2006 Lectures on "Management of the Hybrid Library" at the University of Riga, Latvia.