Gabriela Schaepman-Strub#
| Membership Number: | 7411 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/staff/member/schaepman_strub_gabriela.html |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4069-1884 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabriela-schaepman-strub-2298404/ |
| Publication Link: | https://scholar.google.ch/citations?hl=en&user=gcfHyDsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2025 - present Full Professor of Earth System Science, University of Zurich
- 2025 - present Vice-President, International Arctic Science Committee
- 2019 - 2025 Associate Professor of Earth System Science, University of Zurich
- 2021 - 2023 Scientific Director, Swiss Polar Institute (part-time)
- 2021 - present Swiss delegate, Council of International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
- 2018 - present Member of the Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF) working group, Arctic Council (Swiss representative)
- 2016 - 2023 Swiss representative in the Terrestrial Working Group, International Arctic Science Committee (IASC)
- 2017 - 2021 Member of Science and Technology Advisory Board (2017-20) Chair of Science and Technology Advisory Board (2020- 2021), Swiss Polar Institute
- 2009 - 2019 Research scientist and Head of Remote Sensing and Spatial Ecology Research Group, University of Zurich
- 2014 - Visiting scientist (6 months), NASA JPL, Pasadena
- note: Reduction to 60-70% FTE 2002 - 2018 (equivalent to 6.5 years full time absence) due to childcare responsibilities
Fields of Scholarship
- Arctic ecosystems under global change
- Coupling of atmosphere - tundra vegetation - permafrost through energy fluxes
- Predictions and ecosystem conservation
- Remote sensing and spectroscopy for ecology from leaf to landscape scale
- Biodiversity and ecosystem functions
Honours and Awards
- 2026 named as one of the 100 Polar Women by Women in Polar Science
- 2024 National Champion of Switzerland, Frontiers Planet Prize, International Science Council & Frontiers Planet
- 2016 Parliament of the Republic of Sacha (Yakutia), silver medal for climate and biodiversity research
- 2005 European Space Agency external research fellowship
- 2005 Swiss National Science Foundation fellowship for prospective researchers
