Anita C. Risch

Anita C. Risch received the M.Sc. degree in biology from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), Zurich, Switzerland, in 1999, the M.Sc. degree in forest ecology from Michigan Technological University (MTU), Houghton, MI, USA, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in ecology, from ETHZ, in 2004. From 2004 to 2006, she spent her Postdoctoral time with Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. In 2006, she became the Head of the Animal Ecology Research Group, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL), Birmensdorf, Switzerland. Since 2008, she has been a Graduate Faculty and Adjunct Associate Professor at MTU and completed her habilitation at ETHZ in 2010. She currently leads the Plant-Animal-Interaction Research Group at WSL. Her research interests include how vertebrate and invertebrate animals affect above- and below-ground ecosystem processes.