Meet the team

Carlos Rodrigo Wyss holds a Master’s and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from ETH Zurich, with a focus on hydraulic constructions and water resources management. His career has spanned a range of roles, from leveraging his aquatic sciences’ expertise to managing rehabilitation projects in hydropower companies. During his four-year tenure at Wasser-Agenda 21, he collaborated closely with the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment and other stakeholders, influencing hydropower refurbishment strategies and facilitating its implementation. As a member of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, Carlos is deployed internationally to contribute to humanitarian and development projects.

Gilles Antoniazza studied Geomorphology at the University of Lausanne. In 2023, he completed a PhD in Environmental Science between the University of Lausanne and the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL on the monitoring of bedload transport in mountain streams using both acoustic and seismic monitoring systems. He also developed advanced competences in UAV-based SfM-MVS photogrammetry techniques to monitor morphological changes through erosion and deposition within river corridors. He worked in the domain of river science and management for various institutions in Switzerland (UNIL, WSL, Eawag) and abroad (University of Lancaster UK, GFZ Potsdam DE).

Dieter Rickenmann is a civil engineer from ETH Zurich where he also obtained his PhD degree. He spent most of his professional career at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, focusing on debris flows, sediment transport in steep streams and torrent hazard assessment. From 2002 to 2009 he was professor at the Institute for Alpine Hazards at BOKU University in Vienna. He is now officially retired but continues with research and applied projects on sediment transport. An important focus of his research studies concerned the development of acoustic bedload transport measuring systems, as well as the improvement of calculation methods for hydraulics and bedload transport in steep channels.

Stuart Lane is Professor of Geomorphology at the University of Lausanne since 2011. His PhD in Physical Geography and Civil Engineering was concerned with the application of computational fluid dynamics and remote sensing to the quantification of river flow and sediment transport in Alpine streams. He has developed particular expertise in suspended and bedload monitoring, in applications of SfM-MVS photogrammetry and in hydraulic and habitat modelling. He has published over 400 scientific articles on these topics and supervised more than 50 PhD students. His work has been recognized by a number of international medals and prizes.