Dr. Florian M. Schwandner
	Geochemistry Group Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography ETH Zentrum Sonneggstrasse 5 CH-8092 Zürich, Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0)1 632 37 51 Fax: +41 (0)1 632 10 88 e-mail: florimax@erdw.ethz.ch		alternate: GEOWARN project Institute of Cartography (IKA) ETH Hönggerberg Wolfgang-Pauli Strasse CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland Tel.: +41 (0)1 633 30 18 Fax: +41 (0)1 633 11 53 e-mail: schwandner@karto.baug.ethz.ch

Academic History:

2002 - present	PostDoc in Geochemistry / Volcanology Institute of Cartography (IKA) & IMP, ETH Zürich, Switzerland	supervisors:  L. Hurni, & V. Dietrich & T. Seward
2002	PhD, Geochemistry; ETH Zürich, Switzerland "The organic chemistry of volcanic gases at Vulcano (Eolian Islands, Italy)"	advisors:  T. Seward, & V. Dietrich & A. Gize
1997-2002	PhD program, Geochemistry/Volcanology Inst. of Mineralogy and Petrography (IMP), ETH Zürich, Switzerland	supervisors: T. Seward & V. Dietrich
1997	Diplom (M.Sc.) Geologie Paläontologie; Freie Universität Berlin, Germany "The Geology of Poros Island, Greece" (includes a small volcano ...)	advisors:  V. Jacobshagen & V. Dietrich
1995-96	Visiting Graduate Scholar Dept. Earth Sciences, University of Washington (WA), USA	supervisors: M. Ghiorso & B. Nelson
1993-1995, 1997	Graduate program ("Hauptstudium"), Geologie Paläontologie; Freie Universität Berlin, Germany	supervisors:  V. Jacobshagen & V. Dietrich
1993	Vordiplom Geologie Paläontologie Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
1991-1993	Undergraduate program ("Grundstudium"), Geologie Paläontologie; Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

Stipends & Awards:

1998-2001	Schweizerischer National Fonds (SNF), Switzerland: salary to attend the ETH in Geochemistry for 4 years from 1998-2001
1995-1996	Visiting Graduate Scholarship, University of Washington, USA
1997	Diplom "mit Auszeichnung" (M.Sc. "with distinction")

Personal Research Grants*:

2002	SFr. 100,000 (ca. US$ 67,000), HazNETH (ETH Zürich, Switzerland) co-investigator, Geo-Spatial Information System for Natural Hazards Assessment in Switzerland
2001	SFr. 5000 (ca. US$ 3300), Swiss Academy of Sciences, travel & analytical grant, Dioxins and Furans in Volcanic Gases
1997	DM 1000 (ca. US$ 700), Freie Universität Berlin (Germany); GEOTITEL travel grant: Geology of Poros Island, Greece

* as IP or co-applicant only, excluding such with status as employee or co-aothor (of grant application, reports, and papers)

General Research Areas:

• organic chemistry of volcanic gases, prebiotic organic compounds / astrobiology
  (with University of Manchester, UK, and the American Museum of Natural History, USA)
  
• natural sources of atmospheric organic trace gases (VOC, especially halocarbons)
  
• organic geochemical method development (GC-MS, GC-TCD, GC-FID, etc.)
  (with Hall Analytical Ltd, UK)
  
• volcanic eruptions, early warning systems (see GEOWARN project of the EU)
  
• environmental isotopes in hydrothermal systems (noble gas and stable isotopes)
  (with EAWAG and Hall Analytical Ltd., UK)
  
• inorganic hydrothermal and volcanic gas chemistry
  
• trace gas adsorption on solid substrates
  
• experimental solubility and retention studies in chromatography
• ...

Other Professional Interests:

• structural geology, sedimentary processes and ophiolite petrology of suture zones (see 1998 paper)
  
• volcanic stratigraphy and petrology of xenoliths in shallow volcanic magma reservoirs (Pinatubo 1991);
  (with C. Newhall & B. Nelson, Univ. of Washington)
  
• cyclic REE signatures in OIB time-series (Molokai, Hawaii);
  (with B. Nelson, Univ. of Washington)
  
• geochemical methods applied to archaeology, archeometry;
  (with D.A.I., the German Federal Archaeological Institute)
• history of chemistry and geochemistry
• laboratory techniques for rock sample preparation for wet chemical and instrumental analysis
  (see our IMP analytical labs web page here)
• natural hazards assessment, integrated combined multi-parametric multi-hazard assessment procedures;
  visualization, georelational databases and graphical query design
  

Current Teaching Interests:

courses related to all of the above specific research interests,  plus specifically any of the options below:

• Volcanology (introductory to advanced)
• Geochemistry (introductory to advanced)
• Environmental Geology  (introductory to medium level)
  
• Natural Hazards (introductory to medium level)
• Field Techniques (introductory to advanced)
• Geochemical Laboratory Techniques (introductory to advanced)
• Scientific Data Treatment: Flukes, Geostatistics, and Quality Control
  
• Petrography: from Microscopes to Sattelites (introductory)
• Others: Independent Research, Seminars, Geoscience Careers, History of Sciences, Outreach, Exhibits,  ... 
• Open to more ! (Regional Geology of xyz, Introduction to Earth Sciences, Introduction to Structural Geology,  Economic Geology, ...)
  

Links to Specific Research Projects:

• GEOWARN - Early Warning Systems, Nisyros Volcano (Greece) and Campi Flegrei (Italy)
• ETH Geochemistry Volcanic Gas Project

Schwandner F. M., Seward T. M., Gize A. P., Hall P. A., and Dietrich V. J. (2003):
Diffuse emission of organic trace gases from the flank and crater of a quiescent active volcano (Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy).
Journal of Geophysical Research D - Atmospheres, in press. [pdf abstract]
Schwandner F. M., Seward T. M., Gize A. P., and Hall, K. (2003):
Organics and Halocarbons in Volcanic Gas Emissions: Sampling, Analysis, and Estimates of Source Strengths for Diffuse and Fumarolic Gas Emissions.
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco (USA) Dec. 8-12, 2003;
EOS Trans. AGU (Fall Meeting Suppl.) 84(47): F1500 (abstract V12E-07).
[pdf abstract]

Gogu, R.C., Jenny, B., Schwandner, F.M., Freimark, H., Hurni, L., and Dietrich, V.J. (2003):
GEOWARN - geospatial warning systems Nisyros volcano (Greece) - an emergency case study:
workflow design and geospatial platform design.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to: "GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) - an emergency case study"; 4(D01): 35p.
[pdf abstract]

Chiodini, G., Brombach, T., Fiebig, J., Schwandner, F.M., Dietrich, V.J. (2003):
Geochemical models of Nisyros.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to: "GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) - an emergency case study"; 4(D09): 27p.
[pdf abstract]

Nomikou, E., Dietrich, V.J., Papanikolaou, D., Schwandner, F. M., and Gogu, R. C. (2003):
Volcanological map and 3D model of Nisyros, incl. sub-seafloor.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to: "GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) - an emergency case study"; 4(D11): 44p.
[pdf abstract]

Terribilini, A., Jenny, B., Freimark, H., Gogu, R. C., Schwandner, F. M., Hurni, L. and Dietrich, V.J. (2003):
Interactive multimedia maps and models of the Nisyros-Kos volcanic field in 2, 3, and 4D modes.
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to: "GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) - an emergency case study"; 4(D12): 20p.
[pdf abstract]

Dietrich, V. J., Schwandner F. M. an Gogu, R. C. (2003):
GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece): Hazard assessment and maps (probabilistic calculation)
In: European Union IST1999-12310 Final Deliverables and Report to: "GEOWARN - geo-spatial warning systems, Nisyros volcano (Greece) - an emergency case study"; 4(D13): 41p.
[pdf abstract]
Schwandner F. M., Seward T. M., Gize A. P., Hall, P.A., Hall, K., and Dietrich, V.J. (2003):
Trace VOC determination in environmental hot acidic sulphurous humid gas mixtures by SPTD-SPME-CT-GC/MS.
Programme and Abstracts, SACh (SCS) Conference "Analytical Chemistry of Organic Contaminants in the Environment", September 3-5, 2003, Zürich, Switzerland; page 42. [pdf abstract]

Gogu, R. C., Schwandner, F.M., Hurni, L., Dietrich, V.J. (2002)
An Interactive Geospatial Database and Visualization Approach to Early Warning Systems and Monitoring of Active Volcanoes: GEOWARN
EOS Trans. AGU (Fall Meeting Suppl.) 83(47): F1501 (abstract V22C-09).
[pdf abstract]

Schwandner, F.M., Gize, A.P., Seward, T.M., Hall, P.A. & Dietrich, V.J. (2002):
Quiescent Diffusive and Fumarolic Volcanic Bromocarbon Emissions
EOS Trans. AGU (Fall Meeting Suppl.) 83(47): F119-120 (abstract A72C-0186).
[pdf abstract (from submission), pdf abstract (AGU) ]

Schwandner, F.M. (2002):
The organic chemistry of volcanic gases at Vulcano (Aeolian Islands, Italy) unpubl. PhD thesis, ETH Diss. No. 14706.
[pdf abstract]

Schwandner, F.M., Gize, A.P., Seward, T.M., Hall, P.A. & Dietrich, V.J. (2002):
Diffusive emission of halocarbons from volcanic flanks and craters Proceedings, Goldschmidt 2002, 12th Annual International Conference on Geochemistry, Davos CH August 18-23, 2002);
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 66(S1):A692.
[conference web site, pdf abstract]

Blattmann, H. & Schwandner F. M. (2002):
Für Experten kein grosser Ausbruch [for experts not a large eruption]
Neue Zürcher Zeitung 17:56 (January 22, 2002); [pdf article]
German newspaper article on the Nyiragongo eruption that started January 17, 2002.