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President Michael Schaepman

  • President Michael Schaepman, 3 July 2020 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
    President Michael Schaepman, 3 July 2020 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
  • Michael Schaepman with UZH members at
    Michael Schaepman with UZH members at "Breakfast with Michael", 6 September 2023 (Photo: Patrizia Widmer)
  • Michael Schaepman and ETH president Joel Mesot address the audience at the opening ceremony of Scientifica 23, 1 September 2023 (Photo: Alessandro della Bella)
    Michael Schaepman and ETH president Joel Mesot address the audience at the opening ceremony of Scientifica 23, 1 September 2023 (Photo: Alessandro della Bella)
  • President Michael Schaepman on
    President Michael Schaepman on "Tag der Lehre", 2 October 2022 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
  • President Michael Schaepman and Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, in front of Albert Einstein's original UZH doctoral certificate. 1 September 2022 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
    President Michael Schaepman and Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, in front of Albert Einstein's original UZH doctoral certificate. 1 September 2022 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
  • Michael Schaepman with members of the student association of the University of Zurich (VSUZH) at the Dies Academicus, 30 April 2022 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
    Michael Schaepman with members of the student association of the University of Zurich (VSUZH) at the Dies Academicus, 30 April 2022 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
  • Michael Schaepman with Government Councillors of the Canton of Zurich Silvia Steiner and Martin Neukom in the new laboratory building on Irchel Campus, 27 August 2021 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
    Michael Schaepman with Government Councillors of the Canton of Zurich Silvia Steiner and Martin Neukom in the new laboratory building on Irchel Campus, 27 August 2021 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
  • Michael Schaepman talks to Esther Girsberger at the inauguration of the new laboratory building on Irchel Campus, 27 August 2021 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
    Michael Schaepman talks to Esther Girsberger at the inauguration of the new laboratory building on Irchel Campus, 27 August 2021 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
  • President ad interim Gabriele Siegert hands over the presidential chain of office to Michael Schaepman, 10 July 2020 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)
    President ad interim Gabriele Siegert hands over the presidential chain of office to Michael Schaepman, 10 July 2020 (Photo: Frank Brüderli)

 

Prof. Dr. sc. nat. Michael Schaepman (b. 1966) studied geography, experimental physics and informatics at the University of Zurich and earned his doctoral degree at the UZH Department of Geography UZH in 1998. Following postdoctoral work at the University of Arizona in Tucson, USA, he returned to the UZH Department of Geography in 2000 to head up a research group. In 2003, Michael Schaepman was appointed professor of geographic information science at the Department of Environmental Sciences at Wageningen University (Netherlands), where from 2005 he was academic head of the Center for Geoinformation. He has been professor of remote sensing at the Department of Geography (Remote Sensing Laboratories) at the University of Zurich since 2009.

His research priorities include Earth observation, remote sensing and spectroscopy to measure biodiversity from space. Michael Schaepman was appointed Vice Dean and then Dean of the Faculty of Science in 2014 and 2016, respectively. From 2017 to 2020 he was the member of the Executive Board of the University responsible for the areas of research, innovation and academic career development. He has been President of the University of Zurich since 1 August 2020.

Videos, Interviews and Talks

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Talks and Contributions

Festrede zum ETH-Tag 2024
16 November 2024

Grusswort des Rektors zum Tag der Lehre
1 November 2024

Welcome address: Corti-Lecture
30 October 2024

Grusswort an Bundesrat Beat Jans, «Schweiz-EU: Bilateralen Weg stabilisieren und weiterentwickeln» 
16 October 2024

Grusswort zur Eröffnung Halle 4 im Innovationspark Zürich
20 August 2024

Grusswort zur Eröffnung des naturhistorischen Museums der UZH
18 March 2024

Welcome Address at the Public Lecture by Sir (Dr.) Jeremy Farrar, WHO Chief Scientist
9 February 2024

Grusswort zum Besuch der Ministerin Olschowski 
2 February 2024

Welcome Address at the Right Livelihood Lecture
7 December 2023

 Festive Address at the 75th Anniversary of the Foundation of Freie Universität Berlin (in German)
1 June 2023

Welcome Address at the Plaque Ceremony in Honor of Dr. Kita Tschenkéli
9 November 2022

Festive Address at the Anniversary of kihz (in German)
21 September 2022

Speech Introducing Prof. Dr. Yamanaka of Kyoto University, Japan, on His Visit to UZH
16 September 2022

Einstein, Roundtable discussion on innovation
1 September 2022

Address at the 25th Anniversary of fög – Research Center for the Public Sphere and Society (in German)
25 August 2022

Festive Address at the Matura Ceremony of Hohe Promenade High School (in German)
6 July 2022

Inaugurational Address for the Public Lecture Series of The Zurich Center for the Study of the Ancient World «Crises and Catastrophes» (in German)
23 February 2021

Address at  «NZZ meets UZH», Wanderlust despite climate change and Corona: How will we travel in the future (in German)
10 November 2020

Conference Contributions

Resilient Research Universities for Resilient Societies, Anna Däppen, Michael Schaepman & Andrea Müller
14th Glion Colloquium, June 2023

The Contribution Of Research-Intensive Universities To The Future Of Progress, Anna Däppen & Michael Schaepman
13th Glion Colloquium, June 2021

Videos and Podcasts

We are ready. Welcome to the Fall Semester 2023
18 September 2023

Report of the President, Dies Academicus 2022 (in German)
30 April 2022

Innovation at the University of Zurich (in German)
16 March 2022

UZH at the Innovation Park Zurich (in German)
29 October 2021

Ready for Take-Off. Welcome to the Fall Semester 2021
20 September 2021

Report of the President, Dies academicus 2021 (in German)
21 April 2021

Back to UZH. Welcome to the Fall Semester 2020
21 September 2020

Sustainable Universities: Expert talk
8 May 2020

Podcasts

"Helvetia, lass uns reden" Michael Schaepman with Andri Silberschmidt, Jobst Wagner and Patrick Rohr, 8 September 2023 (in German)

"Erleuchtung garantiert" Michael Schaepman in an interview with Dorothea Lüdeckens (Dean of the Faculty of Theology at UZH), 16 September 2022 (in German)

Interviews

“Strengthen What Connects Us”, Interview on UZH's digital strategy, UZH News, 10 July 2023

"Uns fehlt jedes Jahr ein zweistelliger Millionenbetrag", NZZ am Sonntag, 22 April 2023 (in German)

“UZH is part of society at large”, a conversation with the President of the Board of the University and the President of UZH , UZH Annual Report 2022, April 2023

"Die UZH hat eine Vorbildrolle", die Präsidentin des Universitätsrats und der Rektor der UZH im Gespräch, UZH Annual Report 2021, April 2022 (in German)

"Es gab einen Aufschrei", Bilanz, 1 March 2022 (in German)

"In der Schweiz fehlt ein klares Impfziel", Interview, NZZ, 25 September 2021 (in German)

 Hohe Impfquote an der Universität Zürich, Interview, Tages-Anzeiger, 17 September 2021 (in German)

“A high vaccination rate benefits everyone”, UZH News, 15 June 2021

"Der direkte Austausch ist durch nichts zu ersetzen", die Präsidentin des Universitätsrats und der Rektor der UZH im Gespräch, UZH Annual Report 2020, April 2021 (in German)

Studieren ohne Matura: Der Rektor der Universität Zürich plant eine Bildungsrevolution, NZZ, 6 March 2021 (in German)

“Giving people room for creativity”, UZH News, 18 July 2020

Der Fastronaut, Portrait, Tages Anzeiger,  3 July 2020 (in German)

Creating an Entrepreneurial Culture, UZH News, 20 February 2020

Breakfast with Michael

Staff and students are cordially invited to join the UZH president for “Breakfast with Michael”. What are the University’s current challenges? What creative ideas could move UZH ahead? What’s holding us back? Where do we want to be in five years? The best way to discuss these questions is in an informal setting over coffee and croissants!

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Contacts

Anna Däppen-Fellmann and Andrea Heidy Müller work directly with the President. Brigitte Stettler is the Assistant to the President.