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Current Position

Since 08/2009 Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Switzerland

Previous Academic Positions

06/2006–07/2009 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Center of Economic Research at ETH Zurich (CER-ETH), Switzerland
02/2004–02/2006 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the School of Politics, International Relations and the Environmnet (SPIRE), Keele University, UK
07/2003–12/2003 Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental Economics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
10/2001–06/2003 Research and Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics, University of Heidelberg, Germany
04/1998–03/1999 Teaching Assistant at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Heidelberg, Germany

Education

06/2000–07/2003 Doctoral Dissertation as fellow of the Graduate Programme "Environmental and Resource Economics", Interdisciplinary Institute for Environmental Economics, University of Heidelberg
Degree: Ph.D., Economics (Dr. rer. pol., Volkswirtschaftslehre)
Grade: summa cum laude
04/1996–12/2000 Graduate studies in Economics at the University of Heidelberg, Germany
Degree: M.A., Economics (Diplom-Volkswirt)
Grade: 1,2 (best of class)
11/1993–02/1999 Graduate studies in Physics at the TUM, Munich, and the University of Heidelberg, Germany
Degree: M.S., Physics (Diplom-Physiker)
Grade: 1,0
1992 High school degree (Abitur), Puchheim near Munich, Germany

Major Honors and Awards

02/2004–02/2006 Marie Curie Intra-European-Fellowship, European Comission
04/2004 Klaus O. Fleck Award, Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK), Rhein-Neckar, Germany
06/2000–06/2003 Ph.D.-Fellowship, German Research Foundation (DFG)

Personal Background

Date and place of birth: June 06, 1973, Munich, Germany
Marital status: Married
Citizenship: German

© 2006 by Ralph Winkler. Last update: 9th February 2010