Roman Stocker
Professor of Groundwater and Hydromechanics, ETH Zurich

Education

2002–2006 Postdoctoral Fellow in Applied Mathematics, MIT.
1998–2002 Ph.D., Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Padova, Italy. Ph.D. thesis: ‘Internal waves in stratified rotating lakes’. Advisors: Luigi D’Alpaos and Jörg Imberger.
1993–1998 B. Eng., Civil Engineering, summa cum laude. University of Padova, Italy. Senior Thesis in Andrea Rinaldo’s group.

 

Appointments

2015–to date Professor Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2005-2015 Assistant Professor & Associate Professor (with tenure), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT Cambridge, MA.
Apr-Jun 2014 Visiting Professor, ETH Zurich and EAWAG, Switzerland.
Nov 2013 Visiting Professor, University Technology Sydney, Australia.
2002–2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mathematics, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
2002 Research Assistant, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
1999–2001 Visiting Ph.D. student, Prof. Jörg Imberger’s group, Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
1998-2002 Ph.D. student, Prof. Luigi D’Alpaos’ group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Padova, Italy.
1996–1997 Visiting undergraduate student (Erasmus Project), University of Karlsruhe, Germany. (Course work with Profs. Jirka, Plate, Gudehus, Nestman)

 

Honors and Awards

2020-2025 Aquatic Symbiosis Initiative Investigator Award, Moore Foundation
2017-2027 Simons Collaboration on Principles of Microbial Ecosystems, Simons Foundation
2016 Golden Owl award for best teacher in the Department, ETH Zurich
2013-2018 Marine Microbial Initiative Investigator Award, Moore Foundation
2012 Maseeh Award for Teaching, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2011 Milton Van Dyke Award from Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society
2010 ASLO Lindeman Award for outstanding paper in aquatic sciences under age 35
2007–2009 Doherty Professorship of Ocean Utilization
2007–2012 NSF CAREER grant (Biological Oceanography)
2005–2007 Winslow Career Development Chair
2000 Aldo Gini scholarship for graduate research at U. Western Australia
1999 Guglielmo Marin travel award for graduate research at U. Western Australia
1997 Aldo Gini scholarship for undergraduate studies at U. Karlsruhe, Germany
1998 Paolo Sarpi gold medal for the best School of Engineering student, University of Padova