ETH - D-ERDW - Heinrich, Christoph A., Prof.

Personal	Born 8. September 1953 in Thalwil, Switzerland
	Swiss and Australian citizenship
	Married with Dr. Angela R. M. Heinrich - Beda 3 children Michael, Benjamin and Sarah

Present position	Professor of Mineral Resources (Joint Full Professorship at ETH and University of Zürich)
Research interests and fields of expertise	- Economic geology, mineralogy, petrology and geochemistry - Geology of ore deposits and hydrothermal systems - Geological transport processes and modelling of fluid - rock interactions - Thermodynamic and experimental studies of hydrothermal systems - Microanalysis and investigation of fluid and melt inclusions in minerals - Enhanced Geothermal Systems
Teaching	1st year course ‘introduction to earth sciences’ 2nd year course on ‘Earth Resources’ 3rd year course: 'Ore deposits - processes and examples' Graduate courses together with co-workers, e.g. ‘Fluid Inclusions’ and 'Numerical modelling of hydrothermal processes'
	Short courses to minerals industry, UNESCO etc.

Other professional and service functions	Head, Institute of Isotope Geochemistry and Mineral Resources 1996 - 2000, 2004 - 2006 Earth Science Department – Head of Studies 2002 – 2007 responsible for introduction of BSc – MSc (Bologna Reform)
	President, Swiss Society of Mineralogy and Petrology, SSMP President, Paul Niggli Foundation 2004-present Member of Editorial Board, 'Economic Geology' 1993-2001 Member of the Editorial Board, ‘SMPM’, 1995-2006 Associate Editor, ‚Geofluids’, since 2007
	Board Member, Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission Councillor of SGA 2000-2005 Councillor, Society of Economic Geologists SEG 1999-2003
Professional memberships	Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists SEG
	Member of the American Mineralogical Society MSA
	Member of the Australian Geological Society AGS
	Member, Society for Geology Applied to Ore Deposits SGA
Honours	Paul Niggli Medal (Inaugural Award) 1988 SEG International Exchange Lecturer 2000 Silver Medal of the Society of Economic Geologists 2007

Previous positions and education	1985-94 Principal Research Scientist Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO), and Visiting Fellow, Australian National University (ANU), 1988 Visiting Scientist, New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington
	1984/5 Research Contract with Mount Isa Mines Pty Ltd, for ore genesis project at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organsation (CSIRO), Sydney)
	1983/4 Postdoctoral Scientist, CSIRO, Sydney (Nachwuchs- Forscher-Stipendium des Schweizerischen Nationalfonds)
	1978-83 PhD studies at ETHZ (Dr. sc. nat. ETH Mai 1983) Petrology of high-pressure metamophic rocks in the Alps Tutor at Department of Earth Sciences ETH
	1978 Field Geologist, Comalco Exploration Ltd, Adelaide
	1973-78 Undergraduate studies in Petrology und Ore Deposits, ETHZ (Dipl. sc. nat. ETH = BSc Hons April 1978)
	1973 Assistant curator at ETH Zürich; military service; 4 months machine-shop course at Universität Zürich
	1966-72 High school Gymnasium Freudenberg, Zürich

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