Dr. Clotaire Michel
Dr. Clotaire Michel
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Technology Assessment
Technoparkstrasse 2
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Lecturer Risk assessment and risk management
- Deputy programme director MAS/DAS/CAS Integrated Risk Management (IRM)
Teaching
- Module manager and Lecturer Risk Management RM (Bachelor)
- Coordinator MSE (Master) module CM QRM (Quality and Risk Management)
- Coordinator CAS "Risk assessment" (CAS RAA)
- Lecturer in module Technology Assessment in Master Circular Economy Management (MSc CEM)
Experience
- Lecturer Risk assessment and risk management
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)
05 / 2021 - today - Project manager, Section Leader Hazard and Risk analysis, BCM
Risk&Safety AG
06 / 2017 - today - Senior researcher
Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich
12 / 2009 - 11 / 2018 - Researcher
Civil engineering Institute, EPFL, Lausanne
03 / 2008 - 11 / 2009 - Research Engineer
Université Grenoble-Alpes
10 / 2007 - 02 / 2008 - PhD candidate
Université Grenoble-Alpes
10 / 2004 - 09 / 2007
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / Earth Sciences
Université Grenoble Alpes
09 / 2004 - 10 / 2007 - Ingénieur Civil des Mines / Engineering geology
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Nancy
09 / 2001 - 09 / 2004 - Master / Earth Sciences
Université Grenoble Alpes
09 / 2003 - 06 / 2004
Continuing Education
- Explosion Protection Officer CFPA-E
CFPA Europe
11 / 2023 - CAS Earthquake Engineering
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSLU)
12 / 2018 - Habilitation à diriger les recherches, Earth sciences
Université Grenoble Alpes
01 / 2017
Network
Membership of networks
- Verein Risiko und Sicherheit
- Netzwerk Risikomanagement
- Institut pour la maîtrise des risques ImdR
- Association Française du génie ParaSismique (AFPS)
- Schweizer Gesellschaft für Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik SGEB
ORCID digital identifier
Social media
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
Hobiger, M., Bergamo, P., Imperatori, W., Panzera, F., Marrios Lontsi, A., Perron, V., Michel, C., Burjánek, J., & Fäh, D. (2021). Site characterization of Swiss strong-motion stations : the benefit of advanced processing algorithms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 111(4), 1713–1739. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120200316
Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed
Michel, C., Kölz, E., Koller, M., Gonzalez, R., & Merkofer, M. (2025, September 18). Beurteilung des Erdbebenrisikos in der Störfallvorsorge. 19. D-A-CH-Tagung Erdbebeningenieurwesen und Baudynamik, Wien, Österreich, 18.-19. September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-35096
Other publications
- Bürge, M., Kölz, E., & Michel, C. (2025). Geländer erhöhen – sinnvoll oder übertrieben? save – Das Magazin für Sicherheit, 2025(2), 41–43. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33285
- Tobler, K., Brown, S., & Michel, C. (2024). Klimarisiken analysieren: mehr als eine Pflicht : Berichterstattung über Klimabelange. Management und Qualität, 9-10(2024), 41–43. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31504
- Camenisch, U., & Michel, C. (2024). Resilienz von Feuerwehren verbessern. Management und Qualität, 2024(5-6), 41–43. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-30910
- Bürge, M., & Michel, C. (2024). Wiederkehrende Kontrollen technischer Brandschutzeinrichtungen in Europa. FeuerTrutz Magazin, 2024(2), 16–20.
- Bergamo, P., Panzera, F., Hobiger, M., Michel, C., & Fäh, D. (2022). Geophysical surveys for the characterization of the seismic local response at instrumented sites : a case study from a station of the Swiss strong motion network [Conference paper]. In C. Arion, A. Scupin, & A. Ţigănescu (Eds.), Proceedings of the Third European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (3ECEES) (pp. 4765–4774). Editura Conspress. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26918