Cur­ri­cu­lum Vitae Michael Stras­ser

Date of birth: September 19, 1977
Nationality: Swiss
Civil status: married, 2 children

Academic Positions

Present position

Since Oct 2015:  full professor in Sedimentary Geology, Department of Geology, University of Innsbruck
Since Mar2021:  Head of Department, Department of Geology, University of Innsbruck

Previous positions

2011-2015: Assistant Professor in “Sediment Dynamics”, ETH Zurich - SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) Professorship
2008-2011: MARUM fellow and postdoctoral researcher at DFG Research Center/Cluster of Excellence "The Ocean in the Earth System" University of Bremen, Germany
2007-2008: SNSF (Swiss National Science Foundation) Fellowship for Prospective Researcher and postdoctoral researcher at RCOM – Research Centre Ocean Margins, University of Bremen, Germany
2003-2007: Scientific assistant at the Department of Earth Science, ETH Zurich

Education

2003-2007: Ph.D. student at the Geological Institute, ETH Zurich, Switzerland: Title of PhD thesis: Quantifying Late Quaternary Natural Hazards in Swiss Lakes: Subaquatic Landslides, Slope Stability Assessments, Paleoseismic Reconstructions and Lake Outbursts, Supervisor: Prof. F.S. Anselmetti, ETH Zurich
1998-2003: Diploma in Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich: Diploma thesis: Erosion Processes and geomorphologic landscape evolution in arid climatic environment; 'Lluta collapse', northern Chile, Supervisor: Prof. F. Schlunegger, ETH Zurich

Awards

2017: Asahiko Taira In­ter­na­tional Sci­entific Ocean Drilling Re­search Prize by the Amer­ican Geo­phys­ical Union (AGU) and the Ja­pan Geoscience Union
2014: Young Scientist Award of the International Association of Sedimentologists
2011: Hans-Cloos-Preis for significant contributions to Geosciences (Geologische Vereinigung Germany)
2008: ETH Medal for outstanding PhD thesis at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2007: CHGEOL Award for the thesis in earth science written at Swiss universities with the most practical relevance in 2007
2004: Willi-Studer Award ETH Zurich for best diploma student in Earth Science in 2003

Research Expeditions

2003-present: >100 field campaigns (reflection seismics, coring, insitu testing and monitoring, ROV, AUV, etc) on lakes  (Austria, Switzerland, Italy)

Ocean-going Research Expeditions:

  • 2025: IODP3 Expedition 503: Hadal Trench Tsunamigenic Slip History 
  • 2021: IODP Japan Trench Paleoseismology Expedition 386: co-chief scientist 
  • 2018: IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) Expedition 358 offshore Japan. Sedimentologist
  • 2016: R/V Sonne Cruise SO251B: Research Cruise to the Nankai Trough - Kumano Basin (Sedimentologist)
  • 2016: R/V Sonne Cruise SO251A: Research Cruise to the Japan Trench (Chief-Scientist)
  • 2012: IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) Expedition 338 offshore Japan. Co-chief Scientist
  • 2012: R/V Sonne Cruise SO219A: Research Cruise to the 2011-Tohoku-Earthquake Epicentral Area (Co-PI and Sedimentologist)
  • 2011: R/V Kairei Cruise KR11-04: Surveying submarine landslide scars along the Nankai Accretionary Wedge by ROV Kaiko 7000
  • 2010/11: IODP Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone Experiment (NanTroSEIZE) & Nankai Trough Submarine Landslide History (NanTroSLIDE) Expedition 333 offshore Japan. Position as NanTroSLIDE PI and Stratigraphic Correlator
  • 2010 R/V Maria S. Merian Cruise MSM 15/3: MeBo (MARUM seafloor drill rig) drilling of the Twin Slide Complex in the Gela Basin, Strait of Sicily (Mediterranean Sea)
  • 2009: R/V Meteor Cruise M78/3a: Sedimentation processes offshore Uruguay and Argentina
  • 2007/8: IODP NanTroSEIZE Expedition 316 offshore Japan. Position as Sedimentologist
  • 2006: R/V Poseidon Cruise 336: CRESTS (=CREtan Sea Tectonics and Sedimentology)
  • 2002: ODP Leg 205 offshore Costa Rica, Position as Sedimentologist / Student Trainee.

Teaching and (Co-)supervising students

Since 2009: Supervision of 11 PhD, and 25 M.Sc., theses in the general field of sedimentary geology, sediment dynamics, core analyses and natural hazard research and applications at University of Innsbruck, Austria, ETH Zurich, Switzerland and University of Bremen, Germany
Since 2015: Teaching within the Earth Science Curriculum at Univ. Innbruck (Earth System 101, Earth History, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Geological Field Courses and Excursions, Scientific Core Analyses, Marine Geology, ....) 
2011-2014: Teaching within the Earth Science Curriculum at ETH Zurich (M.Sc courses "Limnogeology", "Sedimentary Rocks in the field", "Marine Geology and Geochemistry" and B.Sc courses  "Geological Field course I & II" "Sedimentology"
2007-2011: Lecturer within B.Sc (“Interdisciplinary Project on sediment cores”) and graduate-school course (“Mass wasting along continental margins”) at University of Bremen, Germany;

Selected Scholarly Activities/Services 

  • Co-Chair of Curricula Commission, Faculty of Geo- & Athmospheric Sciences, University of Innsbruck (since 2025)
  • Member of the Austrian National Committee Geo/Hydro Sciences (since 2023)
  • Head of the Department of Geology, University of Innsbruck (since 2021)
  • Delegate for Austria in ECORD Sci. Support & Advisory Committee (since 2019)
  • Member of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Science Advisory Structure (Proposal/Science evaluation panel 2011-2013; since 2014 Science Evaluation Panel) representing the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling (ECORD): *Sub-group chair (Theme: Earth in Motion); 2011-2014

 

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