CV

TOMONAGA Yama, Ph.D.

Education

  • 2010: Ph.D. in environmental sciences (Dr. sc. ETH). Thesis title: Noble gases as tracers for transport of solutes and fluids in lake and ocean sediments.
  • 2004: Diploma of environmental sciences (Dipl. Umwelt-Natw. ETH). Thesis title: Gasaustausch in porösen Medien: Bildung von excess air unter natürlichen Bedingungen.

Professional experience

  • 2022 – present: Technical specialist and senior scientist in the Hydrology Research Group at the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
  • 2020 – present: CEO and founder of Entracers GmbH (an ETH-Domain spin-off company), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  • 2018 – 2022: Senior researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  • 2016 – 2018: Postdoctoral associate at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Bern, Switzerand.
  • 2015 – 2016: Marie Curie Experienced Researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  • 2014 – 2015: Marie Curie Experienced Researcher at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan.
  • 2010 – 2013: Postdoctoral researcher (project coordinator) at the Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  • 2005 – 2010: Research and teaching assistant at the Department of Environmental Sciences of ETH Zurich and at the Department of Water Resources and Drinking Water of the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
  • 2004 – 2005: Research assistant at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.