Professor Portrait
In the "Professor Portrait" column, the Oec. Magazine introduces professors from our Faculty.
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Gerhard Schwabe explores how technology can enhance human collaboration. His work focuses on how digital tools, and now AI, support workflows and influence the way people think and interact.
Issue 23, December 2025
Prof. Felix Kübler's career was shaped by a chance encounter with an economics book. Today, he researches how complex economic models link financial markets and climate change, and how to improve intergenerational social policy.
Issue 22, December 2024
Dina Pomeranz, assistant professor of applied economics, has a strong passion for global fairness and development. Her research addresses critical issues such as taxation, public policy, and poverty alleviation in developing countries and emphasizes the importance of recognizing global progress.
Issue 21, June 2024
Luis Aguiar’s passion for research brought him back to the academic world after seven years in the public sector. He uses this dedication to explore the many facets of digitization and online platforms – with a special focus on the music industry.
Issue 20, December 2023
Elaine Huang knew early on that she had a clear calling for teaching. Later, she also uncovered an affinity for research. She now combines these two passions to explore how technology transforms human practices, and how human needs shape technological advancements.
Issue 19, June 2023
Walter Farkas, professor of quantitative finance, knew early on that an academic career path was the one for him. As a researcher and lecturer, he strives to combine the best of two worlds: finance and mathematics – the human factor included.
Issue 18, December 2022
Andrea Giuffredi-Kähr had a defining experience during her childhood. Since then, she has been wanting to contribute to a more sustainable and better world. As it turned out – through research, not legislation.
Issue 17, June 2022
Alberto Bacchelli pursues a clear goal with his research: to make developers more effective and to improve software quality. With his team, he sometimes takes new paths to achieve big changes with small steps.
Issue 16, December 2021
As a teenager, Hui Chen thought accounting was boring. But today she knows better: it's the language of business. She is a professor with heart and soul, always striving to make her complex field accessible. And with one goal in mind: to make a real impact with her work.
Issue 15, June 2021
"People think that we scientists have all the answers"
More about "People think that we scientists have all the answers"Nir Jaimovich, professor of Economics, wants to understand how the world works. In attempting to do so, he sometimes has to leave his comfort zone. His goal, which is both simple and daunting, is to answer one of the biggest questions in macroeconomics: What drives business cycles?
Issue 14, December 2020
With Helga Fehr-Duda (unfortunately not) at "Asiaway" (DE)
More about With Helga Fehr-Duda (unfortunately not) at "Asiaway" (DE)Helga Fehr-Duda has been a professor of decision theory and experimental decision research at the Department of Banking and Finance since 2014. She will retire at the end of June 2020, which is why we took the opportunity to look back on her career together.
Issue 13, July 2020
Jochen Menges took over the chair of human resource management and leadership at the Department of Business Administration in August 2018. Together with his team, he studies the behaviour of people in organizations and is currently researching organizational structures that promote emotional intelligence.
Issue 12, December 2019
Christiane Barz has been professor of mathematics at the Department of Business Administration since 2016. She previously worked at TU Berlin and conducted research at UCLA and the Chicago Booth School of Business. Her work focuses on stochastic dynamic systems and their application in machine learning, especially in revenue management.
Issue 11, June 2019
Ulf Zölitz is assistant professor for productive youth development at the Department of Economics and the Jacobs Center. He conducts research in applied microeconomics, in particular on peer effects, personality in education and cognitive development interventions in children.
Issue 10, December 2018
Burkhard Stiller has been a professor at the Department of Informatics since 2004 and heads the Communication Systems Group. His research covers decentralized systems, the Internet of Things and telecommunications economics.
Issue 9, June 2018
Markus Leippold has been professor of financial engineering at the Department of Finance since 2009. His research focuses on asset pricing, financial economics and machine learning.
Issue 8, November 2017
Dieter Pfaff has been a full professor at the chair of accounting at the University of Zurich since 1994. From 2011 to 2015, he was director of the Department of Business Administration. His research focuses on accounting, controlling and internal control systems.
Issue 7, June 2017
With Hans Peter Wehrli at "Kronenhalle" (DE)
More about With Hans Peter Wehrli at "Kronenhalle" (DE)Hans Peter Wehrli has been professor of business administration and holder of the chair of marketing since 1993. He was dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics from 2002 to 2008. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of Belimo Holding AG and Swiss Prime Site AG.
Issue 6, December 2018
María Sáez Martí, born in Castellón de la Plana, Spain, studied economics in Valencia and London, where she also completed her doctorate at University College London. She has worked at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, the Stockholm School of Economics and the University of London. Her research focuses on game theory and microeconomics, with a focus on cultural transmission.
Issue 5, June 2016
Martin Glinz studied and gained his doctorate in Aachen, Germany. The Swiss national has been a professor at the University of Zurich since 1993 and Head of the Department of Informatics since 2007. Prior to this, he worked in industry at ABB and lectured at ETH Zurich and the University of Basel.
Issue 4, December 2015
Alexander Wagner has worked at the Department of Finance since 2008, initially as assistant professor and since 2014 as associate professor of finance. He is a member of the SWIPRA Board of Trustees and has many years of experience as independent counsel at PwC.
Issue 3, July 2015
After more than 40 years at the University of Zurich, professor Conrad Meyer retired at the end of the 2014 spring semester. Nevertheless, he continues to teach the introductory lecture ‘Financial Accounting’. He has already received several Golden Sponge awards for outstanding lectures.
Issue 2, December 2014
Uschi Backes-Gellner is Professor of Empirical Methodology of Industrial Relations and Personnel Economics at the Institute of Business Administration and has also been vice dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics at UZH since 2008.
Issue 1, June 2014
Additional Information
- Gerhard Schwabe
- Felix Kübler
- Dina Pomeranz
- Luis Aguiar
- Elaine Huang
- Walter Farkas
- Andrea Giuffredi-Kähr
- Alberto Bacchelli
- Hui Chen
- Nir Jaimovich
- Helga Fehr-Duda (DE)
- Jochen Menges (DE)
- Christiane Barz (DE)
- Ulf Zölitz (DE)
- Burkhard Stiller (DE)
- Markus Leippold (DE)
- Dieter Pfaff (DE)
- Hans Peter Wehrli (DE)
- María Sáez Martí
- Martin Glinz (DE)
- Alexander Wagner (DE)
- Conrad Meyer (DE)
- Uschi Backes-Gellner (DE)