Jean Friedrich Schneider
em.o.Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.Dr.nat.techn. Jean Friedrich Schneider
Institute of Applied Geology
Location P.-Jordan-Str. 70, 1190 Wien
Email jean.schneider@boku.ac.at
Career
- 1996 Ordinarius for Engineering Geology, Hydrogeology and Georisks at the Institut of Applied Geology BOKU Vienna, steering committee of ZENAR, Center of Natural Hazards and Risk Management, Expert in Geohazards for the Swiss Development Agency and for United Nations (UNEP, OCHA), board member of several scientific unions
- 1993 Swiss Corps for Humanitarian Aid, Prevention Group
- 1993 - 1996 Lecturer and head of the Division of Engineering Geology, Geological Institute, ETH-Zurich,
- 1981 - 1993 Head of an Geological Consulting Company in Switzerland: investigations in Europe, Latin America, Near East, Far East, (engineering geology, hydrogeology, geophysics, geohazards )
- 1978 - 1980 Engineering Geologist for Motor Columbus, Switzerland; site selection and confirmation studies for large infrastructure (engineering geology, hydrogeology, seismology, environmental aspects)
- 1975 - 1978 University of BCN, National Institute for Nuclear Energy INEN and Federal Commission of Electricity CFE Mexico: Research, education, natural hazard expert (earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides), site selection studies for power plants in Latin America
- 1970 - 1975 Dr. sc.nat. ETH Zurich, RSMAS Miami
- 1965 - 1970 Dipl.Geol. ETH Zurich
Awards
- Year: 2006 Awards: Auszeichnung mit 2 Verdienstmedaillen durch Regierung und Armee nach dem Erdbeben in Kaschmir vom 7. Oktober 2005
Projects
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Publications
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Presentations
Year: 2013 - A GRASS GIS model for high-mountain multihazard assessment at the regional scale (Poster)
Autoren: Mergili, M; Gruber, FE; Schneider, JF
Event: 8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology 2013
Period: 27.08.2013 - 31.08.2013 | Location: Paris, France
Year: 2013 - High-mountain multihazard assessment in the Pamir (Tajikistan) with GRASS GIS (Vortrag)
Autoren: Gruber, FE; Schneider, JF; Mergili, M
Event: EGU General Assembly 2013
Period: 07.04.2013 - 12.04.2013 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2012 - High-mountain geohazards in the Pamir (Tajikistan) induced by climate change. (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mergili, M.; Gruber, F.E.; Müller, J.P.; Schneider, J.F.
Event: 27th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop 2012
Period: 28.11.2012 - 30.11.2012 | Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Year: 2012 - Development and characteristics of alpine lakes in the upper catchment of the Amu Darya river, Central Asia. (Poster)
Autoren: Müller, J.P.; Mergili, M.; Schneider, J.F.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2012
Period: 22.04.2012 - 27.04.2012 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2012 - Glacial lakes in the headwaters of the Amu Darya river, Central Asia: spatial distribution and temporal development. (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mergili, M.; Müller, J.P.; Schneider, J.F.
Event: International Geological Congress 2012
Period: 05.08.2012 - 10.08.2012 | Location: Brisbane, Australia
Year: 2012 - Analysis of high-mountain environmental dynamics and emerging glacial hazards in the Pamir (Tajikistan). (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mergili, M.; Gruber, F.E.; Müller, J.P.; Schneider, J.F.
Event: PANGEO AUSTRIA 2012
Period: 15.09.2012 - 20.09.2012 | Location: Salzburg, Austria
Year: 2011 - Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): challenges in prediction and modeling. (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mergili, M., Schneider, D., Worni, R., Schneider, J.F.
Event: 5th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation 2011 - Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment
Period: 14.06.2011 - 17.06.2011 | Location: Padua, Italy
Year: 2011 - Relationship between land cover change and the appearance of water logging and salinisation (Poster)
Autoren: Rieckh H, Schneider J F, Loiskandl W, Gerke H
Event: EGU General Assembly 2011
Period: 03.04.2011 - 08.04.2011 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2011 - A procedure for analyzing lake outburst hazard and its application to the South-Western Pamir, Tajikistan. (Poster)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2011
Period: 03.04.2011 - 08.04.2011 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2011 - Changes in the glacial and periglacial environment of the European Alps and the Central Asian mountains and their socio-economic implications: a comparison (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mergili, M., Müllebner, B., Kopf, C., Schneider J.F.
Event: 2nd Managing Alpine Future 2011 - Inspire and drive sustainable mountain regions
Period: 21.11.2011 - 23.11.2011 | Location: Innsbruck, Austria
Year: 2011 - Recent fluctuations in the glacial and periglacial environment of Tajikistan. (Poster)
Autoren: Mergili, M., Kopf, C., Schneider, J.F.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2011
Period: 03.04.2011 - 08.04.2011 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2011 - Changes of the cryosphere and related hazards in the high-mountain areas of Tajikistan (Central Asia) (Poster)
Autoren: Mergili, M., Müllebner, B., Kopf, C., Schneider, J.F.
Event: Annual meeting of the Austrian Research Association on Geomorphology and Environmental Change of the Austrian Geographical Society 2011
Period: 20.05.2011 - 22.05.2011 | Location: Graz, Austria
Year: 2009 - Preliminary Results of the Zarafshan Assessment (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M., Straka, W.
Event: 1st Workshop Remote Geohazards Assessment in Tajikistan 2009
Period: 06.08.2009 - 08.08.2009 | Location: Khorugh, Tajikistan
Year: 2009 - Further steps of the Hazard Assessment (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mergili, M., Schneider, J.F.
Event: 1st Workshop Remote Geohazards Assessment in Tajikistan 2009
Period: 06.08.2009 - 08.08.2009 | Location: Khorugh, Tajikistan
Year: 2009 - Geohazard, Climate Change and Sustainability of Agriculture (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Yangling International Agri-science Forum 2009
Period: 01.11.2009 - 03.11.2009 | Location: Xianyang, PR China
Year: 2009 - Capacity-building and risk mitigation strategies for remote geohazards in Tajikistan (Poster)
Autoren: Mergili, M., Schneider, J.F.
Event: Glacier Hazard Workshop 2009 Vienna
Period: 10.11.2009 - 13.11.2009 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2009 - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (BOKU Vienna) - present cooperation activities with Ethiopia, future perspectives and possibilities for cooperation (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider J F, Loiskandl W, Waidbacher H,
Event: Ethiopian-Austrian Cooperation in Higher Education & Research jointly organized by: ADA Coordination Office, Austrian Embassy Addis Ababa, Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF), Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OEAD)2009
Period: 20.02.2009 | Location: Aksum, Ethiopia
Year: 2009 - Assessment of remote geohazards in high mountain areas of Tajikistan, with special emphasis on GLOFs and the breach of natural dams. (Poster)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M.
Event: Glacier Hazard Workshop 2009 Vienna
Period: 10.11.2009 - 13.11.2009 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2009 - Remote Geohazards in Central Asia (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F:
Event: Frontiers in Earth Sciences 2009
Period: 04.12.2009 | Location: Munich, Germany
Year: 2009 - Introduction to Geohazards and outline of the TajHaz Project. (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M.
Event: 1st Workshop Remote Geohazards Assessment in Tajikistan 2009
Period: 06.08.2009 - 08.08.2009 | Location: Khorugh, Tajikistan
Year: 2008 - New developments of mountain hazards in Pamir (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: International Conference Debris Flows 2008 - Disasters, Risk, Forecast, Protection
Period: 23.09.2008 - 28.09.2008 | Location: Pyatigorsk, Russian Federation
Year: 2008 - Geohazards and Risk Management (Lecture) (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Train-the-Trainer Workshop an Geo-Informatics for Mountain Environment Management 2008
Period: 01.09.2008 - 11.09.2008 | Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Year: 2008 - Gefahrenhinweiskarten - Neue Ansätze für Niederösterreich (Vortrag)
Autoren: Straka, W., Schneider, J.F.
Event: 18. Bodenseetagung Ingenieurgeologie 2008
Period: 17.10.2008 - 18.10.2008 | Location: Allensbach, Germany
Year: 2008 - Reactivated large-scale landslides in Tamaber district, central Ethiopian Highlands at the western rim of Afar Triangle (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Kifle Woldearegay, Gebreselassie Atsbah
Event: 33rd International Geological Congress IGC 2008
Period: 06.08.2008 - 14.08.2008 | Location: Oslo, Norway
Year: 2008 - Mountain Hazards of Pamir, an Application of RS / GIS (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: 10th International Symposium on High Mountain Remote Sensing Cartography 2008
Period: 08.09.2008 - 11.09.2008 | Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Year: 2008 - Landslides (Mass movements) related to Global Tectonics (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Workshop at Research Center for Natural Hazards and Disaster Recovery, Niigata University 2008
Period: 16.11.2008 | Location: Niigata, Japan
Year: 2008 - Assessment of Natural Hazards in the Pamir Mountains, GBAO, Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: International Conference on Water Related Disaster Reduction 2008
Period: 27.06.2008 - 28.06.2008 | Location: Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan
Year: 2008 - Risk Assessment of Remote Geohazards in Central and Southern Pamir, GBAO, Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: International Workshop Glacial Lake Outburst Flood GLOF in Central Asia 2008
Period: 20.05.2008 - 21.05.2008 | Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Year: 2008 - Characterization of landfills in Central Asia by means of geophysical site investigation (Vortrag)
Autoren: Khomatov K., Khashimova D., Wu W., Schneider J.F.
Event: NISMIST 2008
Period: 21.05.2008 | Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Year: 2008 - Gefahrenkarten und Zonenpläne - ein Blick über die Grenzen (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Geogene Gefahrenhinweiskarte
Period: 14.04.2008 | Location: St. Pölten, Austria
Year: 2008 - Geohazard and Environmental Risk Assessment in Central Asia using Remote Sensing, Ground Inspection, and GIS (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: 2nd Central Asia GIS Conference GISCA’08 2008 - GIS for the Future of Central Asia
Period: 15.05.2008 - 17.05.2008 | Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Year: 2008 - Landslide Hazards in Pamir, Central Asia (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: International Conference on Management of Landslide Hazard in the Asia-Pacific Region 2008
Period: 11.11.2008 - 15.11.2008 | Location: Sendai, Japan
Year: 2007 - Archeogeology for Central Asia (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J. F.
Event: UNESCO Conference 2007 - The role of ancient Nisa in the world culture
Period: 07.12.2007 | Location: Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Year: 2007 - Seismically triggered Landslides in the Hymalayas (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J. F.
Event: 5th Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2007
Period: 16.11.2007 - 17.11.2007 | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2007 - Georisk evaluation in the Ligurian Apennines with special reference to the geological risk zone "Rocca della Cappelletta", Comune di Crocefieschi (Vortrag)
Autoren: Straka, W., Ferrari-Kellerhof, V., Schneider, J.F.
Event: Coordinative Meeting on Georisks in the upper Scrivia-valley
Period: 11.06.2007 | Location: Busalla, Italy
Year: 2007 - WATERMAN: Dissemination of research results in semi-arid and arid ecosystems with a focus on sustainable water resource management in Ethiopia (Vortrag)
Autoren: Loiskandl, W., A. Strauss-Sieberth, J.F. Schneider, M.L. Himmelbauer
Event: International Symposium 2007- Impact of Irrigation on Rural Poverty and the Environment
Period: 27.11.2007 - 29.11.2007 | Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Year: 2007 - WATERMAN: Dissemination of research results in semi-arid and arid ecosystems with a focus on sustainable water resource management in Ethiopia (Poster)
Autoren: Loiskandl W., Strauss-Sieberth A., Schneider J.F., Himmelbauer M.,
Event: International Symposium 2007- Impact of Irrigation on Rural Poverty and the Environment
Period: 27.11.2007 - 29.11.2007 | Location: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Year: 2007 - Management of landslide hazards affecting population and infrastructure in mountainous regions and foothills of Central Asia: Project idea for FP7 (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J. F.
Event: EU-RUS NIS Partner Meeting 2007
Period: 29.06.2007 | Location: Hamburg, Germany
Year: 2006 - Mass Movements in Northern Pakistan triggered by the October 2005 Earthquake (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2006
Period: 02.04.2006 - 07.04.2006 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union
Year: 2006 - Dolomites, from Evaporative Pumping to Hydro- and Engineering Geology (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: 12th ADIPEC, 2nd International Evaporite Conference Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2006 - A Retrospective on Holocene Evaporites and Carbonates
Period: 07.11.2006 | Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Year: 2006 - Use of Expertise to Biold Trust and Confidence in Civil-Military Coordination (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: UN-CMCoord Staff Courses, United Nations 2006
Period: 28.03.2006 | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2006 - The Use of Expertise to build Trust and Confidence in Civil-Military Coordination, Oct. 5th, 2005 Pakistan Earthquake as Example (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: UN-CMCoord Staff Courses, United Nations 2006
Period: 28.03.2006 | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2006 - Usage of GIS and Remote Sensing techniques for landslide hazard prediction (Vortrag)
Autoren: Torgoev, A.
Event: 11th International Congress IAMG 2006
Period: 03.09.2006 - 08.09.2006 | Location: Liege, Belgium
Year: 2006 - Seismically triggered Landslides in Kashmir, Pakistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Debriefing Report, UNEP/OCHA Mission in November/December 2005
Period: 17.01.2006 | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2006 - Mass Movements in Northern Pakistan triggered by the October 2005 Earthquake (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2006
Period: 02.04.2006 - 07.04.2006 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union
Year: 2006 - Dolomites, from Evaporative Pumping to Hydro- and Engineering Geology (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider,J.F.
Event: 12th ADIPEC, 2nd International Evaporite Conference Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2006 - A Retrospective on Holocene Evaporites and Carbonates
Period: 07.11.2006 | Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Year: 2006 - Earthquake triggered Mass Movements in Northern Pakistan with Reference to Hattian Slide (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: International Conference on 8 October 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan 2006 - Its Implications & Hazard Mitigation
Period: 18.01.2006 | Location: Islamabad, Pakistan
Year: 2006 - Erkundung der Aquifereigenschaften des Hauptdolomits, ein Beitrag zur Erschließung neuer Trinkwasserressourcen am Kalkalpennordrand (Vortrag)
Autoren: Hilberg, S., Schneider, J.F.
Event: Hydroisotop
Period: 24.03.2006 | Location: Munich, Germany
Year: 2006 - Grossmassenbewegungen in alpinen Orogenen Asiens (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Geotechnik und Naturgefahren: Balanceakt zwischen Kostendruck und Notwendigkeit (VÖBU) 2006
Period: 19.10.2006 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2006 - Aquifer characterization and hydrochemical investigation on Raya valley, Northern Ethiopia (Vortrag)
Autoren: Nedaw, D., Schneider, J.F.
Event: 2nd International AASPP Seminar Cameroon Volcanic Line - East African Rift Valley Volcanoes and the Underlying Mantle
Period: 17.12.2006 - 18.12.2006 | Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Year: 2006 - Seismotektonik und Massenbewegungen in Kaschmir, Pakistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider Jean F.
Event: Seminar der Physischen Geographie GIUZ
Period: 19.12.2006 | Location: Zürich, Switzerland
Year: 2006 - Grossmassenbewegungen in alpinen Orogenen Asiens (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Geotechnik und Naturgefahren: Balanceakt zwischen Kostendruck und Notwendigkeit (VÖBU) 2006
Period: 19.10.2006 | Location: Vienna, Austria
Year: 2006 - Dolomites, from Evaporative Pumping to Hydro- and Engineering Geology (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider,J.F.
Event: 12th ADIPEC, 2nd International Evaporite Conference Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2006 - A Retrospective on Holocene Evaporites and Carbonates
Period: 07.11.2006 | Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Year: 2006 - Mass Movements triggered in Northern Pakistan by the October2005 Earthquake (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2006
Period: 02.04.2006 - 07.04.2006 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU) | Organizer: European Geosciences Union
Year: 2005 - Seismically triggered Landslides in Kashmir, Pakistan: Hazards caused by the Oc./7th/2005-Earthquake (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.,
Event: Debriefing Report for UNEP/OCHA Mission to Pakistan, United Nations, Geneva
Period: 14.11.2005 - 14.11.2005 | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2005 - Glacier retreat, glacier lake outbursts and surging glaciers in Pamir, Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2005
Period: 24.04.2005 - 29.04.2005 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2005 - Glacier retreat, glacier lake outbursts and surging glaciers in Pamir, Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: EGU General Assembly 2005
Period: 24.04.2005 - 29.04.2005 | Location: Vienna, Austria | Organizer:
European Geosciences Union (EGU)Year: 2005 - Volcanic Ashes and Landuse in the South of Costa Rica (Vortrag)
Autoren: Fiebig, M., Kugler, H., Mentler, A., Ottner, F., Schneider, J.F.
Event: 19. Geowissrnschaftliches Lateinamerika-Kolloquium 2005
Period: 18.04.2005 - 20.04.2005 | Location: Potsdam, Germany
Year: 2005 - Seismically triggered Landslides in Kashmir, Pakistan: Hazards caused by the Oc./7th/2005-Earthquake (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Debriefing Report for UNEP/OCHA Mission to Pakistan, United Nations, Geneva
Period: 14.11.2005 - 14.11.2005 | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2005 - Assessment of Remote Geohazards in Western Pamir, Central Asia (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: 5th Asian Conference on Engineering Geology for major infrastructure Development
Period: 28.09.2005 - 30.09.2005 | Location: Kathmandu, Nepal
Year: 2005 - Seismically triggered Landslides in Kashmir, Pakistan: Hazards caused by the Oc./7th/2005-Earthquake (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Debriefing Report for UNEP/OCHA Mission to Pakistan, United Nations, Geneva
Period: 14.11.2005 - 14.11.2005 | Location: Geneva, Switzerland
Year: 2004 - Risk Assessment of Remote Geohazards in Central and Southern Pamir / Tajikistan, GBAO, Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Rockslides and Rock Avalanches of the Kokomeren River Basin and Karakudjur Rockslide
Period: 14.06.2004 - 19.06.2004 | Location: Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Year: 2004 - Risk Assessment of Remote Geohazards in Western Pamir, GBAO Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: International Workshop on High-mountain hazard prevention 2004
Period: 22.06.2004 - 28.06.2004 | Location: Vladikavkaz, Republic of North Ossetia – Alania, Russian Federation
Year: 2004 - Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf Georisiken in Pamir, Zentralasien? (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Internationale Bodenseetagung Ingenieurgeologie
Period: 29.10.2004 | Location: Bregenz, Austria
Year: 2004 - Risk Assessment of Remote Geohazards in Western Pamir, GBAO-Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Workshop 2004 Swiss Disaster Reduction Program Central Asia
Period: 11.05.2004 - 19.05.2004 | Location: Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan | Location: Khorugh, Tajikistan | Location: Khorugh, Tajikistan
Year: 2003 - Assessment of Natural Hazards in the Pamir Mountains, GBAO, Tajikistan (Vortrag)
Autoren: Schneider, J.F.
Event: Symposium Naturschutz und Landnutzung im Pamir
Period: 22.01.2003 - 25.01.2003 | Location: Bielefeld, Germany
Year: 2001 - Monitoring of river restoration (Vortrag)
Autoren: Habersack, H., Mayr, P., Schneider, J.
Event: General Assembly of the European Geophysical Society EGS 2001
Period: 25.03.2001 - 30.03.2001 | Location: Nice, France
CFC5 and SF6 in Aquifer Investigations - the Significance of the Unsaturated Zone and the Origin of Groundwater. (Vortrag)
Autoren: Mahlknecht, J., Schneider, J.F., Oster, H.