Jan Esper

Jan Esper (born 1968)  is the head of the dendro sciences division at the WSL (Wald Snee und Landschafft - en:Forest, Snow and Landscape) division of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH).  His research interests are Global Climate Change, Palaeoclimatology and Vegetation Dynamics. 

His research has been part of the Hockey stick controversy with his temperature reconstructions, that have been cited as being evidence for both sides of the controversy. 

Academic career 
 1995 Diplom in Geography at University of Bonn
 1999 Ph.D. in Geography at the University of Bonn
 2000 Postdoc at Columbia University
 2001 Research scientist at ETH, Birmensdorf
 2005 Habilitation at the University of Bern
 2006 Head Dendro Sciences Division, WSL (Wald Schnee und Landschaft)

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Category:1968 births
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