David Bresch
Professor For Weather And Climate Risks
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolDavid Bresch is a Professor for Weather and Climate Risks at ETH Zurich and MeteoSwiss, combining academic rigor with more than a decade of industry leadership in climate risk and insurance. He previously led multiple strategic units at Swiss Re—building catastrophe models, pioneering weather-index solutions and cat bonds, and directing sustainability and global partnerships. His work spans science, policy and finance: he served on Swiss delegations to UNFCCC negotiations, advised the Green Climate Fund, and sits on boards including WWF Switzerland. Trained as a physicist with a PhD from ETH and a research stint at MIT, he bridges quantitative climate modelling with practical risk-transfer mechanisms. Known for translating complex atmospheric science into marketable financial instruments, he focuses on strengthening resilience where insurance alone cannot suffice. Based in Zurich, he is active in shaping public-private solutions and climate advisory bodies at national and international levels.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
PhD, Physik, PhD, Physik at ETH Zürich
English, French, German, Italian, Latin
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Github Skills (7)
core-module10
matlab10
python10
storm9
hazard8
cyclone6
earthquake6
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
davidnbresch/climada_module_tropical_cyclone
Apr 2014 - Aug 2019
Contributions:74 commits, 55 pushes in 5 years 4 months
davidnbresch/climada_module_salvador_demo
Mar 2015 - Mar 2019
Contributions:1 release, 15 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 11 months
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