Daniel Wild PhD

Daniel Wild is the theme research coordinator for the SAM Sustainable Water Strategy and is responsible for covering the water-related industry and technology sectors. Daniel Wild holds an MSc in Chemical Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. He earned his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG) under the supervision of Professor Willi Gujer. Following postdoctoral research studies in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Stanford University (USA) from 1997-1999, he joined the engineering and consulting firm Ernst Basler + Partners Ltd. in Zollikon as Head of the Environmental Technology Department and carried out consulting mandates in Switzerland, Eastern Europe and Asia. From 2004-2006, Daniel worked as Program Manager in the Infrastructure Financing Department at the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (seco), where he was in charge of infrastructure investments in Macedonia, Kosovo, Poland and Vietnam. Daniel joined SAM in 2006.