Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kröger - Risk Center ETH Zürich

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kröger

ETH Zürich
Risk Center
SEC D2
Scheuchzerstrasse 7
8092 Zurich

Phone: +41 44 632 64 18
Fax: +41 44 632 10 94
E-Mail: kroeger(at)ethz.ch

Employment

2011 Executive Director, ETH Risk Center (since mid 2011)
External faculty member, Bridging Nations University, Washington, D.C., USA
2003 Full Professor and Director of Laboratory of Safety Analysis, D-MAVT (Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering), ETH Zurich (until retirement Jan 2011)
Acting Director of Institute of Energy Research (2007-09)
Founding Rector of IRGC (International Risk Governance Council), Geneva, (since June 2003)
1990 Full Professor, ETH Zurich
Head of Research Department on Nuclear Energy and Safety and Member of the Directorate, PSI (Paul Scherrer Institut), Villigen, (until May 2003)
1987 Acting Director of the Institute for Nuclear Safety Research at National Research Centre Jülich (FZJ, former KFA)
1985 Deputy to the Director of the Institute for Nuclear Safety Research at National Research Centre Jülich (FZJ, former KFA)
1974 Scientist at FZJ; project leader

Education

1986    Dr.-Ing. habil. (venia legendi), BUGH Wuppertal
1974    Dr.-Ing., Mechanical Engineering, RWTH Aachen
1972    Diploma, Mechanical Engineering-Nuclear Technology, RWTH Aachen

Main Activities

Providing methods and data suitable to model, analyze/simulate and optimize complex engineered systems/critical infrastructures in the energy, transportation and ICT domain, and interdependencies among them, regarding reliability/availability, risk and vulnerability.
Developing a framework for comprehensive risk and vulnerability analysis and related management strategies as well as tools for decision making processes.
Putting the understanding and management of technological transborder risks into a broader context and promoting international activities such as the International Risk Governance Council following a trans-sectorial and multi-disciplinary approach. Supporting the establishment of the ETH Risk Center and its outreach activities including a research program on Future Resilient Systems in Singapore.
Giving advice to governmental and private organizations, in particular on energy assessment and policy issues and nuclear safety matters.
Most recent publications address vulnerability analysis of engineered critical infrastructures (book journals) as well as security of energy supply and the role of nuclear power (contributions to books).