Flavio Anselmetti

Prof. Flavio Anselmetti is a Full Professor of Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimatology at the University of Bern, where he has been employed since 2012. He also serves as the Managing Director of the Institute of Geological Sciences. Prior to this, he held significant roles at ETH Zurich, including SNSF Assistant Professor, and at EAWAG Dübendorf as Head of the Sedimentology Group, while remaining a Titular Professor at ETH Zurich until 2012.

His academic training includes a Diploma in Geology (1990) from the University of Basel, followed by a PhD (1994) from ETH Zurich and University of Miami (USA). He spent three years as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Associate at the University of Miami between 1994 and 1997.

• Paleoseismology: Using lacustrine and marine sediments to reconstruct earthquake and tsunami records
• Climate Change Studies: Investigating Holocene and Pleistocene climate shifts through sediment cores
• Sediment Dynamics: Analyzing source-to-sink systems and glacial sediment properties

His recent publications focus on sedimentary archives in Science Advances, Quaternary Research, and Environmental Modelling and Software, with an emphasis on deep learning applications in sediment analysis, multi-proxy paleoenvironmental reconstructions, and human impact assessments over millennia. He has contributed to major projects in the Alpine foreland and Caribbean regions.

Prof. Anselmetti leads the Quaternary Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Group and collaborates with international teams on ICDP-DOVE drilling campaigns and multibeam bathymetry mapping in Swiss lakes. His work extends to geohazard assessment, carbonate-siliciclastic shelf dynamics, and subaqueous fault analysis in active tectonic zones.