Nature, Species and Landscape Conservation
Agriculture and Forestry
Planning and Environmental Supervision
Monitoring and Effectiveness Monitoring
Conflicting 
Project Management
Environmental Education and Ecotourism
Statistical Analyses
Spatial Data Analyses
François Anex
1986
Graduate environmental engineer EPFL, pedological construction supervisor BGS
Co-owner, Member of the Executive Board, Project manager
Education
Studied environmental sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne EPFL, mastering in natural water, soil and ecosystems engineering. Diploma thesis on selecting suitable areas for forest nature reserves using multi-criteria decision analysis.
Professional emphases
Mapping, concepts for uses of nature and landscape sites, forestry planning, forest biodiversity, environmental impact assessment, environmental supervision, soil studies and monitoring (BGS).
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: anex@hw-romandie.ch
Elisa Berger
1998
Graduate environmental engineer EPFL
Scientific collaborator
Education
Master's degree in environmental sciences and engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, specialising in environmental chemistry and bioprocesses. Master project on the study of soil and water pollution in the vicinity of an open dump in Dakar.
Professional emphases
Environmental impact assessment, environmental supervision.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: berger@hw-romandie.ch
Laetitia Brossin
1991
Environmental specialist
Scientific collaborator
Education
Studied environmental sciences and geomatics at the University of Geneva. Master's work on the effects of compaction on forest soils in the Canton of Geneva.
Professional emphases
Environmental impact assessment, environmental supervision.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: brossin@hw-romandie.ch
Sylvain Dubey
1978
Privatdozent, Dr. phil. nat., graduate biologist
Co-Owner, Member of the Executive Board, Project manager
Education
Studied biology and wrote his doctoral thesis on the systematics and phylogeography of shrews Soricidae at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Postdoctoral research on the ecology, evolution and conservation of various Australian amphibian and reptile species, conducted at the University of Sydney, Australia. Group leader (SNSF Ambizione assistant professor) in charge of a study on the evolution of coloring in reptiles at the Department of Ecology and Evolution of the University of Lausanne.
Professional emphases
Amphibian and reptile conservation, effectiveness monitoring, genetic analyses.
Further activities
Privatdozent at the University of Lausanne. Regional representative of the karch Swiss Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Program for the canton of Waadt, in charge of reptiles. Head of research at Agrosustain SA.
Tel: 021 963 64 58
E-Mail: dubey@hw-romandie.ch
Karim Ghali
1984
Graduate biologist
Resarcher
Education
Studied biology at the University of Lausanne in ecology, behavioral biology and conservation biology. Doctoral thesis (in progress) on the evolution of asexuality in insects at the University of Lausanne, in the Department of Ecology and Evolution.
Head of science and zoology at the Vivarium in Lausanne.
Professional emphases
Conservation of reptiles (capture, maintenance in captivity and establishment of protective measures). Mapping and management of natural and landscape values, in particular for Swiss regional parks (KBNL method).n
Further activities
Member of the committee of the GHAL (Herpetological and Arachnological Group of Lausanne)
Snow sports instructor with federal certificate.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: ghali@hw-romandie.ch
Saskia Godat
1966
Graduate biologist
Co-owner, Project manager
Education
Studied biology at the University of Lausanne. Diploma thesis on key factors of the species diversity of roadside slopes as substitute habitats for rare plants. Certificate in botany with final paper on the Antagnes dry grassland in the Chablais Vaudois region. Certificate in zoology with final paper on the ecological requirements of two indigenous bat species.
Professional emphases
Botanical mapping applying the method used for the Federal Inventory of Dry Grasslands, floristic surveys and expert opinions, surveying natural assets, habitat care plans and agreements, environmental impact assessment.
Further activities
Researcher at the Info Flora national data and information center for Switzerland’s flora.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: godat@hw-romandie.ch
Joaquim Golay
1989
Graduate biologist
Project manager
Education
Master in ecology, behavioral biology and conservation biology at the University of Lausanne. Diploma thesis on the population genetics of the Asp Viper Vipera aspis in the foothills of the Vaud Alps.
Professional emphases
Mapping, maintenance planning and conservation concepts for reptiles and amphibians, ecological construction supervision, environmental impact assessments, stream revitalization, ornithological monitoring.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: golay@hw-romandie.ch
Aleksandra Rnjakovic
1975
Commercial employee
Administrative assistant
Education/Previous activities
Commercial education. Qualified field ornithologist (ASPO/BirdLife & Nos Oiseaux).
Currently participating in a SANU course to obtain the federal certificate of "spécialiste de projet nature et environnement".
Secretary and assistant in a medical office. Conducted surveys for the Atlas of Breeding Birds of Switzerland and for the monitoring of common breeding birds and other voluntary work in relation to bird conservation.
Professional emphases
Organisational and secretarial work, ornithological surveys.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: rnjakovic@hw-romandie.ch
Frederic Alexandre Sandoz
1991
MSc in Biogeosciences (phytosociology and pedology) UNINE-UNIL
Scientific assistant
Education
Master of Science in Biogeosciences, Universities of Lausanne and Neuchâtel.
Additional certificate in geomatics, University of Geneva.
Master's thesis on communities of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi of Botrychium lunaria.
Professional emphases
Floristic surveys and appraisals, identification of natural values, environmental impact studies, entomological inventories (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera).
Other activities
Vaud branch of Info Flora (conservation)
Committee member of the Geneva Botanical Society.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: sandoz@hw-romandie.ch
Johan Schürch
1987
Graduate biologist
Project manager
Education
Master in ecology, behavioral biology and conservation biology at the University of Lausanne. Diploma thesis on the role of the colour polymorphism of the Asp Viper Vipera aspis in the foothills of the Vaud alps.
Professional emphases
Mapping, maintenance planning and conservation concepts for reptiles and amphibians, ecological construction supervision, statistic evaluations.
Further acivities
President of the GHAL (Herpetological and Arachnological Group of Lausanne)
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: schuerch@hw-romandie.ch
Alain Stuber
1962
Graduate geographer
Director of the company, Co-owner, project manager
Education
Studied geography and geology at the University of Lausanne. Diploma thesis on the geomorphology, history and glacier dynamics of the Gemmi region. Licensed mountain guide.
Professional emphases
Environmental management, landscape science, implementing nature and landscape conservation measures (regional planning, tourism, regional policy, parks), implementation monitoring, EIA reports, geomorphology.
Tel: 021 963 64 48
E-Mail: stuber@hw-romandie.ch