Research Interests

  • Early warning systems for natural hazards
  • Influence of precipitation on the triggering of rapid mass movements
  • Hillslope erosion processes
  • Hydrological extreme events
  • Runoff generation
  • Sediment transport in rivers and torrents

Succinct curriculum vitae

  • since 01/2012: Teamleader of research group Torrents in the research unit Mountain Hydrology and Mass Movements
  • 10/2010 to 12/2011: Teamleader a.i. of research group Torrents, Erosion and Landslides;
  • 03/2007 to 09/2010: Research scientist at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL;
    research unit Mountain Hydrology and Torrents, research group Torrents, Erosion and Landslides;
  • 03/2005 to 03/2007: Postdoc at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL;
    Project HYDRALP „Sediment transfer study in Alpine environments“, collaboration in various research projects based in the canton of Valais
  • 03/2001 to 02/2005: PhD at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL and the Institute of Geography (GIUB) of the University of Berne;
    Project Lothar and Mountain Torrents (Investigations on the influence of wind storm deforestation on the runoff generation at various scales in a torrential catchment)
  • 07/1999 to 02/2001: Research scientist at the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL;
    Natural hazards damages database project
  • 10/1998 to 05/1999: Master thesis at the Depatment of Geography of the ETH Zurich (now Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science IACETH) on the topic of hydrological modeling of partly glaciated mountainous catchments
  • 10/1993 to 05/1999: Master studies at the Department for Earth Sciences of the ETH Zurich (D-ERDW)
  • 04/1987 to 09/1993: Swiss grammar school in Wetzikon (KZO Wetzikon)

Projects

This project aims at assessing the contribution of sediment erosion from steep slopes adjacent to channel beds to the sediment transport in small catchments.

Indirect bedload transport measurements help to better understand how coarse solid particles are transported in steep streams (torrents) and mountain rivers. We use three different sensor types to improve the signal interpretation: geophone, accelerometer, and microphone.

Alpine regions are subject to dangerous rapid mass movements like debris flows, avalanches and rock falls. Applying intelligent algorithms to seismograms of such events we propose to increase warning and monitoring capabilities.

The main goal of the EXAR project is to create a consistent data set in order to assess the hazard for riparian infrastructure caused by extreme flood events on the rivers Aare and Rhine.

In this project, elements of regional landslide early warning are applied in a pilot early warning system in the Napf region, and their added value for such early warning systems is assessed.

This project aims to further develop the Swiss plate geophone system, a passive seismic method to measure bedload transport in water courses, with a new set of controlled experiments and field calibration measurements.

Seismometers detect extremely weak ground unrest. We leverage this sensitivity with intelligent algorithms to design detection schemes for avalanches, debris flows, rock falls and other catastrophic Alpine mass movements.

Publications

Badoux A., Liechti K. (2024) Ursachen, Bedeutung, räumliche und zeitliche Verteilung. Ingenieurbiol. Mitt.bl. (4), 6-24. Institutional Repository DORA

Liechti K., Badoux A. (2024) Unwetterschäden in der Schweiz 2023. Hochwasser, Murgänge, Rutschungen und Sturzprozesse. Wasser Energ. Luft. 116(1), 5-13. Institutional Repository DORA

Rickenmann D., Ammann L., Nicollier T., Boss S., Fritschi B., Antoniazza G., … Badoux A. (2024) Indirekte Geschiebetransportmessung, Teil 1. Vergleich von verschiedenen Messsystemen. Wasser Energ. Luft. 116(1), 14-22. Institutional Repository DORA

Rickenmann D., Hug Peter D., Ammann L., Nicollier T., Badoux A. (2024) Indirekte Geschiebetransportmessung, Teil 2. Fraktionierter Transport, Unsicherheiten, Perspektiven. Wasser Energ. Luft. 116(2), 111-119. Institutional Repository DORA

Rickenmann D., Hug Peter D., Ammann L., Nicollier T., Boss S., Fritschi B., … Badoux A. (2024) Surrogate bedload measurements in mountain rivers: system comparison, uncertainty, new prototype. In J. Schneider (Ed.), Interpraevent 2024. Conference proceedings. Klagenfurt: Interpraevent. 685-689. Institutional Repository DORA

Rickli C., Graf F., McArdell B., Steeb N., Rickenmann D., Badoux A. (2024) Erosion an steilen Hängen. (WSL Berichte, Report No.: 158). Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL. 80 p. doi:10.55419/wsl:38390 Institutional Repository DORA

Spielmann R., Hirschberg J., Åberg A., Huber S., Boss S., Graf C., … Aaron J. (2024) Murgangbeobachtung mit hochauflösenden 3D-Laserscannern. FAN Agenda. (1), 17-21. Institutional Repository DORA

Steeb N., Badoux A., Rickli C., Rickenmann D. (2024) Empirical prediction of large wood transport during flood events. In A. M. Ferreira da Silva, C. Rennie, S. Gaskin, J. Lacey, & B. MacVicar (Eds.), Proceedings of the 11th international conference on fluvial hydraulics, river flow 2022. Abingdon, Oxon: CRC Press. 801-807. doi:10.1201/9781003323037-108 Institutional Repository DORA

Stähli M., Badoux A., Jonas T. (2024) Das Frühlingshochwasser 1999. Geburtsstunde der modernen Schneehydrologie in der Schweiz. FAN Agenda. (1), 13-16. Institutional Repository DORA

Schalko I., Farshi D., Badoux A. (Eds.) (2024) Fachtagung Wildbäche 2024: Modellierung von Wildbachprozessen. WSL Berichte: Vol. 155. Fachtagung Wildbäche 2024: Modellierung von WildbachprozessenBirmensdorf: Eidg. Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft WSL. 64 p. doi:10.55419/wsl:37761 Institutional Repository DORA

Liechti K., Badoux A., Röthlisberger G., Loat R., Bezzola G.R. (2023) 50 Jahre Erfassung von Unwetterschäden. Forstzeitung. 134(5), 14-15. Institutional Repository DORA

Liechti K., Badoux A., Lustenberger F. (2023) Unwetterschäden in der Schweiz 2022. Hochwasser, Murgänge, Rutschungen und Sturzprozesse. Wasser Energ. Luft. 115(2), 71-79. Institutional Repository DORA

McArdell B.W., Hirschberg J., Aaron J., Badoux A. (2023) Evaluation of a method to calculate debris-flow volume based on observations of flow depth. In M. Pirulli, A. Leonardi, & F. Vagnon (Eds.), E3S web of conferences: Vol. 415. 8th international conference on debris flow hazard mitigation (DFHM8). Les Ulis Cedex A: EDP Sciences. 02012 (4 pp.). doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202341502012 Institutional Repository DORA

Rickli C., Graf F., Badoux A., McArdell B., Steeb N., Rickenmann D. (2023) Untersuchungen zu Erosion in steilen Bacheinhängen. FAN Agenda. 2, 15-21. Institutional Repository DORA

Steeb N., Ruiz-Villanueva V., Badoux A., Rickli C., Mini A., Stoffel M., Rickenmann D. (2023) Geospatial modelling of large-wood supply to rivers: a state-of-the-art model comparison in Swiss mountain river catchments. Earth Surf. Dyn. 11(3), 487-509. doi:10.5194/esurf-11-487-2023 Institutional Repository DORA

Antoniazza G., Nicollier T., Boss S., Mettra F., Badoux A., Schaefli B., … Lane S.N. (2022) Hydrological drivers of bedload transport in an Alpine watershed. Water Resour. Res. 58(3), e2021WR030663 (27 pp.). doi:10.1029/2021WR030663 Institutional Repository DORA

Chen Z., He S., Nicollier T., Ammann L., Badoux A., Rickenmann D. (2022) Finite element modelling of the Swiss plate geophone bedload monitoring system. J. Hydraul. Res. 60(5), 792-810. doi:10.1080/00221686.2022.2059585 Institutional Repository DORA

Chen Z., He S., Nicollier T., Ammann L., Badoux A., Rickenmann D. (2022) Signal response of the Swiss plate geophone monitoring system impacted by bedload particles with different transport modes. Earth Surf. Dyn. 10(2), 279-300. doi:10.5194/esurf-10-279-2022 Institutional Repository DORA

Liechti K., Badoux A., Röthlisberger G., Loat R., Bezzola G.R. (2022) 50 Jahre Erfassung von Unwetterschäden in der Schweiz. Wasser Energ. Luft. 114(4), 247-248. Institutional Repository DORA

Liechti K., Matter D., Lustenberger F., Badoux A. (2022) Unwetterschäden in der Schweiz 2021. Hochwasser, Murgänge, Rutschungen und Sturzprozesse. Wasser Energ. Luft. 114(2), 85-93. Institutional Repository DORA

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