Prof. Dr. Reto Knaack

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer in Numerical Mathematics and Scientific Computing

Experience

• Lecturer
  ZHAW
  12 / 2024 - today
• Professor for Business Engineering
  Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences (OST)
  12 / 2024 - today
• Programme Director, Master of Science ZHAW in Engineering
  ZHAW, School of Engineering
  2017 - 2024
• Programme Director BSc. Computer Science / Deputy Head of section Zurich
  ZHAW, School of Engineering
  2013 - 2016
• Lecturer
  Hochschule für Technik Zürich
  2009 - 2011
• Risk Analyst
  UBS AG
  2005 - 2009
• Dissertation in astrophysics
  ETH Zurich, Institute of Astronomy
  2000 - 2005

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. sc. nat.
  ETH Zurich
  2000 - 2005
• Dipl. Phys. ETH
  ETH Zurich
  1994 - 1999

Continuing Education

• CAS Digital Learning
  ZHAW
  2020
• Leadership Training
  ZHAW
  2015
• CAS Leitung von Studiengängen und Projekten an Hochschulen
  PH Zürich
  2014
• CAS Hochschuldidaktik
  PH Zürich
  2011
• Project Management Advanced
  UBS AG
  2007

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0009-0000-9182-2330

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Knaack, R.; Stenflo, J. O.; Berdyugina, S. V. (2005) Evolution and rotation of large-scale photospheric magnetic fields of the Sun during cycles 21-23. Periodicities, north-south asymmetries and r-mode signatures. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 438, Issue 3, pp.1067-1082.
• Knaack, R.; Stenflo, J. O. (2005). Spherical harmonic decomposition of solar magnetic fields. Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 438, Issue 1, pp.349-363.
• Knaack, R. (2005). Global evolution of magnetic fields in the photosphere of the Sun during cycles 20-23. Ph.D Dissertation, Cuvillier Verlag Göttingen.
• Knaack, R.; Stenflo, J. O.; Berdyugina, S. V. (2004). Periodic oscillations in the north-south asymmetry of the solar magnetic field. Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.418, p.L17-L20
• Knaack, R.; Stenflo, J. O.(2004). Large Scale Solar Magnetic Fields: Temporal Variations. Stars as suns : activity, evolution and planets, Proceedings of the 219th symposium of the International Astronomical Union. Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP), p.552.
• Knaack, R.; Fligge, M.; Solanki, S. K.; Unruh, Y. C. (2001). The influence of an inclined rotation axis on solar irradiance variations. Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.376, p.1080-1089.
• Knaack, R.; Fligge, M.; Solanki, S. K.; Unruh, Y. C. (2001). Stellar Irradiance Variations Caused by Magnetic Activity: The Influence of an Inclined Rotation Axis. Magnetic Fields Across the Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 248.
• Unruh, Y. C.; Knaack, R.; Fligge, M.; Solanki, S. K. (2001). Are the Sun's Brightness Variations Really Tamer than Those of Other Comparable Solar-type Stars? 11th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 223.

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