Wolfgang Kröger

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kröger is Executive Director of ETH Risk Center at ETH Zurich.

He has been Ordinarius of Safety Technology at the ETH Zurich since 1990 and director of the Laboratory for Safety Analysis. Before being elected IRGC’s Founding Rector in 2003 he headed research in nuclear energy and safety at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), where he was also on the board of directors. After his retirement at the beginning of 2011 he has become the executive director of the newly established ETH Risk Center.

He has been strongly involved in the risk and vulnerability analysis of complex technical systems and in putting the assessment and management of technological risks into a broader context. He is ‘inter alia’ individual member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences and chairs its topical platform “Risks” and is Distinguished Affiliated Professor of TU Munich.