Physicist, Philosopher, Writer
Geneva Area, Switzerland
- Current
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- Member at Bern City Parliament (Stadtrat)
- Science Advisor, World Trade Institute at University of Bern
- Associate, Collegium Helveticum at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
- Advisory Board Member at innovation.tank
- Creative Director at tensoriana
- Past
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- Member at Berne City Parliament (Stadtrat)
- School Board Member at Volksschule Schwabgut
- Technology and Patent Expert at Swiss Federal Institute for Intellectual Property
- Consultant at JMW Consultants Inc
- Co-owner at Jost, Ludwig + Partner, Mannheim, Germany
- Research Fellow at Cornell University, Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics, Ithaca, New York, USA
- Scientific Collaborator; Principal Investigator at Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
- Education
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- Universität Bern
- California State University-Los Angeles
- California State University-Northridge
- Connections
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- Industry
- Think Tanks
- Websites
Dannie Jost’s Summary
Research in policy and regulation issues where science, technology and trade are involved. Of particular interest right now: risk governance of nanomaterials.
Researching the nature of the relationship between humanity and technology is the one overarching project under which my consulting praxis is based.
I look at most of the systems and environments that I encounter and study through the lens of complex adaptive systems.
Dannie Jost’s Specialties:
Strategy, negotiation and application of dynamic complex adaptive systems. Policy analysis and formulation. Trade law and science.
Dannie Jost’s Experience
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Member
Bern City Parliament (Stadtrat)
(Government Administration industry)
June 2009 — Present (6 months)
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Science Advisor, World Trade Institute
University of Bern
(Educational Institution; Research industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
National Competence Center in Research: Trade Regulation
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Associate, Collegium Helveticum
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
(Educational Institution; EPFL; Research industry)
October 2008 — Present (1 year 2 months)
Researching the nature of the relationship between humanity and technology.
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Advisory Board Member
innovation.tank
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Civic & Social Organization industry)
2003 — Present (6 years )
innovation.tank is an initiative of Seymar GmbH, Zurich that has become a federally supported program aiming at both reintegrating highly qualified unemployed in the work force and at bringing in innovation to small and medium sized enterprises. Although its primary goal is not to spin-off companies, a few sucessful spin-offs have emerged from this initiative.
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Creative Director
tensoriana
(Non-Profit; Think Tanks industry)
1998 — Present (11 years )
"tensoriana" It is all about business as an art form and giving back sustainability the meaning it wants to have. The "Creative Director" is just a title that means that I do everything that needs to be done. At tensoriana you may pick your title, it comes with the territory of assuming full responsability for what you are doing, but the bottom line is what you do for the sustainability of the community in which you act. So, what are you doing?
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Member
Berne City Parliament (Stadtrat)
(Government Administration industry)
August 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 5 months)
Elected member of the Bernese Stadtrat - City Parliament - for the Liberal Democratic Party (FDP/PRD) - this is the legislative arm of the city's government. Succeeded Sandra Wyss upon her move to Grossrat (Cantonal Parliament).
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School Board Member
Volksschule Schwabgut
(Educational Institution; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
August 2005 — July 2007 (2 years )
I served a two year term as a member of the School Board at the Schwabgut. This school is located in what is considered a disadvantaged area in Berne, Switzerland.
In this function the board acted both as an advisory and executive organ working together with the school's principals deciding internal matters ranging from personnel to disciplinary action for both students and teaching staff. -
Technology and Patent Expert
Swiss Federal Institute for Intellectual Property
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years )
Lead from conception to completion the creation of the folder "Swiss Innovation in Action" as a tool to aid SMEs in starting innovation processes.
Initiated exploratory conversations and then negotiated the partnership of the IGE with the Swiss Economic Forum.
Created, and lead training workshops in intellectual property for Technology Transfer office staff.
Examining patents and doing complex patent searches. Plus a few projects involving SMEs, IP and innovation. -
Consultant
JMW Consultants Inc
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)
1995 — 1998 (3 years )
Worked mainly with the Oil and Gas clients in both formulation and implementation of strategies, as well as coaching of leading decision makers and teams.
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Co-owner
Jost, Ludwig + Partner, Mannheim, Germany
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Management Consulting industry)
1994 — 1995 (1 year )
Sabine and I never quite got this one off the ground. I had a couple of good clients, and she had a few herself, but somehow this just did not grow the way that I would have liked it. We abandoned the joint venture when I was asked to join JMW.
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Research Fellow
Cornell University, Laboratory for Atomic and Solid State Physics, Ithaca, New York, USA
(Privately Held; Research industry)
1991 — 1992 (1 year )
More dynamics of desorption in the femtosecond regime. Worked in Wilson Ho's laboratory, and did some serious vicious programming with David Cohen.
Wilson Ho is now at UC Irvine, and I have lost touch with David Cohen, last that I heard he had been at JPL, Pasadena.
On occasions played mother to Wilson's graduate students. -
Scientific Collaborator; Principal Investigator
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Research industry)
1988 — 1992 (4 years )
Set up a new research laboratory dedicated to the study of the desorption dynamics from semiconductor surfaces upon picosecond or femtosecond laser excitation.
Did build up the whole laboratory together with colleague Stefan Kaesdorf who had a separate experimental set up, but shared lasers and other joint facilities. We started by buying screwdrivers, water distributors and the whole of what is necessary to run both the laser optics and the UHV equipment. My share of the annual budget to be managed was over DM 1 Mio.
Directed and supervised doctoral students.
Dannie Jost’s Education
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Universität Bern
Dr phil nat , Physics , 1983 — 1987
Laser and solid state physics. Dynamics of electron relaxation in semiconductors.
- Activities and Societies:
- My son was born in 1984 and he took care of the extra-curricular activities.
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California State University-Los Angeles
M. S. , Chemistry , 1978 — 1981
Teaching assistant in the departments of Chemistry and Physics.
- Activities and Societies:
- Photography Club.
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California State University-Northridge
B. S. , Chemistry (Biology, Physics) , 1973 — 1978
Also studied Journalism.
- Activities and Societies:
- Sports reporter for the Daily Sundial. Womens's Gymnastics Team.
Additional Information
Dannie Jost’s Websites:
Dannie Jost’s Interests:
Self-organization and complex adaptive systems. Intellectual Property, Innovation and Education. Aikido, Karate and Photography.
Dannie Jost’s Groups:
Birankai Continental Europe, Birankai Suisse, LIFT06, LIFT07, LIFT08
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International Trade and WTO Law -
Predictably Irrational -
MyID.is Certified -
LIFT Conference
Dannie Jost’s Honors:
Have gotten a few.
