The VAME Help!desk is a permanent, internal, and strictly confidential mediation service for both students and advisors at D-ERDW, consisting of an “ombudsgroup” of volunteers to help solve conflicts.
We see ourselves as a first step towards early conflict resolution in the case of professional or personal problems in student-advisor relations, before a situation escalates or cannot be mitigated anymore. If you need advice about a situation within your group, we are here to help! This service is strictly confidential, and no other contact to or advice from outside will be sought without your consent.
Contact
Please feel free to email the VAME Help!desk or any of us separately with your questions. You can also find us frequently at EqualiTea, Friday Peers, seminars, and other departmental commissions and activities.
Email the VAME help!desk vame-helpdesk@erdw.ethz.ch
You can also contact any of its current members directly:Kar Wai Cheng
Doctoral Student
Institute of Geophysics
NO H 25
- +41 44 633 75 39
- karwai.cheng@erdw.ethz.ch
Laura Endres
Doctoral Student
Geological Institute
NO G 49
- +41 44 632 86 13
- endres@erdw.ethz.ch
Taraneh Roodpeyma
Doctoral Student
Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology
NW F 82.2
- +41 44 632 08 42
- taraneh.roodpeyma@erdw.ethz.ch
Ana Lorena “Alena” Abila
Doctoral Student
Geological Institute
NO E 1
- +41 44 632 02 90
- aabila@erdw.ethz.ch
Maria Koroni
Oberassistentin
Swiss Seismological Survey
NO H 55
- +41 44 633 70 94
- maria.koroni@sed.ethz.ch
Alexis Shakas
Oberassistent
Institute of Geophysics
NO F 27
- +41 44 632 74 19
- alexis.shakas@erdw.ethz.ch
Further information
The below resources from advisory bodies may answer questions you do not feel belong at the VAME Help!desk.