François Nyffeler
Photo from the filming of the interview recording on 23 May 2018
François Nyffeler is an oceanographer by training. He completed his school and university education in Neuchâtel, where he studied physics. At the age of 23, he received a scholarship and went to Paris to study oceanography. He was tasked with setting up a laboratory in Villefranche-sur-Mer and made this research work the subject of his doctoral thesis, which he defended in France in 1969.
In 1986, François Nyffeler founded the Limnocéane research group to investigate environmental issues related to seas and lakes. He was a lecturer at the Institute of Geology at the University of Neuchâtel. In 1980, he met Josiane Cuche, with whom he shared a commitment to promoting dance in the Neuchâtel region.