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Whitewater kayaker and river obsessed 🌊 | Cofounder @thisisriverkin | Dr. Sc. @eth_en | Mechanical engineer

Zurich, Switzerland
Joined July 2017
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Spotted: a fish out of water 🐟 Our sensors don’t usually enjoy rooftop sunsets, but yesterday they were briefly evicted from their natural habitat while we tested different satellite module settings.
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Our CEO Jess joined IMD’s EMBA Entrepreneurship Immersion in Palo Alto as a founder, helping the EMBA teams learn from real early-stage experience. Six days of Silicon Valley sessions, startup visits and a final VC pitch of Riverkin. 🌍💧
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Our CEO @rivertechjess spoke at #ClimaNowSpotlight Pitch Night in Zürich about turning an idea into impact: building affordable river sensors, learning electronics from scratch, and staying persistent. Grateful to @ClimaNow_ for supporting new ideas in water and climate.
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@rivertechjess attended Bits & Pretzels in Munich, which was a great opportunity to exchange ideas. Our Lead Engineer Massimo Zannoni represented us at 'Sensing in Water 2025', bringing back insights on trust in data and predictive alerts for the water industry.
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Our CEO @rivertechjess presented at the ARGE Hochrhein network meeting in Rheinfelden. For over 30 years, Swiss and German organizations have worked to renature the Upper Rhine. At Riverkin, we share this commitment to healthy rivers and ecosystems! #Riverkin #LivingRivers
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Our CEO, @rivertechjess, has been awarded the Hidden Figures Award 2025 in the category Startup / Innovation. Thanks to TechFace for this recognition! #HiddenFiguresAward #WomenInTech #StartupInnovation #Riverkin #WaterData
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Jessica Droujko, a Canadian scientist with a love of rivers, has developed a sensor that monitors river health and help people make better environmental decisions
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WATCH: Jessica Droujko, a Canadian scientist with a love of rivers, has developed a sensor that monitors river health and help people make better environmental decisions
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WATCH: Canadian scientist Jessica Droujko has developed a sensor that can measure water flow, temperature, and so-called turbidity. She seeks to help people see rivers in a new way to make better environmental decisions
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My Hydrology and Climate Impacts group at @SLFDavos and @ETH_en is offering two exciting positions on climate/hydrologic extremes: 1) Postdoc position in compound climate/hydrologic extremes: apply.refline.ch/273855/1601… 2) PhD position in riverine heatwaves: apply.refline.ch/273855/1601…
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce as figures in the new U.S. National Climate Assessment report, a thread
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Turns out our #hydraulics lab is a great place to take your #robotdog for a walk! 🤖🐶 @BostonDynamics @mapo1 @cvg_ethz @hermannsblum @zuriich92
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We're #hiring! Apply today to come work with world-class freshwater scientists. We're seeking a postdoctoral associate to study molecular microbial #ecology in aquatic and terrestrial environments. Check it out! stroudcenter.org/jobs/postdo… @BenthosNews
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Parents, now is the time to be on guard. We are once again reminding you to be diligent about checking your child's candy throughout the Halloween season. Our biologists have just found THREE invasive bighead carp rolled up and shoved inside an almond joy. We are appalled.
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A survey of thousands of US academics has found that the number one reason that women leave faculty positions is poor “workplace climate”, which can encompass discrimination, dysfunctional leadership, a feeling of not fitting in and other problems. More: go.nature.com/46ZGmtU
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"Es gibt sinnvolle und bessere Alternativen als den Ausbau des Kraftwerks Kaunertal" - zu diesem Schluss kommen Energiewirschaftsexpert*innen bei der Natur statt Profit Konferenz. #StoppAusbauKWKaunertal #NaturstattProfit @wwfaustria @global2000 @TheFleeLab @UlrichEichelman
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Congrats to 128 Grazer, our 2023 #FatBearWeek champion! 🥳 Though unaware of her title in this imaginary contest, her success is real! For bears, fat = success, & she's set up well for winter. We had a record-shattering 1,382,783 votes! There's so much love for our bears! ❤️
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Today's the day! Every fall, @KatmaiNPS in Alaska hosts #FatBearWeek, an annual tournament celebrating the success of the bears winter prep.
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Two (!) years of #glacier retreat on Rhonegletscher. Not just a bit of "normal" ice melting but the two most disastrous years for Swiss glaciers in history. Pics: A. Cremona @VAW_glaciology @Enlaps_live
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What the hell? Biograd ponor, sinkhole of Zalomka river today. I think this is rest of a dyeing project, to test where water comes out at the other side of the mountain.
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