CV Andreas Kunz

Colonel Dr. med. Andres Kunz has been leading the Aeromedical Institute of the Air Force (FAI) as Director and Chief FAI since 2010. In this role, he holds overall operational and professional responsibility for the FAI and is ultimately responsible for all aeromedical and aviation psychological matters and decisions of the Swiss Military Aviation. As a direct subordinate of the Air Force Commander, he is a member of the Commander's report, the Flight Safety Board, and other leadership and expert committees of the Air Force. In addition to the operational and professional development of the FAI, Dr. Kunz's work focuses on addressing special issues in aviation, research, and the flight physiological training of flying and parachuting personnel. A particularly fascinating aspect is the hypoxia training for pilots, parachute scouts, and other specialist groups, whether hypobaric in the FAI's decompression chamber or normobaric in the Air Force simulators. Given that hypoxia and unexplained physiological events are more relevant than ever in both military and civilian aviation, they form a special research focus for Colonel Kunz along with other topics on human performance. For Andres "Andi" Kunz, interdisciplinarity, utilizing and creating new opportunities, as well as passion and enthusiasm, are not only keys to success but also the daily lived culture of the FAI, the Air Force, and the Center for Space and Aviation.