Michel Wyss is a Scientific Assistant at the Military Academy (MILAC) at ETH Zurich and a lecturer in Strategic Studies in the BA in Public Policy study program. He received his MA in Government from the Lauder School of Government, Diplomacy and Strategy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya where he also was a recipient of the Ragonis Scholarship and a visiting research affiliate at the LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin.

Prior to MILAC, he worked for the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT), the corporate security unit at the German Development Corporation and the Federal Office for Defence Procurement/armasuisse.

His research interest include political science, military strategy and irregular warfare, and his work has been published in Democracy and Security and Lawfare, among others.