 Afterwards, he worked as a physician in his hometown of Chur and as a balneologist in Tarasp.He was long-time president of the "Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Graubündens" (1859–1891) and also served as vice-president of the "Historisch-Antiquarischen Gesellschaft Graubündens".He was the author of several works on bryophytes native to the canton of Graubünden, and in the field of entomology, he was principal author of the five-volume ""Beiträge zu einem Verzeichnisse der Insectenfauna Graubündens"".