Personnel
Administration
Research group leaders
Post Doc & Guest Researchers
Diploma/Masters and PhD Students (incl. third party funded)
Technicians
Communication
Former & Recently Retired Scientists
Former Diploma/Masters and PhD Students
IPGL Staff
Administration
phone number +43 512507 -*
| Name | Position | phone extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Otto Seppälä | Head | otto.seppaelae@uibk.ac.at | 50207 |
| Rainer Kurmayer | Deputy Head | rainer.kurmayer@uibk.ac.at | 50242 |
| Sonja Burggraf | Secretary (part time) |
office-ilim@uibk.ac.at sonja.burggraf@uibk.ac.at | 50201 50212 |
| Karin Tibitanzl |
Secretary (part time) | office-ilim@uibk.ac.at karin.tibitanzl@uibk.ac.at | 50201 50202 |
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Research group leaders
| Name | Position | phone extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Hahn | Environmental Microbiology | martin.hahn@uibk.ac.at | 50244 |
| Rainer Kurmayer | Molecular ecology and physiology of algae | rainer.kurmayer@uibk.ac.at | 50242 |
| Dunja Lamatsch | Molecular & Cytogenetic Evolution of Asexual Aquatic Organisms | dunja.lamatsch@uibk.ac.at | 50204 |
| Markus Möst | Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics | markus.moest@uibk.ac.at | 51771 |
| Otto Seppälä | Aquatic Evolutionary Ecology | otto.seppaelae@uibk.ac.at | 50207 |
| Bettina Sonntag | Ciliate ecology and taxonomy | bettina.sonntag@uibk.ac.at | 50243 |
| Claus-Peter Stelzer | Experimental Evolutionary Ecology | claus-peter.stelzer@uibk.ac.at | 50203 |
| Josef Wanzenböck | Ecology of Freshwater Fish | josef.wanzenboeck@uibk.ac.at | 50205 |
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Post Doc & scientific staff
| Name | Position | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dora Čertnerová | Experimental evolutionary ecology | Dora.Certnerova@uibk.ac.at | |
| Tatyana Darienko | Algal ecology and taxonomy | tatyana.darienko@uibk.ac.at | 50250 |
| Miao Ding | Molecular & cytogenetic evolution of asexual aquatic organisms | ding.miao@uibk.ac.at |
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| Natalia Gogoleva | Aquatic evolutionary ecology | natalia.gogoleva@uibk.ac.at | 50248 |
| Maja Ilic | Eco-Evolutionary dynamics | maja.ilic@uibk.ac.at | 50266 |
| Alexandra Pitt | Environmental microbiology |
alexandra.pitt@uibk.ac.at | 50245 |
| Aleksei Potekhin | Ciliate ecology and taxonomy | aleksei.potekhin@uibk.ac.at |
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| Thomas Pröschold | Algal ecology and taxonomy | Thomas.Proeschold@uibk.ac.at |
50266 |
| Vladimir Trifonov | Comparative genomics | vladimir.trifonov@uibk.ac.at |
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Diploma/Masters and PhD students
| Name | thesis |
Position | phone extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique Damay | MSc | Ecology of freshwater fish | dominique.damay@uibk.ac.at |
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| Laura Domenig | MSc | Ciliate ecology and taxonomy | laura.domenig@student.uibk.ac.at |
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| Vinayaka Hegde | PhD | Aquatic evolutionary ecology | vinayaka.hegde@uibk.ac.at | 50258 |
| Daniel Holzer | MSc | Molecular ecology and physiology of algae | daniel.holzer@student.uibk.ac.at | |
| Jessica Kannler | MSc | Algal ecology and taxonomy | Jessica.Kannler@student.uibk.ac.at |
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| Georgios Katsianis | PhD | Aquatic evolutionary ecology | georgios.katsianis@uibk.ac.at | 50267 |
| Serafine Kattus | MSc | Ecology of freshwater fish | serafine.kattus@student.uibk.ac.at |
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| Kristin Kuntz | MSc | Molecular ecology and ecophysiology of algae | Kristin.Kuntz@student.uibk.ac.at |
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| Rubén Morón Asensio | PhD | Molecular ecology and ecophysiology of algae | ruben.moron-asensio@uibk.ac.at | 50268 |
| Daniel Nayer | MSc | Ecology of freshwater fish | ||
| Fabian Oberauer | PhD | Experimental Evolutionary Ecology | fabian.oberauer@uibk.ac.at | 50269 |
| Hanna Pritsch | PhD |
Alpine limnology |
hanna.pritsch@uibk.ac.at |
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| Peter Punt | MSc | Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics | Peter.Punt@student.uibk.ac.at |
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| Magdalena Purker | PhD | Molecular ecology and ecophysiology of algae | magdalena.purker@ages.at | |
| Vitali Razumov | PhD | Eco-evolutionary dynamics | vitali.razumov@uibk.ac.at | 51701 |
| Hans Rund | PhD | Ecology of freshwater fish | hans.rund@uibk.ac.at | 50264 |
| Varvara Solovyeva | MSc | Environmental microbiology | Varvara.Solovyeva@student.uibk.ac.at | |
| Christian Spanner | PhD | Ciliate ecology and taxonomy | christian.spanner@student.uibk.ac.at | 50169 |
| Monika Stögbuchner | MSc | Molecular & Cytogenetic Evolution of Asexual Aquatic Organisms |
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Technicians (incl. third party funded)
| Name | Position | phone extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clem Carle | Lab. technician, Eco-evolutionary dynamics (part time) |
clem.carle@uibk.ac.at | 51647 |
| Klaus Dambauer | Measuring and control technology | klaus.dambauer@uibk.ac.at | 50220 |
| Dominique Groffman |
Lab. technician, Experimental evolutionary ecology (part time) |
dominique.groffman@uibk.ac.at | 50211 |
| N.N. |
Lab. technician, Experimental evolutionary ecology and Eco-evolutionary dynamics |
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| Philip Kerschbaumer |
Lab. technician, Ecology of freshwater fish (part time) |
philip.kerschbaumer@uibk.ac.at | 50261 |
| Ulrike Koll |
Ciliate ecology and taxonomy |
ulrike.koll@uibk.ac.at | 50254 |
| N.N. | Building service officer, electrical engineering technician (part time) |
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| Stefan Lienbacher | Project assistance, Environmental Microbiology (part time) | stefan.lienbacher@uibk.ac.at | 50251 |
| Sebastian Mayer | Manufacturing systems engineering, workshop | sebastian.mayer@uibk.ac.at | 50221 |
| Maria Pichler | Lab. technician, Molecular and Cytogenetic Evolution of Asexual Aquatic Organisms & Experimental Evolutionary Ecology | maria.pichler@uibk.ac.at | 50260 |
| Harald Ployer | Software application and Data management (part time) | harald.ployer@uibk.ac.at | 50226 |
| Johanna Schmidt | Lab.technician, Environmental Microbiology (part time) | johanna.schmidt@uibk.ac.at | 50259 |
| Anneliese Schweighofer | Lab. technician, Molecular ecology and physiology of algae (part time) |
anneliese.wiedlroither@uibk.ac.at | 50255 |
| Katri Seppälä | Lab. technician, Aquatic Evolutionary Ecology (part time) | katri.seppaelae@uibk.ac.at | 50214 |
| Veronika Stabauer | Lab. technician, Aquatic Evolutionary Ecology | veronika.stabauer@uibk.ac.at | 50256 |
| Anna Mayer |
Guest rooms and sanitary facilities (part time) |
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Communication and science outreach
| Name | Position | phone extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabine Wanzenböck | Communication, science outreach and librarian | sabine.wanzenboeck@uibk.ac.at | 50239 |
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Former & Recently Retired Scientists
| Name | Position | phone extension | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sabrina Seywald | Long term ecological Research | ||
| Thomas Scheuerl | Aquatic Evolutionary Ecology | ||
| Viktoriya Petlovana | Ciliate ecology and taxonomy | ||
| Dunja Lukić | Plankton Ecology | ||
| Thomas Weisse | Plankton Ecology | thomas.weisse@uibk.ac.at |
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| Barbara Kammerlander | Ciliate ecology and taxonomy | barbara.kammerlander@baw.at | |
| Romana Limberger | Plankton Ecology | ||
| Jens Boenigk | Diversity and ecology of flagellates & microalgae | jens.boenigk@uni-due.de | |
| Guntram Christiansen | Functional genetics |
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| Martin Dokulil | Quantitative Algal Ecology | martin.dokulil@univie.ac.at | |
| Maria Leichtfried | Stream Ecology, Bedsediments, Organic Matter, Nutrients | ||
| Tomi Luoto | Paleolimnology, Chironomids | ||
| Liisa Nevalainen | Evolutionary paleolimnology | ||
| Simone Riss | Experimental Evolutionary Ecology | ||
| Roland Schmidt | Palaeolimnology | ||
| Radka Symonová | Molecular Evolutionary Ecology |
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Former Diploma/Masters and PhD Students
Graduates who were not supervised mainly in Mondsee are not listed
Graduates who did their Master-theses whitin the IPGL-programmes (partly supervised by ILIM/scientists in Mondsee) are listed until 2013 and from 2014 onwards
| Name | MSc or PhD/supervisor |
Year of degree |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Elisabeth Entfellner | PhD/Kurmayer | 2024 | |
| Aylin Olgun | MSc/Lamatsch, Wanzenböck | 2023 | |
| Sabrina Seywald | MSc/Weisse | 2023 | |
| Christoph Kotzorek | MSc/Kurmayer | 2023 | |
| Roland Vogt | PhD/Wanzenböck, Lamatsch | 2022 | |
| Tobias Grossgasteiger | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2022 | |
| Rachel Vith | MSc/Kurmayer | 2022 | |
| Benard Mucholwa Simiyu | PhD/Kurmayer | 2022 | |
| Xiaoteng Lu (Leo) | PhD/Weisse, Sonntag |
2021 | |
| Mario Aigner | MSc/Wanzenböck, Sonntag | 2021 | |
| Fabian Sommer | MSc/Sonntag, Tartarotti | 2021 | |
| Daniela Frantal | MSc/Sonntag | 2020 | |
| Astrid Beckmann | MSc/Weisse | 2020 | |
| Julie Blommaert | PhD/Stelzer | 2019 | |
| Christian Spanner | MSc/Pröschold, Sonntag | 2019 | |
| Anna Binder | MSc/Sonntag, Pröschold, |
2019 | |
| Theofana Chonova | PhD/Kurmayer | 2019 | |
| Daniel Rieser | MSc/Pröschold, Sonntag | 2019 | |
| Elisabeth Wolf | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2019 | |
| Christina Wirth | MSc/Weisse |
2018 |
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| Adam Cieplinski | PhD/Weisse | 2018 | |
| Victoria Bergkemper | PhD/Weisse | 2018 | |
| Kathrin Baumann | MSc/Kurmayer | 2017 | |
| Laura Nachbaur | Diploma/Sonntag | 2017 | |
| Matthias Hötzinger | PhD/Hahn | 2017 | |
| Mark Olokotum | MSc/Kurmayer | 2017 | |
| Barbara Kammerlander | PhD/Sonntag | 2017 | |
| Gianluca Lazzari | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2017 | |
| Harald Ficker | PhD/Wanzenböck | 2017 |
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| Patrick Kaspar | MSc(FH)/Weisse | 2017 | |
| Andrea Huemer | MSc/Hahn | 2016 | |
| Sarah Gugele |
MSc/Wanzenböck | 2016 |
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| Nadja Straubinger-Gansberger |
PhD/Kurmayer |
2015 | |
| Geoffrey Ong´ondo | PhD/Sonntag, Boenigk | 2014 | |
| Daniela Pöll | MSc/Sonntag | 2014 | |
| Veronika Ostermaier |
PhD/Kurmayer | 2014 |
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| Kathrin Böhm | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2014 | |
| Manuel Deinhardt | MSc/Lamatsch, Taskinen | 2013 | |
| Birgit Gröschl | MSc/Weisse | 2013 |
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| Franziska Huber | MSc/Hahn | 2013 | |
| Thomas Scheuerl | PhD/Stelzer | 2013 | |
| Mark Frei | MSc/Kurmayer | 2013 | |
| Eva Schober | PhD/Kurmayer |
2012 | |
| Florian Keil | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2012 | |
| Benard M. Simiyu | MSc/Kurmayer | 2012 | |
| Thomas M. Oberlercher | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2012 | |
| Barbara Pamminger-Lahnsteiner | PhD/Wanzenböck | 2011 | |
| Michael Moser | PhD/Weisse | 2011 | |
| Sophie Schärfl | MSc/Hahn, Berninger | 2010 | |
| Nicole Laufenstein | MSc/Weisse | 2010 | |
| Steffen Jost | PhD/Boenigk | 2010 | |
| Athanasio S. Mbonde | MSc/Kurmayer | 2010 | |
| Kerstin Huber | PhD/Schmidt | 2009 | |
| William O. Okello | PhD/Kurmayer | 2009 | |
| Patrick Schöttl | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2009 | |
| Thomas Scheuerl | MSc/Hahn | 2008 | |
| Sonja Greisberger | PhD/Teubner | 2008 | |
| Karin Pfandl | PhD/Boenigk | 2007 | |
| Veronika Ostermayer | MSc/Kurmayer | 2007 | |
| Stefan Mayr | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2007 | |
| Martha Kaddumukasa | MSc/Kurmayer | 2007 | |
| Elke Gächter | PhD/Weisse | 2006 | |
| Christina Kaiblinger | PhD/Dokulil | 2006 | |
| Monika Roth | MSc/Schmidt | 2006 | |
| Carole Molitor | MSc/Kurmayer | 2006 | |
| Yuwei Chen | PhD/Dokulil | 2005 | |
| Michael Schauer | PhD/Hahn, Weisse | 2005 | |
| Qinglong Wu | PhD/Hahn, Weisse | 2005 | |
| Simone Kosol | MSc/Kurmayer | 2005 | |
| Michael Moser | MSc/Weisse | 2005 | |
| Martin Finster | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2005 | |
| Ulrich Dickbauer | MSc/Dokulil | 2005 | |
| Robert Buttinger | MSc/Danielopol | 2005 | |
| Willi Kabas | PhD/Dokulil | 2004 | |
| Marlies Gumpenberger | MSc/Kurmayer, Weisse | 2004 | |
| William O. Okello | MSc/Kurmayer | 2004 | |
| Ines M. Lemberger | MSc/Dokulil | 2004 | |
| Markus Hetzel | MSc/Schmidt | 2004 | |
| Charles M. M´Erimba | PhD/Leichtfried | 2004 | |
| Gerhard Tischler | PhD/Wanzenböck | 2003 | |
| Christina Kaiblinger | MSc/Schmidt | 2003 | |
| Sandra Mayrhofer | MSc/Danielopol | 2003 | |
| Thomas Kutzenberger | MSc/Kurmayer, Dokulil |
2003 | |
| Hubert Gassner | PhD/Wanzenböck |
2002 | |
| Heike Morscheid | PhD/Dokulil | 2002 | |
| Gabriele Weigelhofer | PhD/Dokulil | 2002 | |
| Sylvia Hartl | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2002 | |
| Sonja Greisberger | MSc/Dokulil | 2002 | |
| Judith Ausserbrunner | MSc/Teubner | 2002 | |
| Georg Wolfram | PhD/Humpesch | 2002 | |
| Ute Bodemer | PhD/Dokulil | 2002 | |
| Christian Kamenik | PhD/Schmidt | 2001 | |
| Barbara Lahnsteiner | MSc/Wanzenböck, Nauwerck | 2001 | |
| Cornelia Krois | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2001 | |
| Sabine Lettner | MSc/Weisse |
2001 | |
| Doris Slezak | PhD/Danielopol | 2000 | |
| Gudrun Hauseder | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2000 | |
| Yasmin Hassan | MSc/Wanzenböck | 2000 | |
| Birgit Mindl | MSc/Danielopol | 2000 | |
| Herbert Weilgunyi | PhD/Humpesch | 2000 | |
| Christian Fesl | PhD/Humpesch | 1999 | |
| Peter Indinger | MSc/Schmidt | 1999 | |
| Gerhard Tischler | MSc/Wanzenböck | 1999 | |
| Arno Aschauer | MSc/Humpesch |
1999 | |
| Christian Griebler | PhD/Danielopol | 1998 |
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| Friederike Mößlacher | PhD/Danielopol | 1998 | |
| Yin Yu | PhD/Danielopol | 1998 | |
| Karin Koinig | PhD/Schmidt | 1998 | |
| Martin Priewasser | MSc/Falkner | 1998 | |
| Andreas Schinker | MSc/Falkner | 1998 | |
| David Liti | PhD/Dokulil | 1997 | |
| Christian Kamenik | MSc/Schmidt | 1997 | |
| Susanne Schrutka | MSc/Wanzenböck | 1997 | |
| Harald Weiss | MSc/Wanzenböck, Patzner | 1997 | |
| Katrin Teubner | PhD/Dokulil | 1996 | |
| Elke E. Roschitz | MSc/Dokulil | 1996 | |
| Christian Griebler | MSc/Danielopol | 1996 | |
| Sybille Wunsam | PhD/Schmidt | 1995 | |
| Manfred Windhager | MSc/Nauwerck | 1995 | |
| Yusuf Kizito | PhD/Nauwerck | 1995 | |
| Gerald Pfister | MSc/Arndt | 1995 | |
| Thomas Posch | MSc/Arndt | 1995 | |
| Adel A. Fathy | PhD/Falkner | 1994 | |
| Friederike Mößlacher | MSc/Danielopol | 1994 | |
| Christophe Merle | MSc/Danielopol | 1994 | |
| Monika Salbrechter | MSc/Arndt | 1994 | |
| Jutta Mayer | MSc/Dokulil | 1994 | |
| Martina Berger | MSc/Arndt, Psenner | 1994 | |
| Ferdinand Wagner | PhD/Falkner | 1993 | |
| Christine Plankensteiner | MSc/Nauwerck | 1992 | |
| Eva Facher | PhD/Schmidt | 1992 | |
| Margot Kaiser | PhD/Dokulil | 1991 | |
| Walter Geiger | PhD/Danielopol | 1991 | |
| Karin Fuchs | MSc/Dokulil | 1991 | |
| Manfred Pöckl | PhD/Humpesch | 1990 | |
| Matthias Handl | PhD/Danielopol, Schmidt | 1990 | |
| Harald Wagenleitner | MSc/Danielopol | 1990 | |
| Franz Uiblein | PhD/Winkler | 1988 | |
| Carmen Orellana | PhD/Winkler, Herzig |
1988 | |
| Dieter Graffius | PhD/Falkner | 1984 | |
| Sigrid Kofler | PhD/Dokulil | 1986 | |
| Carmen Orellana | MSc/Herzig | 1985 |
IPGL Staff
IPGL was part of the Research Department for Limnology and the Austrian Academy of Sciences right from the start in 1975. Since October 2012 IPGL has been fully integrated into the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.
Please contact gerold.winkler@boku.ac.at for further information.
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