Ph.D. student
	Mailing Address:	Department of Marine Biology Althanstrasse 14 1090 Vienna Austria
	Phone: ++43-1-4277 / 54327 Fax: ++43-1-4277 / 9542 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Education

     Ph.D., since July 2005, Behavioural responses of soft-bottom macrofauna to hypoxia and anoxia
     University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria (supervisors: Dr. M. Stachowitsch; Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin; Prof. Dr. J. Ott)

     M.Sc. (Hons), 2001, Marine Ecology        
     University of Vienna, Austria (supervisors: Dr. M. Stachowitsch; Prof. Dr. J. Ott)   

Research Interest 

• Coastal & estuarine marine ecology
• Threats to biodiversity (eutrophication, anoxia, fishing activities, climate change)
• Ecosystem response to disturbances (resilience, succession, etc.)
• Benthic communities, behavioural ecology, bioindication  
  
  

Research Activities

• 10/2008
  Project submission FWF/Austrian Science Fund (P21542-B17)
  "Low dissolved oxygen events in the Northern Adriatic: in situ experimental insights into multi-level responses before, during and post-anoxia"
  With Dr. M. Stachwitsch, Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin
• 01/2009-12/2010
  ÖAD/Austrian Academic Exchange Service
  Bilateral project for "Scientific-Technical Cooperation" between Slovenia and Austria (SI 22/2009)
  
• 03/2005-02/2009
  Project FWF/Austrian Science Fund (P17655-B03)
  "Oxygen crises in the North Adriatic: effect on the structure and behavior of the macroepibenthos"
  With Dr. M. Stachwitsch, Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin
• 09/2002 & 09/2000
  Field research for the project "Reaction of a Northern Adriatic benthic community to repeated disturbances"; Marine Biology Station (MBS)
  Piran, Slovenia; with Dr. M. Stachowitsch
• 06-10/1999
  Laboratory work for the project "Marine Environmental Monitoring Program in the Persian Gulf 1999"; Texplor/Univ. of Vienna; with
  Dr. M. Stachowitsch, Dr. R. Kikinger

Teaching

• Since 2006
  Mentor of diploma students: Dipl. Ing. A. Haselmair; A. Steckbauer 
• 2007 & 2008 WS
  "Introduction to Marine Biology" (selected lectures, with Dr. M. Stachowitsch, Dr. D. Abed-Navandi; 3 ECTS-points, 2-hour credit)
• 2008 SS
  "Marine Turtle Field Course" (with Dr. M. Stachowitsch; 10 ECTS-points, 6-hour credit)

Publications

Skills

Technical: DO/H2S/ pH and temperature microelectrode in situ measurements, CTD, water movement measurements (MR flowmeter,
plaster dissolution, fluorescin), scientific photo- and film documentation, PADI-divemaster, boat operator licence

Software-Applications: All MS-Office applications, webdesign, EndNote, Unix, Statistics (SPSS, PRIMER, FISAT II), image processing (Adobe Photoshop,
Adobe Premiere)

Languages

German (native), English (fluent), Italian (proficient)

Conferences - Symposia - Workshops

 2008

• ProMare, Vienna, Austria, 27 November (invited talk)
• World Conference on Marine Biodiversity (WCMB), Valencia, Spain, 11-15 November (talk)
  
• Researcher meeting in the framework of Eurasia-Pacific-Uninet, Vienna, Austria, 5 November (talk)
• 43rd European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Ponta Delgada, Azores/Portugal, 8-12 September (talk & poster)
  
• CIESM workshop (n°35; "Mediterranean biogeographic indicators of global warming"), Helgoland, Germany, 28-31 May (invited scientist, talk)
• Initialisierungsworkshop Plattform Biodiversität Forschung Austria (BDFA), Nationalpark Thayatal, Austria, 14-15 April

2007

• 15th meeting of the European Platform for Biodiversity Research Strategy (EPBRS), Porto, Portugal, 7-9 November (invited Austrian scientist, poster)
• GSA Annual Meeting & Exposition, Denver, Colorado, USA, 28-31 October (poster)
• The International Conference and the 97th Annual Meeting of the Geologische Vereinigung, Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October (poster)
• 42nd European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Kiel, Germany, 27-31 August, (2 posters)
• International Symposium on Integrated Coastal Zone Management, Arendal, Norway, 11-14 June (talk)  

2006

• Marine Biology Institute, Piran, Slovenia, Oktober 2nd, (invited talk)
• 41st European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Cork, Irland, 3-10 September, (talk & 3 posters)
• 76. Jahrestagung der Paläontologischen Gesellschaft, Kiel, Germany, 28-30 August, (poster)

2005

• 40th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Vienna, Austria, 21-25 August, (2 posters) 
• Congress assistance; 40th European Marine Biology Symposium, Biocenter Althanstrasse 14; 1090 Vienna, 21-25 August 2005 (organised by Ott, Bright,
  Schiemer, Hohenegger & Zuschin)

Awards

MARS-poster award at the 42nd EMBS (European Marine Biology Symposium), Kiel, Germany, 27-31 August 2007  

Memberships

• Since 2007: Animal Behavior Society (ABS; http://www.animalbehavior.org)
• Since 2007: Pro Mare Advisor (Austrian non-profit organization to support marine science, http://www.promare.at/); Full member since 2002

Further Education

• 05-06/2008: Workshop "English in an European and International Context", Personalentwicklung, Univ. of Vienna, Austria
• 04-06/2006 Workshop “Presentations and Lectures in the University Context”, Personalentwicklung, Univ. of Vienna, Austria
• 10/2004-09/2006: Master-level studies “Landscape design & architecture“, Univ. of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria