Michael Stachowitsch
Ph.D. - Project coordinator
Mailing Address:  Department of Marine Biology

Althanstrasse 14

1090 Vienna

Austria

Phone: ++43-1-4277 / 54457

Fax: ++43-1-4277 / 9542

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Education

     Habilitation (Univ. of Vienna), submitted April 2008: The Northern Adriatic Sea: lessons in marine 
     ecology from a "dead zone"

     Ph.D., 1980, Zoology
     University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria 

     B.Sc., 1973, Biology/Chemistry        
     University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA         

Research Interest 

  • Northern Adriatic, benthos, hypoxia/anoxia, hermit crab symbiosis
  • Sea turtles
  • Coral reefs 

Current Projects

  • 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 Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin
  • 01/009-12/2010
    ÖAD/Austrian Academic Exchange Service
    Bilateral project for "Scientific-Technical Cooperation" between Slovenia and Austria (SI 22/2009)
  • 03/2005-02/2009
    FWF project/Austrian Science Fund (AP17655-B03)
    "Oxygen crises in the North Adriatic: Effect on the structure and behaviour of the macroepibenthos"
    With Ao. Prof. Dr. M. Zuschin

Teaching               

  • 2008-1995 Advisor to 10 Master's students and 1 Doctoral student 
  • Introduction to Marine Pollution (Course held every summer semester) 
  • Coral Reef Field Course (Course held every year at Dahab, Egypt, Red Sea; with W. Waitzbauer, J. Herler, P. Zolda) 
  • Marine Turtle Field Course (Course held every summer in Turkey) 
  • Scientific Publication for Biologists (Course held every winter semester; with G. Gollmann) 
  • Management of Endangered Species (Course held every winter semester, with N. Ziegler)
  • Introduction to Marine Biology (Course held in winter semester 2007/08 with D. Abed-Navandi)    

Publications       

For complete list of publications see Main Menue: Publications

Miscellaneous     

  • Austrian Representative in the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and alternate commissioner (since 1994).
  • Book review editor: MARINE ECOLOGY: an evolutionary perspective (Blackwell Publishing) (since 2005, previously editorial assistent since 1981) 

Awards

  • 2002 “Innovation in teaching” prize, Univ. of Vienna (for “Scientific Publication for Biologists”)
  • 1992 Honorary Science Award at "Aqua Vision", International Water-Congress & Trade Fair,  Klagenfurt, Austria (for concept to combat eutrophication of the Adriatic Sea) 
  • 1990 City of Vienna Award for special achievement in the sciences
  • 1981-98 Stipends from the Austrian Ministry of Science for field work in Slovenia  (total: 13 months)
  • 1981 Award: Theodor Körner Foundation for the Advancement of Arts and Sciences (Vienna);
  • 1981 Award: Foundation of the City of Vienna for the Advancement of Science (Hochschuljubiläumsstiftung) (Projects: hermit crab symbioses)
  • 1987-2000 Invited speaker to various symposia (1986 Bologna, 1987 Cesenatico, 1990 London,  1995 Dotternhausen, 1996 Oahu, 2000 Abu Dhabi)

 
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