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Personnel

Organigram

Administration

phone number +43 512507 -*                                                     

Name	Position	E-Mail	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	E-Mail	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	E-Mail
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
Natalia Gogoleva	Aquatic evolutionary ecology	natalia.gogoleva@uibk.ac.at	50248
Maja Ilic	Eco-Evolutionary dynamics	maja.ilic@uibk.ac.at	50266
Tim Maes	Eco-Evolutionary dynamics	tim.maes@uibk.ac.at	50216
Alexandra Pitt	Environmental microbiology	alexandra.pitt@uibk.ac.at	50245
Aleksei Potekhin	Ciliate ecology and taxonomy	aleksei.potekhin@uibk.ac.at
Thomas Pröschold	Algal ecology and taxonomy	Thomas.Proeschold@uibk.ac.at	50266
Manfred Schartl	Molecular & Cytogenetic Evolution of Asexual Aquatic Organisms	phch1@biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de	50204
Vladimir Trifonov	Comparative genomics	vladimir.trifonov@uibk.ac.at	50204

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Diploma/masters and PhD students

Name	thesis	Position	E-Mail	phone extension
Dominique Damay	MSc	Ecology of freshwater fish	dominique.damay@uibk.ac.at
Laura Domenig	MSc	Ciliate ecology and taxonomy	laura.domenig@student.uibk.ac.at
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
Loay Hussein	PhD	Molecular ecology and physiology of algae	loay.hussein@uibk.ac.at
Jessica Kannler	MSc	Algal ecology and taxonomy	Jessica.Kannler@student.uibk.ac.at
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
Kristin Kuntz	MSc	Molecular ecology and ecophysiology of algae	Kristin.Kuntz@student.uibk.ac.at
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
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
Ekaterina Shcherbakova	MSc	Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics
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
Flipos Engdaw Woldeab	PhD	Molecular ecology and ecophysiology of algae

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Technicians (incl. third party funded)

Name	Position	E-Mail	phone extension
Martin Bogner	Building services engineering (part time)	martin.bogner@uibk.ac.at
Clem Carle	Lab. technician, Eco-evolutionary dynamics (part time)	clem.carle@uibk.ac.at	51647
Jana Hüller	Lab. technician, Aquatic Evolutionary Ecology	jana.hueller@uibk.ac.at	50256
Philip Kerschbaumer	Lab. technician, Ecology of freshwater fish (part time)	philip.kerschbaumer@uibk.ac.at	50261
Ulrike Koll	Ciliate ecology and taxonomy (part time)	ulrike.koll@uibk.ac.at	50254
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
Réka Somogyi	Lab. technician, Eco-evolutionary dynamics & Experimental Evolutionary Ecology	reka.somogyi@uibk.ac.at	50209
Anna Mayer	Guest rooms and sanitary facilities (part time)

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Communication and science outreach

Name	Position	E-Mail	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	E-Mail	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
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
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
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
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
Patrick Kaspar	MSc(FH)/Weisse	2017
Andrea Huemer	MSc/Hahn	2016
Sarah Gugele	MSc/Wanzenböck	2016
Nadja Straubinger-Gansberger	PhD/Kurmayer	2015
Geoffrey Ong´ondo	PhD/Sonntag, Boenigk	2014
Daniela Pöll	MSc/Sonntag	2014
Veronika Ostermaier	PhD/Kurmayer	2014
Kathrin Böhm	MSc/Wanzenböck	2014
Manuel Deinhardt	MSc/Lamatsch, Taskinen	2013
Birgit Gröschl	MSc/Weisse	2013
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
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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