Professional Experience

• from 2021
  Partner of HyFish GmbH, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA

• from 2013
  Partner of Airborne Hydromapping GmbH, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA

• from 2007
  University of Innsbruck, Unit of Hydraulic Engineering, AUSTRIA
  Full professor

• from 2000
  Free-lance consultant and expert in hydraulic engineering

• 2000 - 2007
  Technical University of Munich, Laboratory of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, GERMANY
  Manager and academic Director of the Laboratory

• 1993 - 2000
  Technical University of Munich, Chair of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, GERMANY
  Research engineer

• 1993 - 1997
  Technical University of Munich, Chair of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, GERMANY
  Research assistant

Academic Qualification (Technical University of Munich, Chair of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering)

• 2000
  Habilitation, Venia Docendi for "Hydraulic Engineering"
  Post-doctoral Thesis “Distributed Fibre Optic Temperature Measurement in Dam Engineering”

• 1990 - 1996
  Postgraduate Studies in Engineering Sciences
  PhD Thesis “Earth Pressure Cells in Embankment Dams”

• 1985 - 1990
  Diploma Studies in Civil Engineering

Research Interests (listed in alphabetical order)

• Airborne laser bathymetry
• Dam construction and dam safety
• Ecologically-oriented hydropower
• Hydropower
• Hydraulic model tests
• Fish protection
• River engineering and sediment transport
• Standing surfe waves

Current Teaching Activities (regularly organized and given courses at UIBK) 

Bachelor Program "Civil and Environmental Engineering"

• Hydraulic Engineering (2.5 ECTS)

Master Program "Environmental Engineering"

• Dams(2.5 ECTS)
• Hydro Power Plants (2.5 ECTS)
• River Engineering and Dams(2.5 ECTS)

Doctoral Program "Engineering Sciences"

• Seminar for Doctoral Students (2.5 ECTS)
• Thematic Specialization: Hydraulic Engineering - Fieldwork, Model Scale Tests and Numerical Modeling (2.5 ECTS)

Elective Module "Sustainability"

• Sustainable Resource Use - green and blue cities and communities in mountain environments (ring lecture)