Experts on Climate, Biodiversity and Sustainability

The PEAK experts
Researchers who conduct research in the fields of climate, biodiversity and sustainability. All experts have their own summary page with contact and key data. This list can be explored by using a full-text search.
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All experts at a glance

Anke Bock­reis

Focus: Waste Treatment and Resource Management

littering / waste treatment / urban mining / plastic waste / recycling / resource management circular economy

Bar­bara Sch­nei­der-Mun­tau

Focus: Geotechnical Engineering

landslide / mudflow / natural hazards natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention rockslide / rockfall resilience / adaptability

Bet­tina Thalinger

Focus: Molecular Animal Ecology

environmental DNA / eDNA fish / marine organisms / aquatic life biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity monitoring science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer

Bir­git Sat­tler

Focus: Microbial Ecology of Glaciers

microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction glaciers / glacier melt / glacial streams / ice arctic / antarctica / polar research science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer

Elis­a­beth Gsot­tbauer

Focus: Environmental Economics

carbon pricing / carbon offsets incentives / nudges / bonus and incentive systems business / economy / economics / market Climate policy / governance decarbonisation

Engel­bert Portenkirch­ner

Focus: Sustainable Energy Storage

battery technologies / long-term energy storage / sustainable energy storage

Esther Blanco

Focus: Sustainability Economics

public goods / resources / common pool resources incentives / nudges / bonus and incentive systems greenwashing donations business / economy / economics / market

Georg Niedrist

Focus: Aquatic Ecology

fish / marine organisms / aquatic life glaciers / glacier melt / glacial streams / ice biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring streams

Ilse Kran­ner

Focus: plants, environmental stress factors

Ivana Stiper­ski

Focus: Mountain Meteorology

atmosphere / atmospheric physics / atmospheric dynamics / atmospheric boundary layers weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence

Jan Beu­tel

Focus: High-alpine Cryosphere

permafrost rockslide / rockfall

Jana Sophie Kesen­heimer

Focus: Environmental Psychology

psychology / environmental psychology / social psychology

Johannes Rüdisser

Focus: Biodiversity

biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring ecosystem / ecosystem services insects / butterflies

Julia Kunze-Lieb­häuser

Focus: Materials and electrochemistry

battery technologies / long-term energy storage / sustainable energy storage

Jutta Kis­ter

Focus: Geographies of Sustainability

human-environment relations / human-animal relations fair trade food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets

Mar­greth Keiler

Focus: Natural Hazards

natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention landslide / mudflow / natural hazards flooding / flood protection levees / hydrology / water infrastructure / stormwater / natural hazards / extreme weather events

Mathias Rotach

Focus: Dynamic meteorology

weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence atmosphere / atmospheric physics / atmospheric dynamics / atmospheric boundary layers climate model / climate modeling air quality / air pollution / aerosols / trace gases

Michael Bahn

Focus: Ecosystems under global change

ecosystem / ecosystem services greenhouse effect / greenhouse gases soil / soil respiration / nutrient cycle

Michael Kirch­ler

Focus: Behavioral Economics

Michael Trau­gott

Focus: Biodiversity, sustainable mountain agriculture

biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring birds insects / butterflies agriculture / seeds / rural-urban linkages regarding food / agri-food-networks / mountain farming / mountain agriculture / agroecology / fruit trees environmental DNA / eDNA

Monika Mayrhofer

Focus: Human Rights/Migration

human rights impacts of climate policy gender / diversity

Nadine Prög

Focus: Soil Microbiology & Climate Crisis

microorganisms / microbial diversity / microbial life / microbial interaction food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets

Nikolina Ban

Focus: High-resolution modelling of climate 

climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research climate model / climate modeling weather / mountain weather / meteorology / turbulence

Oli­wia Murawska

Focus: anthropogenic climate change, Anthropocene, eco-effects and posthumanism

anthropocene / anthropogenic climate change / posthumanism human-environment relations / human-animal relations environmental behavior / behaviour / attitudes / affects / emotions

Peter Schön­swet­ter

Focus: Biodiversity

biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring plants / plant communities / plant protection / shrubs / seeds / alpine plants / stress response / desiccation tolerance

Rein­gard Span­nring

Focus: Environmental education, critical animal studies

anthropocene / anthropogenic climate change / posthumanism environmental education / critical animal pedagogy / life-long learning

Rike Stot­ten

Focus: Sustainable food production and consumption

agriculture / seeds / rural-urban linkages regarding food / agri-food-networks / mountain farming / mountain agriculture / agroecology / fruit trees consumer-producer-relations / consumption / production regional development / value chains / rural sociology

Robert Hof­mann

Focus: Geotechnical Engineering

flooding / flood protection levees / hydrology / water infrastructure / stormwater / natural hazards / extreme weather events natural hazard management / geotechnics / disaster management / disaster prevention

Robert Steiger

Focus: Tourism

artificial snow / tourism / winter sports

Ste­fan Mayr

Schwerpunkt: Alpine Pflanzen

tree / tree line / forest / forestry / wildfires heat waves / drought / extreme weather events plants / plant communities / plant protection / shrubs / seeds / alpine plants / stress response / desiccation tolerance science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer

Susanne Zeilinger-Migsich

Focus: Microbial communication & biofungicides

fungi / mycology / mycoparasites / fungus-fungus communication / biofungicides / molds / lichens

Thea Wiesli

Focus: sustainable development, food, inequality, environmental behavior

human-environment relations / human-animal relations regional development / value chains / rural sociology Inequality / equality / discrimination food / food studies / meat consumption / food justice / food policies / food security / sustainable diets

Ulrich Remus

Focus: Digital Society

technology / algorithmic management and control / digital transformation / digital rebound / dark side of information systems / platform economy / societal impact of information systems circular economy

Ulrike Tappeiner

Focus: Landscape Ecology

ecosystem / ecosystem services biodiversity / biodiversity crisis / species extinction / species diversity / biodiversity in mountain regions / biodiversity monitoring land use / landscape ecology / rural areas

Wolf­gang Gur­giser

Focus: Mountain research

science communication / citizen science / knowledge transfer climate / climate crisis / climate change / climate research mountains / mountain and climate research

Wolf­gang Stre­icher

Focus: Energy Efficient Building

energy transition / renewable energies / energy efficient building / solar energy
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