DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

AUHSER Alexander 

E-Mail: Alexander Auhser

Project: Hydrological and biological interactions in high alpine ecosystem under specific focus of hydropower production 

Supervisor: Wolfram Graf, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

BASOOMA Anthony

E-Mail: Anthony Basooma

Project: Modeling biodiversity patterns in relation to network connectivity in European streams, rivers, and deltas

Supervisor: Thomas Hein, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environmen

BYEKWASO Flavia

E-Mail: Flavia Byekwaso 

Project: The impact of wastewater discharge on greenhouse gas fluxes and carbon storage in a tropical riverine wetland: Lubigi wetland Kampala, Uganda 

Supervisor: Thomas Hein, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

CANET-MARTÍ Alba

E-Mail: Alba Canet-Martí

Project: Tracer tests and numerical models as a means to support better management of small agricultural catchments

Supervisor: Günter Langergraber, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

GITTO Aurora

E-Mail: Aurora Gitto 

Project: Improving the identification of waterborne bacteria in Austrian groundwater using MALDI-TOF-MS

Supervisor: Thomas Ertl, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

HÖVEL Adriane  

E-Mail: Adriane Hövel 

Project: Towards repeatable catchment experiments: Influence of hydro-meteorological variables on the runoff response at the catchment scale

Supervisor: Christine Stumpp, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

JUNGER Lena 

E-Mail: Lena Junger 

Project: Culture of Risk in Spatial Planning 

Supervisor: Gernot Stöglehner, Department of of Landscape, Spatial and Infrastructure Sciences

KEARNEY Katharina

E-Mail: Katharina Kearney

Project: Urban Stormwater Management in the face of Extreme Events and Failure Incidents - Using Systems Thinking and Participatory Methods to Inform Management Decisions and Enhance Resilience

Supervisor: Thomas Ertl, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

KAMINSKY Eva 

E-Mail: Eva Kaminsky

Project: The impact of water temperature increase on water quality in urban shallow groundwater bodies 

Supervisor: Christine Stumpp, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

MERL Kevin

E-Mail: Kevin Merl

Project: Impact of hydropower on river morphology and juvenile fish in Alpine river systems

Supervisor: Stefan Schmutz, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

PASTER Michael 

E-Mail: Michael Paster 

Project: Fluvial sediment budget out of balance. An effect of climate change and anthropogenic influence on rivers

Supervisor: Christoph Hauer, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

STERN Philipp 

E-Mail: Philipp Stern

Project: Climate Change Adaptation Through the Use of Captured Urban Streams Supported by Nature-Based Stormwater Management

Supervisor: Thomas Ertl, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

TÓTH Márton 

E-Mail: Márton Tóth 

Project: Long-Term impacts of the agricultural management systems on soil degradation and hydrological processes

Supervisor: Christine Stumpp, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

TÜRK Hatice

E-Mail: Hatice Türk

Project: Towards repeatable catchment experiments (REPEAT) An advanced understanding of catchment water transit times under varying hydrometeorological conditions 

Supervisor: Christine Stumpp, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

BALDAN Damiano

Project within HR21:

Modeling multi-scaled effectiveness of nature based solutions in river systems

Supervisor: Thomas Hein, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

EDER Markus 

Project within HR21:
Floodplains and their importance for flood risk reduction, ecology and socio-economics 

Supervisor: Helmut Habersack, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

FLÖDL Peter

Project within HR21:
Effects of climate change on tolerance levels of river sediment contamination induced by point and nonpoint sources

Supervisor: Christoph Hauer, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

ONDIEK Risper Ajwang' 

Project within HR21:
Influence of land use/cover change on provisioning and regulating ecosystem services in a papyrus wetland in the Lake Victoria Basin in Kenya 

Supervisor: Thomas Hein, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

PUCHER Bernhard

Project within HR21:
Vertical greening systems as a technology to enhance greywater reuse in the built environment

Supervisor: Günter Langergraber, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

PUCHER Matthias

Project within HR21:
Organic carbon cycling in streams: process understanding and impacts of agriculture and droughts

Supervisor: Thomas Hein, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

SIMPERLER Lena

Project within HR21:
An Interdisciplinary Planning Process for Stormwater Management on a River Catchment Scale - Using Modelling as a Tool

Supervisor: Thomas Ertl, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment

TSCHIKOF Martin 

Project within HR21:
Effects of floodplain restoration on nutrient retention and ecosystem services on reach and catchment scale 

Supervisor: Thomas Hein, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment 

WANG Cong

Project within HR21:
The partitioning and processes of reactive nitrogen emissions under scenarios of anthropogenic changes in agricultural watersheds

Supervisor: Karsten Schulz, Department of Water - Atmosphere - Environment