ANDREASANATOLRICHTER
UniversityofVienna
DepartmentofMicrobiologyandEcosystemScience
ResearchInitiativeChemistrymeetsMicrobiology
Althanstraße14,A-1090Vienna,Austria
Ph:+431427776660—andreas.richter@univie.ac.at
http:/dmes.univie.ac.at
AustrianPolarResearchInstitute—DivisionofPolarEcology
Ph:+4369917172287—andreas.richter@polarresearch.at
http:/www.polarresearch.at
AcademicQualifications
• Habilitation(Univ.-Doz.)for“PhysiologyandEcologyofPlants”
07/2000
07/1989
10/2011-ongoing
01/2013-12/2016
10/2010-09/2014
(Thesis:PhysiologyandMetabolismofPlantInositolO-Methyl-Ethers)
• Ph.D.(Major:Botany,Minor:Geology)
StudiesofBotanyandGeologyattheUniversityofVienna1982-1989
(Thesistitle:OsmoticallyactivesolutesintheMistletoeViscumalbumL.)
EmploymentsandAppointments
• FullProfessor(EcosystemScience)
DepartmentofMicrobiologyandEcosystemScience
HeadofTerrestrialEcosystemsDivision
• ScientificDirector
AustrianPolarResearchInstitute,Vienna,Austria
• ViceDean(ResearchandStrategicDevelopment)
FacultyofLifeSciences,UniversityofVienna
01/2011-07/2011
01/2005–09/2011
• HonoraryProfessor(levelE,principlefellow)attheSchoolofForestand 2006-2009
• VisitingProfessor(researchfellow)attheSchoolofEarthand
Environment,UniversityofWesternAustralia,Perth,Australia
• AssociateProfessor
DepartmentofChemicalEcology&EcosystemResearch,
UniversityofVienna
EcosystemScience,UniversityofMelbourne,Australia
2000-2005
1990-2000
05/1996-10/1996
• UniversityofBremen,InstituteofMarineBotany,Germany(Prof.G.Kirst)
03/1995-04/1995
• AssociateProfessor
InstituteofEcologyandConservationBiology,UniversityofVienna
• UniversityAssistant/AssistantProfessor
InstituteofPlantPhysiology,UniversityofVienna
PostdoctoralandResearchFellowships
• UniversityofQueensland,Brisbane,Australia(Prof.G.R.Stewart)
“Nitrogenstatusandphotosyntheticcapacityofhigherplants”
DAAD-Fellowship“Icealgae:roleofcyclitolsinstressadaptation”
• DynamacCorporation,Florida,USA(Dr.B.Drake)
JointNASA/Smithonianproject;“Theroleofpolyolsinthecarbon
metabolismofQuercusspeciesunderelevatedCO2”
06/1994-10/1994
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ProfessionalActivities
(a)Leadership
• AustrianRepresentativetotheEuropeanPolarBoard
• MemberoftheManagingBoardofCCCA
(ClimateChangeCentreAustria)
2003-ongoing
2015-ongoing
• MemberoftheAustrianNationalCommissiononBiologicalDiversity
2014-ongoing
2015-ongoing
2015-ongoing
2010-2014
2010-2013
2009-2013
2008-2013
“MolecularStructuresasDriversandTracersofTerrestrialCarbonFluxes”
• ScientificAdvisoryCounseloftheEUFP7ERA-NETProgramEUROPOLAR 2005-2009
• MemberoftheGeneralAssemblyoftheEU-PolarNet
(aHorizon2020CoordinationAction)
• AustrianRepresentativetotheTerrestrialWorkingGroupofthe
InternationalArcticScienceCommittee(IASC)
• SpeakerResearchFocus“GlobalChangeBiology”
FacultyofLifeSciences,UniversityofVienna
• CoordinatoroftheEUPolarCLIMATENetworkCryoCARB
“Long-termCarbonStorageinCryoturbatedArcticSoils”
• ManagementBoardoftheEUCOSTActionES0806SIBAE
“StableIsotopesinBiosphere-Atmosphere-EarthSystemResearch”
• ScientificSteeringCommitteeoftheESFProgramMOLTER
“EuropeanPolarConsortium”
• Speaker/CoordinatorFWFNationalResearchNetworkMICDIF“Linking
2006-2009
2002-2010
2010-2012
2002-2007
2004-2011
MicrobialDiversityandFunctionsAcrossScalesandEcosystems”
• ChairScientificSteeringCommittee
“AustrianSocietyforLong-TermEcologicalResearch”
• SpeakerResearchFocus“MicrobialEcosystems”
FacultyofLifeSciences,UniversityofVienna
• ScientificSteeringCommitteeoftheESFProgramSIBAE
“StableIsotopesinBiospheric-AtmosphericExchange”
• PresidentoftheStableIsotopeNetworkAustria
(b)UniversityService
• ViceDean(ResearchandStrategicDevelopment),FacultyofLifeSciences
10/2010-09/2014
• MemberFacultyExecutiveTeam(QualityManagement),FacultyofLifeSciences
10/2008-09/2010
• ViceHead,CoreFacilityforAdvancedIsotopeResearchinLifeSciences
2010-2014
• ViceHead,DepartmentofChemicalEcology&EcosystemResearch
2005-2009
• Co-ChairoftheSenateWorkingGroup“MasterofEnvironmentalScience”
• MemberoftheSenateWorkingGroup“MasterEcologyandEcosystems”
2009-2011
2010-2012
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(c)Reviewing
• ReviewerforJournals(amongstothers):
AnnalsofBotany;Arctic,AntarcticandAlpineResearch;AppliedSoilEcology;Biogeochemistry;
Biogeosciences;BiotechnologyanBioengineering;CarbohydrateResearch;Ecology;EcologyLetters,
EnvironmentalMicrobiology;FunctionalPlantBiology;GlobalChangeBiology;JournalofExperimental
Botany;NatureGeoscience;NatureCommunication;NewPhytologist;Oecologia;Planta;PlantPhysiology;
PlantPhysiologyandBiochemistry;PNAS,Phytochemistry;PhysiologiaPlantarum;PlantandSoil;Polar
Biology;RapidCommunicationsinMassSpectrometry;SeedScienceResearch;SoilBiologyandBiochemistry;
TreePhysiology.
• ReviewerforGrants:
ERC–EuropeanResearchCouncil
NSF–NationalScienceFoundation(USA)
USDA–NationalResearchInitiativeCompetitiveGrantProgram(USA)
DFG–DeutscheForschungsgemeinschaft(Germany)
Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft(Germany)
FWO-TheResearchFoundation–Flanders(Belgium)
NWO–NetherlandsOrganisationforScientificResearch
ESF–EuropeanScienceFoundation(France)
AlexandervonHumboldtStiftung(Germany)
(d)OrganisationofMeetings,Workshops,Schools
• CryoCARBVulnerabilityWorkshop
Vienna,September2013
• Organiser/ConvenoroftheInternationalSIBAESpringSchool
“StableIsotopesinEcology”;Vienna,April2007
• OrganiseroftheStableIsotopeNetworkAustriaMeeting2007
Vienna,December2007
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• Co-Organiserofthe6 AustrianStableIsotopeUserGroupMeeting.Vienna,November2005
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• Co-Organiserofthe1 JointEuropeanStableIsotopeMeeting
JESIUM;Vienna,August/September2004.
• RapporteurCANADA-EUWorkshop:EnvironmentalAssessment,ClimateChange
ResearchandPolicyImplicationsintheArctic.Brussels,Belgium,April2004
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• Organiserofthe1 AustrianLTERWorkshop
Vienna,October2002
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• Organiserofthe3 VienneseWorkshoponStableIsotopesin
BiologicalandEnvironmentalResearch.Vienna,November2001
• OrganiseroftheWorkshop“EcologyofGlacierForelands”
Vienna,January2000.
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GrantsandFunding
Externalfundingforprojects(excludinginfrastructuregrants)>€2.9Million
(a)ResearchandEducationProjects
• COUP–Constraininguncertaintiesinthepermafrost-climatefeedback.
2015-2017
2016-2018
JPIClimate(EuropeanResearchArea,JointProgrammingInitiative),
ProjectCoordinator:GustafHugelius,UniversityofStockholm
PIofAustrianProjectPart:€154,000
• ClimGrassC–Grasslandcarbondynamicsinachangingclimate
co-PI(PIMichaelBahn,UniversityofInnsbruck)
FWFP28572:€415,000
• EU-PolarNet– Horizon2020CoordinationAction.
2015-2020
EUBG-15-2014,PIofAustrianProjectPart:€35,000
• MicrobialNitrogenCycling-FromSingleCellstoEcosystems
FWFGraduateProgram;PIofprojectpart
2016-2019
• MicrON–EnvironmentalControlsofMicrobialOrganicNitrogen
2015-2017
cyclinginSoils.
Co-PI(PIWolfgangWanek):FWFP28037,€446,000
2010-2015
2010-2014
2006-2010
• MYCOR–ANovelMycorrhiza-likeMutualisticInteractionbetweenFungi 2011-2013
• CryoCARB–Long-termCarbonStorageinCryoturbatedArcticSoils.
LeaderoftheCryoCARBNetwork(ESF–PolarCLIMATE),withtotal
fundingof>1.6Mio€
PIofAustrianProjectPart:FWFI370-B17,€285,000
• CLIMEX–ClimateExtremesandGrasslandCarbonDynamics
co-PI,FWFP22214-B17,€377,000
• MICDIF–LinkingMicrobialDiversityandFunctionsAcrossScalesand
Ecosystems.LeaderoftheFWFNationalResearchNetworkwithatotal
fundingof>2.2Mio€.
PIofIP1,FWFS10001-B17,Budget:€267,000(incl.start-upfunding)
Co-PIofIP6,FWFS100-07,Budget:€170,000
andShootsoftheMyrmecophyticOrchidCaularthronbilamellatum
Co-PI,FacultyofLifeSciences,Budget:€15,000
• RELIS–ResourceLimitationofMicrobialDecompositionofsoilorganic
2006-2009
2008
2007-2008
matter.
PI,FWFP18495-B03,Budget:€359,000
• FERMAP–EnvironmentalResearch,Monitoring&Assessment
Programme:PilotStudy.
Co-PI,AustrianAcademyofSciences;Budget:€10,000
• BIPOLAR–BildungsinitiativePolarforschung-LernenundForschen
Co-PI,FederalMinistryofScience,Budget:€69,500
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2005-2007
2006-2009
2005-2007
2007
2005-2006
2002-2006
2001-2004
• LTER-Austria:Long-TermEcologicalResearchNetwork,AustrianNetwork 2000-2003
• LTSER-Eisenwurzen–IntegratedModellingofSocialandEcological
MaterialandMatterFlows.
Co-PI,ProVision(FederalMinistryofScience),Budget:€275,000
• ECOCATCH–Understandingtheeffectsofglobalchangeonecosystem
processesandservicesatcatchmentscale
Co-PI,GovernmentofLowerAustria,Budget:€264,500
• Phyllo-N–Nitrogenuptakeinthephyllosphereoftwoforeststands.
PI,AustrianEnvironmentalAgency;Budget:€20,500
• SIBEA–StableIsotopesinEcology(Hands-OnSpringSchool)
PI,EuropeanScienceFoundation;Budget:€50,000
• Metabolomicsandmatterflowinplant-microbeinteractions
Co-PI,HochschuljubiläumsstiftungderStadtWien,Budget:€4,500
• RAFFSEED–Raffinoseoligosaccharidesinseedgermination
PI,FWFP16150-B07,Budget:€181,500
• NitPROD–GlobalWarmingandTundraEcosystems:Interactionof
NitrogenCyclingandEcosystemProductivity.
PI,AustrianAcademyofSciences(IGBP-25/2001),Budget:€108,000
ofEnvironmentalResearch
PI,BMWF(FederalMinistryofScience);Budget:€100,000
• GALACC–OligosaccharideAccumulationinLegumeSeeds
1999-2002
1996-1999
PI,FWFP13955-B06,Budget:€150,000
• CYCGAL–PhysiologyandMetabolismofCyclitolGalactosidesinSeeds
PI,FWFP10917-BIO:Budget:€87,000
1994-1996
1991-1993
• Effectsofclimatechangeonthecarboncyclinginalpinemeadowsinthe 2007-2010
• MechanismofO-Methyl-InositolAccumulationunderDroughtStress.
PI,FWFP09595-BIO,Budget:€65,000
• AccumulationandFunctionofCyclitolsinHemiparasiticMistletoes
PI,FWF,Budget:€14,000
(b)ExchangeProjects(selection)
TibetPlateau(OeAD-AustrianExchangeService,WTZ)
Cooperationpartners:Prof.Ouyang,Dr.Xu(ChineseAcademyof
Sciences;Beijing,China)
• Long-TermChangesinHumidMountainEcosystemsinSiberia:Causes
2005-2007
2002-2003
andConsequences(OeAD-AustrianExchangeService,WTZ)
Cooperationpartner:Dr.NikolayLashchinskiy(RussianAcademyof
Sciences,SiberianBranch,Akademgorodok,RussianFederation)
• Soilorganicmatterdevelopmentinaglacierforeland:establishinga
modelsystemforstudiesofecologicalsuccession(BritishCouncil)
Cooperationpartner:Dr.RolandBol(IGER,NorthWyke,U.K.)
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• Nitrogendynamicsinarcticandalpineecosystemsalongalatitudinaland 2000-2003
altitudinaltransect(OeAD-AustrianExchangeService,WTZ)
Cooperationpartner:Dr.PavelBarsukov(RussianAcademyofSciences,
SiberianBranch,Novosibirsk,RussianFederation)
(c)InfrastructureProjects
• VariousinfrastructureprojectasPIandCo-PIwithatotalvolumeof
2.35Mio€duringtheyears2002-2014,including4IRMSsystemsfor
compoundspecificisotopework,aLC-Orbitrap,apyr-GC/MS,2ion
chromatographyunits,etc.
• TogetherwithM.Wagnerresponsiblefortherealizationand
establishmentoftheVienneseNanoSIMSfacility(total2.45Mio€).
Publications
• ResearcherID:D-8483-2012
Fullpublicationlistandcitationrecordsavailableat
http://www.researcherid.com/rid/D-8483-2012
• ORC-ID:0003-3282-4808
Publicationscanalsobeviewedat
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3282-4808
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• 149peer-reviewedpublicationsinISI(7 November2015);includingNature(2x),Science(1x),
PNAS(4x),NatureGeoscience(1x),NatureCommunication(1x),EcologyLetters(2x)
• 75publicationsofpeer-reviewedpublicationssince2010.
>90%ofpublicationsintheTop25%ofeachISIsubjectcategorysince2010
(Q1;ISIJournalCitationReports2014)
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• ISIWebofKnowledge(07 November2015)forAndreasRichter:
Totalcitations:~4,800;Citationsin2014>850;Averagecitationsperarticle:~33
Hirsch-Index:37(ISIWebofScience)
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InvitedLectures
2015
• MicrobialcarbonuseefficiencyandPcycling
14.01.2015
05.06.2015
13.06.2015
UArcticAnnualMeeting,Ulan-Ude,Russia
• CUEandNUEofmicrobialcommunities:Conceptsandemergingtechniques
13.08.2015
28.09.2015
Imbalance-PKickoffMeeting,Barcelona,Spain
• Microbialprocessesandbiogeochemistry
UniversityofStockholm,Sweden
• TheAustrianPolarResearch
EcologicalSocietyofAmericaMeeting,Baltimore,USA
• Microbes,NutrientsandClimateChange COSTActionMeetingClimani,Poznan,Poland
2014
13.05.2014
• Decompositionoforganicmatterarcticpermfrostsoils(KeyNoteLecture).
22.09.2014
• WhatControlsDecompositionofOrganicMatterinPermafrostSoils?
CarbonPoolsinPermafrostRegions,Conference,Stockholm,Sweden.
PolarEcologyConference,CeskeBudejovice,CzechRepublic.
• Whyissoilorganicmattersopersistentinpermafrostsoils?Colloquium
17.11.2014
ETHZürich,EnvironmentalSystemScience,Switzerland.
• CarbonandNutrientLimitationofMicrobialDecompositionofOrganic
18.12.2014
MatterinPermafrostSoils.AGUFallMeeting(Session:Vulnerabilityof
PermafrostCarbontoClimateChange),SanFrancisco,USA
09.12.2014
• Whatcontrolsthedecompositionoforganicmatterinpermafrostsoils?
HawkesburyInstitutefortheEnvironment,UniversityofWesternSydney,
Australia
09.09.2013
06.06.2013
20.05.2013
27.09.2011
19.04.2011
2004-2013
• Primingofsoilorganicmatterdecompositioninpermafrostsoil.
Workshoponprimingofsoilorganiccarbon,Copenhagen,Denmark.
• Long-termCarbonStorageinCryoturbatedArcticSoils
PolarCLIMATEMeeting,Barcelona,Spain.
• Howcanwemeasuremicrobialprocessratesinsoil?
ChallengesintheApplicationsofStableIsotopesAcrossDisciplinesand
Scales,Wroclaw,Poland.
• Microbialelementuseefficienciesandthestoichiometryof
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mineralizationprocesses.27 NewPhytologistSymposium:
Stoichiometricflexibilityinterrestrialecosystemsunderglobalchange.
• StoichiometricandintrinsiccontrolsofmicrobialNandPcycling.
SchoolofEarth&Environment,UniversityofWesternAustralia.
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14.10.2010
21.04.2009
19.05.2009
19.02.2009
11.2008
14.07.2008
18.07.2008
18.09.2007
• Belowgroundplant-microbeinteractionsandecosystemprocesses:from 12.2007
• Stablecarbonisotopeanalysisoflow-molecular-weightcarbohydrates:
thestateoftheart.WorkshoponCompoundSpecificIsotopeAnalysis
andPost-PhotosyntheticFractionation.Barcelona,Spain.
• Theeffectoftreegirdlingonbelowgroundprocesses.
InstituteofPlantSciences,ETHZürich,Switzerland.
• TheArcticCarbonCycle.
NaturhistorischesMuseum,Vienna,Austria.
• Linkingmicrobialdiversityandfunctionsacrossscalesandecosystems,
FederalResearchCentreforForestsandLandscape,Vienna,Austria.
• Cryoturbationsandlong-termCstorageinArcticsoils.
PolarSymposium,Peyer-WeyprechtGesellschaft,Innsbruck,Austria.
• Effectsofplantcarboninputonsoilmicrobialcommunitiesand
ecosystemprocesses,UniversityofKyoto,Japan
• Effectsofplantcarboninputonsoilmicrobialcommunitiesand
ecosystemprocesses,UniversityofTokyo,Japan
• Belowgroundplant-microbeinteractions:lessonsfromabeechgirdling
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experiment.4 InternationalSymposiumonPhysiologicalProcessesin
WoodyRoots(SatelliteMeeting).Bangor,U.K.
temperateforeststoarctictundra.BOKUUniversity,Vienna,Austria
01.2007
• GlobalChangeinArcticandAlpineEcosystems.Interactionofecosystem 02.2007
• DasEndedersibirischenKälte?Klimafolgenforschungindersibirischen
Arktis.Zoologisch-BotanischeGesellschaft,Vienna,Austria
productivityandCandNcycling.UniversityofMelbourne,Australia
04.2006
21.04.2005
17.11.2004
15.11.2004
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• Natural NAbundanceofPlantsandSoilsattheAlpine-NivalEcotonein 10.07.2003
• Ecologicalapplicationsofionchromatography.
ICFachtagung,Vienna,Austria.
• SoilOrganicMatterDevelopmentandNutrientCycling.
InstituteofGeography,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Bejing,China
• SoilOrganicMatterDevelopmentandNutrientCyclinginaGlacier
Foreland.MaxPlanckInstituteforBiogeochemistry,Jena,Germany
• IsotopicCompositionofStarchAnalysedbyα-AmylaseDigestion.
SIBAEWorkshoponIsotopesinCarbohydrates,Germany
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theAustrianAlps.4 ConferenceonBiochemistry,Ecophysiologyand
PopulationBiologyofAlpineandPolarPlants,Trins,Austria,
• NitrogenmineralizationattheOedenwinkelkeesGlacierForeland.
08.07.2003
04.2003
16.04.2002
NERCMeetingon“SoilOrganicMatterDevelopment”,Glasgow,U.K.
• GlobalWarmingandArcticEcosystems.
AustrianAcademyofSciences,Vienna,Austria.
• RaffinoseOligosaccharidesandCyclitolGalactosidesinSeeds.
UniversityofAgriculture,Piracaba,SaoPaulo,Brazil.
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• BiosynthesisofRFOinSeeds.
08.04.2002
16.05.2002
InstituteofBotany,UniversityofSaoPaolo,Brazil,
• InductionofRaffinoseOligosaccharideSynthesisbyAbscisicAcidin
SomaticEmbryosofMedicagosativa.VIIInternationalWorkshoponSeed
Biology,Salamanca,Spain.
• RaffinoseOligosaccharidesinSeeds:Whatweknowandwhatwedon't
12.2002
know.PlantForum,UniversityofZürich,Switzerland.
Teaching
(a)CourseDevelopment
• MasterinEnvironmentalSciences
IhaveinitiatedanewjointMastercurriculumbetweentheFacultyofLifeSciencesandtheFacultyofEarth
Sciencesin2005foraninterdisciplinarycurriculuminenvironmentalstudies,whichfinallyledtothe
developmentoftheEnglishMastercurriculumfor“EnvironmentalSciences”inOctober2011.
• MasterEcologyandEcosystems
Iwasco-chairingtheworkinggroupfortheMastercurriculumEcologyandEcosystems.TheMasterstarted
inOctober2014.
(b)Courses
Averageteachingloadof9.5and11.5hoursaweekinthewintertermansummerterm,respectively
attheBachelorandMasterlevel(seecoursedirectoryonlineattheUniversityofViennafordetails.
• BachelorBiology
o Ecology
o PlantSciences
• MasterEcology&Ecosystems
• MasterEnvironmentalSciences
(c)InternationalCourses
• InternationalESFMOLTERSummerSchool
“Molecularandstructuralcomplexityofsoilorganicmatterformationandturnover”,25-30March2012,TU
Munich,Freising-Weihenstephan,Germany
Lecturer(Effectsofplantsonsoilorganicmatterdecomposition)
• MarieCurie-iLEAPSTrainingCourse
“Integratedmeasurementsoverlandecosystematmosphereboundaries”,7-12May2007,Universityof
Helsinki,Hyytiäläfieldstation,Finland
Lecturer(StableIsotopesinEcology)
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• InternationalSIBAESpringSchool
“StableIsotopesinEcology”,2-13April2007,UniversityofVienna,Austria.Organiser/Convenor/Lecturer.
• JointNitroEurope/ESFNinESummerSchool
“Methodstostudymicrobialnitrogenturnoverandtheformationofgreenhousegases”,2-13October2006,
FederalResearchandTrainingCentreforForests,NaturalHazardsandLandscape,Vienna,Austria
Lecturer(TheUseofStableIsotopesinEcology)
• JointInternationalStableIsotopeCourse
TechnicalUniversityMunich,GermanyandUniversityofSouthernBohemia,CzechRepublic,
(23.-29.April2006and24.-25.April08),UniversityofSouthBoehmia,Budejovice,CzechRepublic.
Lecturer(NitrogenIsotopesinSoilsandEcosystems)
• UniversityCourse
“Gas-chromatographymassspectrometryoflow-molecular-weightcarbohydratesandpolyols”
3-12April2002,UniversityofSaoPaulo,Brazil.Lecturer.
(d)Ph.D.andMasterStudents
Ihavesupervisedatotalof64students(bachelor,diploma,masterandPh.D.level)since2001,
57ofwhichhavealreadysuccessfullycompletedtheirstudies.
IcurrentlyhaveonePostDoc,threePhDstudents(oneco-supervision)and5Masterstudents.