Personal profile

Research interests

- geodynamics and basin formation in mountain belts

- geo-events and past global change

- cyclostratigraphy and isotope stratigraphy

- computer modelling and simulation in sedimentology and stratigraphy

Administrative duties

since 2015 deputy head Department for Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna

2005 – 2007 Head of Department for Geodynamics and Sedimentology, University of Vienna

2008 Head of Earth Sciences unit

numerous other University, Faculty, departmental and study program offices and committees in recent years, active member of the Works Council (Betriebsrat) since 2011

Organisation of academic events

Sediment’96; Carpathian-Balkan-Geological Association 1998; International Cretaceous Symposium 2000; CHRONOS Paleogeography Workshop 2005; Session-Convener EGU 2005-2013; Pangeo Austria 2008; Beyond 2013 - the Future of European Scientific Drilling Research 2009.

Editorial work

Editor-in-Chief of the Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences (SCI Journal Impact Factor 0.733), Member of the Editorial Board of Geologica Carpathica and Geoscience Frontiers

Memberships

Member of the "Working Group on the Anthropocene" and Vice-Chair of the Cretaceous Subcommission, International Commission on Stratigraphy (IUGS), EAG (Eutopean Association of Geochemistry), IAS (International Association of Sedimentologists), SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), EAGE (European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers), INA (International Nannoplankton Association), GV (Geologische Vereinigung), ÖGG (Austrian Geological Society) and other Austrian societies, deputy head of the Vienna Anthropocene Network.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action
  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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