Univ. Doz. Dr. Georg Wohlfahrt
Biosphere-Atmosphere exchange, SVAT modelling
Curriculum Vitae
| Name: Georg Wohlfahrt Title: Univ. Doz. Dr. Mag. Date and place of birth: 24.12.1970, Innsbruck Nationality: Austria |
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| Education: | |||
| M.Sc. 1996 | Terrestrial Ecology, University of Innsbruck; Thesis: “Investigations on the aut-ecology of dominant herbaceous species from differently managed pastures in mountain areas” | ||
| Ph.D. 1999 | Terrestrial Ecology, University of Innsbruck; Dissertation: "The gas exchange of mountain grassland ecosystems as affected by land use: a simulation study scaling up from leaves to plants" | ||
| Habilitation 2004 | Terrestrial Ecology, University of Innsbruck; „The CO2, H2O and energy exchange of mountain grassland ecosystems: development and application of a soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer model” | ||
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| Positions held: | |||
| 1996-1999 | Research scientist at the Centro di Ecologia Alpina (Trento/Italy) within the frame of the EU FP 4 project ECOMONT | ||
| 1999-2000 | Research scientist at the Institute of Botany at the University of Innsbruck within the frame of the EU project INTERREG-II | ||
| 2000-2002 | Research associate at the Institute of Botany at the University of Innsbruck within the frame of the Austrian national science fund project P13963 "Development of a soil-vegetation-atmosphere-transfer (SVAT) model for | ||
| 2002-2004 | Research associate at the Institute of Botany at the University of Innsbruck within the frame of the EU FP 5 project CARBOMONT | ||
| 2004- | Associate Professor at the Institute of Botany/Ecology at the University of Innsbruck | ||
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| Acquisition of external funding (major contributions): | |||
| Austrian National Science Fund (FWF): „Development of a soil-vegetation-atmosphere- transfer (SVAT) model for simulation of mass and energy exchange in mountain grassland ecosystems” (P13963‑B03), 2000‑2003 (178.000 Euro) | |||
| EU FP5 project CARBOMONT: „Effects of land‑use changes on sources, sinks and fluxes of carbon in European mountain areas” (EVK2-CT2001-00125), 2001‑2004 (1.950.000 Euro) | |||
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| Acquisition of external funding (as PI): | |||
| Austrian National Science Fund (FWF): „A comparative analysis of the net ecosystem CO2, H2O and energy exchange of mountain meadows” (P17560‑B03), 2005-2007 (187.000 Euro) | |||
| Tyrolean Science Fund: „A comparative analysis of the net ecosystem CO2, H2O and energy exchange of mountain meadows” (UNI-404/33), 2005-2007 (15.000 Euro) | |||
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| Supervision of Students: | |||
| Past: | |||
| Ingrid Horak (Mag. 1998) | |||
| Christian Anfang (Mag. 2004) | |||
| Albin Hammerle (Mag. 2005) | |||
| Sebastian Pilloni (Mag. 2007) | |||
| Ongoing: | |||
| Mag. Alois Haslwanter (Ph.D.) | |||
| Mag. Albin Hammerle (Ph.D.) | |||
| Mag. Lukas Hörtnagl (Ph.D.) | |||
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| Reviewing (Journals): | |||
| Ecological Modelling, Global Change Biology, Journal of Geophysical Research, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Oecologia | |||
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| Teaching: | |||
| My teaching at the Institute of Botany/Ecology of the University of Innsbruck contributes mainly to two areas: i) ecological field methods and ii) the development and application of mathematical models in Ecology 1 : | |||
| ECOMONT: Measuring and modelling leaf level gas exchange (VU 1, 717.083) | SS 1998 | ||
| Training on integrated ecosystem and landscape ecology in Alpine areas (team teaching, VU 5, 717.057) | SS 1999 | ||
| Ecology field course (team teaching, PJ 5, 717.062) | SS 1999 | ||
| Modelling the gas exchange of plants and canopies (VO 2, 717.064) | SS 2000 | ||
| Ecology field course (team teaching, PJ 5, 717.067) | SS 2001 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, VU 6, 717.064) | SS 2001 | ||
| Introduction to the Ecology field course (team teaching, VO 1, 717.061) | SS 2001 | ||
| Introduction to the Ecology field course (team teaching, PJ 2, 717.062) | SS 2001 | ||
| Mathematical models in Ecology (team teaching, VU 6, 717.039) | WS 2001 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, VU 3, 717.051) | SS 2002 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, VU 6, 717.055) | SS 2002 | ||
| Ecology field course II (team teaching, PJ 6, 717.052) | SS 2002 | ||
| Ecology field course (team teaching, PJ 2, 717.062) | SS 2002 | ||
| Ecology field course II (team teaching, PJ 5, 717.052) | SS 2003 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology I (team teaching, VU 6, 717.055) | SS 2003 | ||
| Ecology field course (team teaching, PJ 2, 717.062) | SS 2003 | ||
| Mathematical models in Ecology (team teaching, VU 6, 717.048) | WS 2003 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, VU 3, 717.041) | SS 2004 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, VU 6, 717.018) | SS 2004 | ||
| Ecology field course II (team teaching, PJ 5, 717.042) | SS 2004 | ||
| Ecology field course I (team teaching, PJ 2, 717.010) | SS 2005 | ||
| Ecology field course II (team teaching, PJ 5, 717.042) | SS 2005 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, PS 3, 717.041) | SS 2005 | ||
| Mathematical models in Ecology (team teaching, VU 4, 717.017) | WS 2006 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, VU 6, 717.048) | WS 2006 | ||
| Experimental methods in Ecology (team teaching, VU 3, 717.041) | SS 2006 | ||
| Ecology field course I (team teaching, PJ 2, 717.009) | SS 2006 | ||
| Ecology field course II (team teaching, PJ 5, 717.042) | SS 2006 | ||
| 1)WS ... winter term, SS ... summer term, VO ... lecture, VU ... combined lecture/practical class, PJ ... field course | |||