Biodiversity Team of the Institute for Alpine Environment

Andreas Hilpold

Project Manager | Trying to get things done… again and again

Andreas.Hilpold@eurac.edu 
T +39 0471 055 345

Chiara Paniccia

Mammologist | Fond to organize and arrange ecological data

Chiara.Paniccia@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 827

Daniele Ricaldone

Limnologist | No macroinvertebrate escapes his classification skills

daniele.ricaldone@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 942

Elia Guariento

Entomologist | He is ready for a sprint whenever a butterfly crosses his way

Elia.Guariento@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 298

Enrico Rosso

Entomologist| Loves the tiny animals in and on our soil

Enrico.Rosso@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 890

Francesca Vallefuoco

Limnologist | Loves the little creatures living in our streams

Julia Plunger

Entomologist | Digging holes in all kinds of habitats in order to catch tiny animals

Julia.Plunger@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 346

Julia Seeber

Soil Ecologist | Distinguishing between shades of brown and grey in order to give soils a name

Julia.Seeber@eurac.edu 
T +39 0471 055 318

Julia Strobl

Communication and Dissemination Assistant | Likes to share her love for nature

Julia.Strobl@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 832

Lisa Obwegs

Entomologist | Always searching for bugs and their antagonists

Lisa.Obwegs@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 307

Magdalena Vanek

Limnologist | Eagerly examines small creatures in our streams to determine the water quality

Matteo Anderle

Ornithologist | When the rest of the team is still asleep, he sacrifices his sleep to track birds

Matteo.Anderle@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 828

Michael Steinwandter

Soil Ecologist | Likes to take long hikes up and come back with a heavy load of soil

Roberta Bottarin

Limnologist | She is used to wading through icy cold streams

Roberta.Bottarin@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 313

Roberto Dellavedova

Botanist | Observes and identifies the flora that surrounds us daily

Roberto.Dellavedova@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 819

Ulrike Tappeiner

Project Leader | Makes sure that we don’t lose track

Ulrike.Tappeiner@eurac.edu 
T +39 0471 055 301

Associated scientists

Alex Bellé (I)

Mammologist | Bat ecologist… headphones are his best friends

Alexander Rief

Arachnologist | Likes to chase small invertebrates with (too) many legs and eyes

Eva Ladurner

Mammologist | When it comes to mice and bats Eva is our great support

Johannes Rüdisser

Ecologist and Biodiversity Researcher | Our butterfly monitoring expert and advisor for methodical and ecological topics

Tanja Maria Straka (D)

Urban Ecologist | Enjoys thinking about the complex interactions between people, animals, and plants in cities.

Trainees

Current Trainees

Anna Elisa Marchetti (I)

Franziska Zimmermann (D)

Giordano Brambilla (I)

Lidia Cominassi (I)

Marie Edith Claude Farget (FR)

Internship concluded

Alex Bellé (I)

Alessia Breccia (I)

Anna Katharina Lau (D)

Anouk Francine Von Meijenfeldt (NL)

Bernd Rokita (A)

Daan Gerard Curwiel (NL)

Elias Spögler (I)

Emanuele Repetto (I)

Fabian Vassanelli (I)

Francesca Corradini (I)

Francesca Rigo (I)

Felix Puff (I)

Giacomo Biziato (I)

Giacomo Imbalzano (I)

Jarek Scanferla (I)

Jennifer Lüdtke (D)

Jennifer Rossin (I)

Joseph Kiem (I)

Jonas Weißensteiner (I)

Joy Giovanni Matabishi (RW)

Julia Rosa Ladurner (I)

Julian Von Spinn (I)

Julius Hecher (A)

Katharina Engl (I)

Laura Bellentani (I)

Lisa Schweitzer (I)

Luca Frattini (I)

Ludwig Camillo Baldaszti (A)

Luca Cola (I)

Magdalena Vanek (A)

Marc Skubski (D)

Marcel Vermeulen (D)

Morgan Jaslen Scott (US)

Moritz Hinz (D)

Matilde Case (I)

Nicola Eccel (I)

Nicola Larroux (I)

Nicolò Chiappetta (I)

Quinn O’Halloran (NZ)

Sabine Brachmann (D)

Sarah Maria Gross (A)

Stefania Volani (I)

Teresa Zeni (I)

Thea Schwingshackl (I)

Thomas Holzer (A)

Tim Tony Ian Manfred Van Noort (NL)

Valentin Heimer (D)

Verena Steinkasserer (I)

Vincenzo Meola (I)

William De Grandi (I)

Former collaborators, not forgotten

Alberto Scotti

Limnologist

Florian Reichegger

Zoologist

Lisa Angelini

Botanist

Simon Stifter

Botanist

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