Biodiversity Team of the Institute for Alpine Environment

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

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

Elia Guariento

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

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

Andreas Hilpold

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

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

Lisa Obwegs

Entomologist | Always on the lookout and ready if a wild bee comes into her line of sight

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

Chiara Paniccia

Mammologist | Fond to organize and arrange ecological data

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

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

Silvia Poponessi

Bryologist | Has the necessary intuition to examine the smallest mosses

Silvia.Poponessi@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 788

Emanuele Repetto

Entomologist| Not only does he have extensive knowledge of butterfly species, but also of grasshoppers.

emanuele.repetto@eurac.edu
T +39 0471 055 886

Daniele Ricaldone

Limnologist | No macroinvertebrate escapes his classification skills

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

Enrico Rosso

Entomologist| Loves the tiny animals in and on our soil

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

Margot Schwienbacher

Project assistant | All-rounder: She supports the team wherever she can

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

Michael Steinwandter

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

Julia Strobl

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

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

Ulrike Tappeiner

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

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

Francesca Vallefuoco

Limnologist | Loves the little creatures living in our streams

Magdalena Vanek

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

Associated scientists

Alex Bellé

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

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

Trainees

Current Trainees

Erik Alexander Aschenbrenner (D)

Andreas Beken (D)

Paul Röttger (F)

Luca Savio (I)

Internship concluded

Ludwig Camillo Baldaszti (A)

Alex Bellé (I)

Laura Bellentani (I)

Giacomo Biziato (I)

Sabine Brachmann (D)

Giordano Brambilla (I)

Alessia Breccia (I)

Matilde Case (I)

Nicolò Chiappetta (I)

Luca Cola (I)

Lidia Cominassi (I)

Francesca Corradini (I)

Daan Gerard Curwiel (NL)

Sara Sophie Dallmöller (D)

William De Grandi (I)

Nicola Eccel (I)

Katharina Engl (I)

Marie Edith Claude Farget (F)

Luca Frattini (I)

Lukas Leonard Griem (D)

Sarah Maria Gross (A)

Julius Hecher (A)

Valentin Heimer (D)

Moritz Hinz (D)

Thomas Holzer (A)

Giacomo Imbalzano (I)

Maria Paula Jaramillo Clavijo (EC)

Joseph Kiem (I)

Julia Rosa Ladurner (I)

Nicola Larroux (I)

Anna Katharina Lau (D)

Jennifer Lüdtke (D)

Anna Elisa Marchetti (I)

Joy Giovanni Matabishi (RW)

Vincenzo Meola (I)

Quinn O’Halloran (NZ)

Felix Puff (I)

Emanuele Repetto (I)

Francesca Rigo (I)

Emma Rodriguez-Toubes Forryan (ES)

Bernd Rokita (A)

Jennifer Rossin (I)

Jarek Scanferla (I)

Lisa Schweitzer (I)

Thea Schwingshackl (I)

Morgan Jaslen Scott (US)

Emir Selimovic (I)

Daniel Beniamin Skowron (PL)

Marc Skubski (D)

Elias Spögler (I)

Verena Steinkasserer (I)

Tim Tony Ian Manfred Van Noort (NL)

Magdalena Vanek (A)

Fabian Vassanelli (I)

Marcel Vermeulen (D)

Stefania Volani (I)

Anouk Francine Von Meijenfeldt (NL)

Julian Von Spinn (I)

Jonas Weißensteiner (I)

Teresa Zeni (I)

Franziska Zimmermann (D)

Marie Elisabeth Zülsdorf (D)

Former collaborators, not forgotten

Alberto Scotti

Limnologist

Florian Reichegger

Zoologist

Lisa Angelini

Botanist

Simon Stifter

Botanist

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