Team

Lukas Landler

Lukas Landler is the project leader of AmphiBiom and a scientist at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU. His research focuses on the spatial distribution and behaviour of amphibians, currently mainly the Green toad. In addition to designing and implementing the project, he is also responsible for analysing some of the data.

Florian Heigl

Florian Heigl is a Senior Scientist for Citizen Science at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU and one of the founders and coordinators of the Citizen Science Network Austria and the associated online platform Österreich forscht (www.citizen-science.at). His research focusses on Citizen Science and its application in ecology. In the project, he is primarily involved in the conception and realisation of the Citizen Science elements.

Daniel Dörler

Daniel Dörler is a Senior Scientist for Citizen Science at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU and one of the founders and coordinators of the Citizen Science Network Austria and the associated online platform Österreich forscht (www.citizen-science.at). He teaches on Citizen Science and also provides consulting and training for researchers. In the project, he is primarily involved in the conception and realisation of the Citizen Science elements.

Janette Siebert

Janette Siebert is a research assistant at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU and coordinates the project processes in the citizen science projects GeRoKi and AmphiBiom. She also supports the conception and realisation of the Citizen Science elements of the project and is responsible for public relations and reporting.

Silke Schweiger

Silke Schweiger is a curator and research assistant at the Herpetological Collection of the Natural History Museum Vienna. She is in charge of the Austrian Herpetofaunistic Database (HFDÖ), in which observations of native amphibians and reptiles are recorded. In the project, she is involved in the selection of the study areas and the identification of the reported amphibian and reptile species.

Wolfram Graf

Wolfram Graf is a scientist at the Institute of Hydrobiology at BOKU. He studies the taxonomy and ecology of aquatic invertebrates in freshwater systems, which are also used as indicators in ecological water body assessment. His task in the AmphiBiom project is to identify the insect species that occur in the ponds in order to analyze the importance of temporary water bodies for biodiversity.

Stephan Burgstaller

Stephan Burgstaller is working on his dissertation at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU. He is investigating whether there are adaptations and habitat variations (e.g. physiological and morphological) in Green toad populations of different habitats. In the project, he will primarily be active in the field, in monitoring, in which he can already draw on many years of expertise.

David Hamernik

David Hamernik is a forestry student at BOKU and a trained carpenter. His main area of responsibility is the operational realisation of project preparation and support with questions regarding the pond initiative and use of the AmphiApp.

Maria Magdalena Krall

Maria Magdalena Krall is currently studying Environmental and Bioresource Management at BOKU. In the AmphiBiom project, she supports the team as a student assistant at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU, primarily in project coordination and public relations.

Janis Kremser

Janis Kremser is studying landscape planning and landscape architecture at BOKU. As a student assistant, he works on the AmphiBiom project at the Institute of Zoology, primarily in the logistics of delivering the pond packages and providing AmphiApp support.

Yurii Kornilev

Yurii Kornilev is a research assistant at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU. In the project he will mainly support field work and be active in monitoring. He is also an important member of the public relations team, where he writes and publishes English-language texts for various media.        

Magdalena Spießberger

Magdalena Spießberger is a PhD student at the Institute of Zoology at BOKU. She is analyzing the influence of human-induced environmental changes on the Green toad using a genetic component that stands for aging processes and physical condition. She is mainly responsible for organizing and implementing the water samples for the pollutants analysis.

Anna Loupal

Anna Loupal is a future biologist and student of Agricultural Sciences at BOKU University and supports the AmphiBiom project as a student assistant. She supports the team in the area of public relations and in the validation of incoming reports in the AmphiApp.

Johann Zaller

Johann Zaller is an ecologist at the BOKU Institute of Zoology. He researches and teaches about the effects of human activities and land use on animals and ecosystem functions. In recent years, the focus has been on the effects of agrochemicals. In AmphiBiom, he analyzes the relationship between the pollution of pond water and the diversity and fitness of organisms.

Pia Teufl

Pia Teufl is a research assistant at the Institute of Hydrobiology and Water Management (BOKU) and works on the taxonomy and ecology of aquatic invertebrates. In the project she is responsible for knowledge communication regarding macroinvertebrates and the support of AmphiApp users.

Thomas Ofenböck

Thomas Ofenböck works in the Vienna Municipal Department of Waters and is head of the water management team and the competence center for aquatic ecology. He supports the project in particular with questions concerning water monitoring as well as conceptual issues regarding the utilization of the analyzed data.