Personal data and duties of IPGL-staff:

• Mr. Gerold Winkler     (gerold.winkler@oeaw.ac.at)
  

Present position: IPGL-Manager

Born 1966 in Klagenfurt, Austria

Education and degrees

M.Sc. (Magister) in Biology/Ecology, University of Vienna (1993)

2003-2006 Chairman of EAAWA-Austria (EAAWA: East African – Austrian Water Association)

2000-2003 Member of the Executive-Board of the Austrian “Foreign Student Coordination Committee” (KKS).

1998-present IPGL-Coordinator, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Mondsee. Austrian coordinator of the international M.Sc. programme in Limnology & Wetland Ecosystems (Austria, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Uganda, Kenya & Tanzania).

1999- present Lecturer, University of Vienna.

1994-1998 assistant lecturer, University of Vienna.

1990-present Involvement in various research projects (Austrian Research Council, European Union, Austrian Nationalbank, Danube River Authority, WWF, Vienna Municipality, etc.)

1994-1996 University Research Scientist, Dept. for Limnology, University of Vienna.

1993-1994 Research fellowship by the Austrian Research Council, Dept. for Limnology, University of Vienna.

Teaching experience

Field and laboratory courses, lectures and seminars in Limnology, Fish-Ecology and Floodplain-Ecology within the M.Sc. programme in Limnology & Wetland Ecosystems.

Teaching at the University of Vienna: Lecture & Seminar: Ecology of Developing Countries

Supervision of 5 M.Sc. students.

Coordination of the International Post-Graduate Training Course in Limnology (IPGL) and Austrian coordinator of the international M.Sc. programme in Limnology & Wetland Ecosystems.

Research interests

My personal research interests are related towards limnology, fish-ecology and aquaculture in tropical inland waters. Main aim of IPGL is to stimulate freshwater ecosystem research in developing countries via joint research projects and international networking. Thus, coordination of research activities is another task within my duties as IPGL coordinator. More information about IPGL is available at: www.ipgl.at

Current projects

IPGL-International Post-Graduate Training Programmes in Limnology. Funded by the Austrian Development Cooperation via ADA (Austrian Development Cooperation), EZA 612-00. Project manager, Gerold Winkler.

Recently finished:

Integrating BOMOSA cage fish farming system in reservoirs, ponds and temporary water bodies in Estern Africa.  More information is available at: www.bomosa.org

Bridging Research, Technology and Development: Sustainable Water Resource Management in Eastern Africa

Recent publications

Ajith Kumara P.A.D., Amarasinghe U.S., Schiemer  F., Winkler  G. & M. Schabuss (2009): Gillnet Selectivity of Small Cyprinids in Three Sri Lankan Reservoirs. Asian Fisheries Science 22: 885-900

Ajith Kumara P.A.D., Amarasinghe U.S., Schiemer  F., Winkler  G. & M. Schabuss (2009): Distribution and Abundance of Unexploited Fish Species in Three Sri Lankan Reservoirs : Distribution and Abundance of Unexploited Fish Species in Three Sri Lankan Reservoirs. Asian Fisheries Science 22: 867-884

Liti D.M., Fulanda B., Munguti J.M., Straif M., Waidbacher H. & G. Winkler (2005). Effects of open-pond density and caged biomass of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) on growth, feed utilization, economic returns and water quality in fertilized ponds, Aquaculture Research 36, 15, 1535-1543.

Schiemer F., H. Keckeis, H. Nemeschkal, E. Schludermann, G. Winkler & I. Zweimüller (2004). Ontogenetic patterns in thermal adaptation of fish versus long-term temperature trends in large rivers. International Congress Series, 1275 (12/2004), 209-217, Animals and Environments, Proceedings of the Third International Conference of Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry.

Winkler G. (2004). Das Recht auf Wasser ist ein Menschenrecht. In Forum UNESCO Schulen Österreichs, Heft 12, Mai 2004, pp. 11-13.

Winkler, G., Wanzenböck S. & R. Kyambadde (2003): Book of Abstracts, Meeting & Symposium of the East African - Austrian Water Association (EAAWA), 11th to 13th December 2003, Mukono, Uganda.

Winkler G. (2003). Water Means Life – Limnology in East Africa. In „Cooperations in Higher Education between Austria & Africa”, BM:bwk & ÖAD, Editor Müllner E. & G. Volz.

Schiemer F., Keckeis H., Winkler G., & Flore L. (2001). Large rivers, the relevance of ecotonal structure and hydrological properties for the fish fauna. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 135/2-4, p. 487-508.

Schiemer F., Keckeis H., Reckendorfer W., & Winkler G. (2001). The “inshore retention concept” and its significance for large rivers. Arch. Hydrobiol. Suppl. 135/2-4, p. 509-516.

Reckendorfer W., Keckeis H., Winkler G. & Schiemer F. (1999). Zooplankton abundance in the River Danube, Austria: the significance of inshore retention. Freshwater Biology, 41: 583-591.

Winkler G., Keckeis H., Reckendorfer W., & Schiemer, F. (1997). Temporal and spatial dynamics of 0+ Chondrostoma nasus abundance at the inshore zone of a large river. Folia Zoologica 46 (Suppl.1): 151-168.

• Mrs. Regina Brandstätter     (regina.brandstaetter@oeaw.ac.at)

Present position: IPGL-project officer
Born in 1978 in Salzburg, Austria

2002 – 2008: Study of Organismal Biology and Ecology (Bachelor) and Zoology (Master), Paris Lodron University, Salzburg, Austria

Professional experience

Since 2008: IPGL-programme officer and administrator
1997 - 2002: Bank employee; leasing and insurance issues

Conferences, posters & talks

DGP conference 2007: poster presentation ("Mixotrophy in flagellates and ciliates: a comparison between two contrasting subalpine ponds")

DGP conference 2008: talk ("Importance of mixotrophy in ponds with differing abiotic and biotic conditions"; presenter: U.G. Berninger)

ASLO meeting 2009: poster presentation ("Mixotrophic protists in aquatic systems: when do they occur?"; presenter U.G. Berninger)

Invited talk 2009: "Mixotrophy in flagellates and ciliates – a comparison between two contrasting subalpine ponds"; IOCAS (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China)

Duties within IPGL

Organisation and implementation of academic programme, student´s affairs, book-keeping, counselling,

course logistics for academic course programme and MSc research projects, office management