Project management
Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science
and Technology (Eawag)
Ueberlandstrasse 133
8600 Duebendorf
Switzerland
Project leader
PD Dr. Piet Spaak
Aquatic Ecology
+41 (0)58 765 5617
seewandel@seewandel.org
Deputy project leader
Dr. Harald Hetzenauer
Inst. for Lake Research (ISF-LUBW)
+49 (0)7543 304 0
seewandel@seewandel.org
Coordination & administration
Dr. Josephine Alexander
Eawag, Aquatic Ecology
Expertise:
biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, multitrophic interactions, functional traits
seewandel@seewandel.org
+41 (0)58 765 6885
Arianne Maniglia
Eawag, Aquatic Ecology
seewandel@seewandel.org
+41 (0)58 765 5132
Research group/Institute leaders
PD Dr. Alexander Brinker
Fisheries Research Station Langenargen
(FFS-LAZBW)
Expertise:
fish ecology, fish parasitology,
aquaculture, biometry
Sub-projects: P1, P2, P3, L12
alexander.brinker@lazbw.bwl.de
+49 (0)7543 930 8324
Dr. Philine Feulner
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
University of Bern, Inst. of Ecology & Evolution
Expertise:
evolutionary biology, molecular evolution, ecological genomics, genome evolution
Sub-project: P4
philine.feulner@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 2106
Dr. Harald Hetzenauer
Inst. for Lake Research (ISF-LUBW)
Expertise:
water quality, lakes
Sub-project: P7
harald.hetzenauer@lubw.bwl.de
+49 (0)7543 304 0
Dr. Blake Matthews
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
Expertise:
evolutionary ecology
Sub-project: L13
blake.matthews@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 2120
Ass. Prof. Dr. Markus Möst
University of Innsbruck, Research Dept. for Limnology, Mondsee
Expertise:
evolutionary ecology, hybridisation, speciation
Sub-project: P5
markus.moest@uibk.ac.at
+43 (0)512 507 51771
Prof. Dr. Jakob Pernthaler
University of Zurich, Limnological Station
Expertise:
aquatic microbiology,
limnology of Lake Zurich
Sub-project: P6
pernthaler@limnol.uzh.ch
+41 (0)44 634 9219
Prof. Dr. Thomas Posch
University of Zurich, Limnological Station
Expertise:
limnology, climate change, protistology,
plankton-ecology, cyanobacteria
Sub-project: P6
posch@limnol.uzh.ch
+41 (0)44 634 9224
Prof. Dr. Karl-Otto Rothhaupt
University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute
Expertise:
limnology
Sub-projects: L9, L10
karl.rothhaupt@uni-konstanz.de
+49 (0)7531 88 3530
Prof. Dr. Klaus Schmieder
University of Hohenheim, Inst. of Landscape & Plant Ecology
Expertise:
limnology, submerged macrophytes, remote sensing, geographic information systems
Sub-project: L11
klaus.schmieder@uni-hohenheim.de
+49 (0)711 4592 3608
Prof. Dr. Ole Seehausen
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
University of Bern, Inst. of Ecology & Evolution
Expertise:
evolution ecology, ecological genetics,
speciation, population genomics,
fish, subalpine and African lakes
Sub-projects: P4, L13
ole.seehausen@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 2121
PD Dr. Piet Spaak
Eawag, Aquatic Ecology
Expertise:
plankton ecology and evolution
Sub-projects: L10, L13
spaak@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 5617
PD Dr. Dietmar Straile
University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute
Expertise:
food webs, population ecology, plankton, statistical analysis
Sub-projects: P3, P8, L9
dietmar.straile@uni-konstanz.de
+49 (0)7531 88 2969
PhD students
M.Sc. Stefan Borngraeber (alumnus)
University of Hohenheim,
Inst. of Landscape & Plant Ecology
Expertise:
GIS, remote sensing, development of classification algorithms, statistics
Sub-project: L11
Dipl.-LaÖk. Gunnar Franke
University of Hohenheim,
Inst. of Landscape & Plant Ecology
Expertise:
aquatic ecology, vegetation ecology, landscape ecology, submerged macrophytes, diaspore reservoirs
Sub-project: L11
franke.gunnar@uni-hohenheim.de
+49 (0)711 459 24061
M.Sc. David Frei
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
University of Bern, Inst. of Ecology & Evolution
Expertise:
evolutionary genomics
Sub-project: P4
david.frei@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 2158
M.Sc. Sarah Gugele (alumna)
Fisheries Research Station Langenargen (FFS-LAZBW)
Expertise:
fish ecology
Sub-project: P1
M.Sc. Linda Haltiner
Eawag, Aquatic Ecology
Expertise:
zooplankton, fresh water mussels, invasive species, population genetics, resource (food) competition
Sub-project: L10
linda.haltiner@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 6429
M.Sc. Tania Holtzem
University of Innsbruck, Dept. of Ecology
Expertise:
evolutionary ecology, population genetics and genomics, speciation, gene flow
Sub-project: P5
tania.holtzem@uibk.ac.at
+43 (0)526 9130 9322
M.Sc. Deborah Knapp
University of Zurich, Limnological Station
Expertise:
Planktothrix rubescens in Lake Zurich
and Lake Constance
Sub-project: P6
deborah.knapp@uzh.ch
+41 (0)44 634 9213
M.Sc. Žiga Ogorelec (alumnus)
University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute
Expertise:
fish zooplankton interactions
Sub-project: P3
M.Sc. Maike Sabel (alumna)
University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute
Expertise:
littoral communities in lakes, data analysis (programming language R)
Sub-project: L9
Scientific staff
M.Sc. Steffen Bader
Fisheries Research Station Langenargen (FFS-LAZBW)
Expertise:
fish monitoring, fish ecology, river revitalisation, urban fish communities, fish-based water assessment
Sub-project: L12
steffen.bader@lazbw.bwl.de
+49 (0)7543 930 8331
Dr. Maria Cuenca Cambronero (alumna)
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
Expertise:
evolutionary ecology, zooplankton communities, phenotypic plasticity, genetic adaptation
Sub-project: L13
Dr. Stuart Dennis (alumnus)
Eawag, Aquatic Ecology
Expertise:
evolutionary biology, phenotypic plasticity, genomics
Sub-project: L10
Dr. J. Tyrell DeWeber (alumnus)
Fisheries Research Station Langenargen (FFS-LAZBW)
Expertise:
fisheries ecology and management, statistical modelling of ecological processes, decision science
Sub-project: P2
Dr. Iris Dröscher (alumna)
Inst. for Lake Research (ISF-LUBW)
Expertise:
limnology
Sub-project: P7
Dr. Cameron Hudson
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
Expertise:
phenotypic evolution of invasive species
Sub-project: L13
cameron.hudson@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 2120
Dr. Benjamin Kraemer
University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute
Expertise:
lake responses to climate change
Project: synthesis
Dr. Moritz Lürig (alumnus)
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
Expertise:
species interactions, phenotypic evolution, ecological informatics, computer vision, time series
Sub-project: L13
M.Sc. Barbara Scholz (alumna)
Fisheries Research Station Langenargen (FFS-LAZBW)
Expertise:
fish ecology in lakes
Sub-project: L12
Dr. Bernd Wahl
Inst. for Lake Research (ISF-LUBW)
Expertise:
lake physics questions
Sub-project: P7
bernd.wahl@lubw.bwl.de
+49 (0)7543 304 170
Dr. Simone Wengrat Ribeiro
University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute
Expertise:
paleolimnology
Sub-project: P8
simone.wengrat-ribeiro@uni-konstanz.de
+49 (0)177 9223 743
PD Dr. Elizabeth Yohannes (alumna)
University of Konstanz, Limnological Institute
Expertise:
stable isotope ecology, animal movement and migration, invasive species
Sub-projects: P8, L9
Scientific support
B.Sc. Angelina Arquint (alumna)
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
Sub-project: L13
M.Sc. Silvan Rossbacher
Eawag, Aquatic Ecology
Expertise:
Quagga-mussels, invasive species, aquatic ecology
Sub-project: L10
silvan.rossbacher@eawag.ch
+41 (0)58 765 5777
M.Sc. Dominique Stalder (alumna)
Eawag, Fish Ecology & Evolution
Sub-project: L13
Technical support
Dipl. Ing. Eugen Loher
University of Zurich, Limnological Station
Expertise:
mass spectrometry, flow cytometry
Sub-project: P6
loher@limnol.uzh.ch
+41 (0)44 634 9241