Running Projects - permalp.at - Permafrost distribution in Austria (supported by several Austrian Institutions, since 2008)
- SourceSink- Quantifying Late and Postglacial sediment fuxes and storage in nested alpine catchments (ESF - Topo Europe Programme, funded by FWF, 2008-2011)
- SedyMONT - Sediment budgets of glacier forefields (Pasterze & Obersulzbachkees, Hohe Tauern, Austria) (ESF - Topo Europe Programme, funded by FWF, 2008-2011)
- PERMAFROST - Permafrost-Glacier Interaction - Process Understanding of Permafrost Reformation and Degradation) (funded by Austrian Academy of Science, 2010-2012)
- MOREXPERT - Monitoring potential hazardous rock walls and slopes in mountain regions – development of an expert system and adaptation strategies (COMET - K1: Centre for Climate Change Adaption Technologies)
Cooperation Projects- SCALA - Scales and Hierarchies in Landform Classification (Prof. Dr. Thomas Blaschke, University of Salzburg)
- CLIMSLIDE - Climate Change and Adaption of Critical Infrastructures and Lifelines for dynamic landslides (COMET - K1: Centre for Climate Change Adaption Technologies)
- SIMA - Simulation of high velocity mass movements (COMET - K1: Centre for Climate Change Adaption Technologies)
Finished Projects - SEDAG - Sediment cascades in alpine geosystems (DFG 2000-2008)
- RMT - The use of Radiomagnetotellurics in Geomorphology (DFG 2004-2008)
Research Interests - High mountain geomorphology
- Sediment budgets
- Mass movements (landslides)
- Permafrost and periglacial processes
- Natural hazards
- Geophysical applications in geomorphology
- GIS
| Research Regions - European Alps (Valais, Wetterstein, Dolomites, Hohe Tauern)
- Rocky Mountains, Colorado Front Range/ USA
- Andes of Argentina
- German upland (Eifel)
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