Dr. Christoph Plutzar

GIS, spatial analysis, habitat modeling, herpetology, fuzzy logic

2009 - 2010: Dissertation at the Institute for Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt. Title: Biodiversity and society.
Degree: Doctor phil.

since 2008 working at the Institute for Social Ecology, Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt.

since 2004 working at VINCA

1998 - 2003: working at the Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology, University of Vienna

1997 - 1998: Project-based work at GEOLOGIC

1996 - 1998: Postgraduate study UNIGIS at the University Salzburg, Department of Geography and Geoinformation (Thesis title: "GIS- implementation for biological survey-data using the herpeto-database of the Museum of Natural History Vienna as an example" ).
Degree: Master of Advanced Studies (MAS 'GIS')

1993 - 1996: Master Thesis at the Austrian Research Center Seibersdorf, Dept. Environmental Planning. Title: "Visualization of lizards' potential distribution in the eastern part of Austria: a GIS-based study".
Degree: Master of Science (Magister rerum naturalium)

1985 - 1996: Study Biology/Zoology at the University of Vienna

I worked in several projects, mainly as a GIS expert with an ecological background at the Department of Conservation Biology, Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Ecology (University of Vienna) taking part in following projects:

• BD1 - Biodiversity foundations in Austrian cultural landscapes
• ENVIP - Landscape typology and indicators for nature protection
• GLORIA - The Global Observation Reserch Initiative in Alpine Environments
• SINUS - Spatial INdices for LandUSe Sustainability

Beside I had a couple of short term contracts with different institutions, e.g.:

• IFF Social Ecology (Human Impacts on Ecosystem Functioning and Species Diversity in Cultural Landscapes: Empirical Analyses for an Austrian Transect)
• WWF (European Alpine Programme)
• IIASA - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (Project: TNT)
• KLIVV - Konrad Lorenz Institute for Comparative Ethology
• Birdlife Austria
• Natural History Museum Vienna
• Vienna Zoo