Biografie
Master Degree in Environmental Sciences from the University of Padova (Italy) and PhD in Biology with focus Palynology and Archaeobotany from the University of Innsbruck. Since 2006, participation in numerous international research projects in the Alpine region focusing on past vegetation reconstruction, human impact on the environment, and ice core chronology. Guest lecturer at the Ruhr Bochum University (Germany). Employed at the OeAI for 20 hours per week from 01.03. to 30.09.2021.
Forschungsbereiche
- Palynology
- Vegetation history
- Landscape archaeology
- Climate change
Detaillierte Biografie
Detaillierte Biografie
BERUFLICHER WERDEGANG | |
2020 | Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF-OeAW) |
2017–2020 | Postdoctoral researcher, University of Bolzano-Bozen |
2017–2018 | Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research (IGF-OeAW) |
2012-2016 | Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck |
2008–2012 | Research fellow, Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck |
2006–2008 | Research fellow, MUSE - Science Museum Trento |
2005–2006 | Technical assistant, MUSE - Science Museum Trento |
AUSBILDUNG/AKADEMISCHE LAUFBAHN | |
2012 | PhD in Natural Sciences (focus Palynology and Archaeobotany) from the University of Innsbruck, Thesis: »Palynological reconstruction of the onset and development of alpine pasture in the Eastern Alps since the Neolithic« (supervisor K. Oeggl) |
2004 | Master in Natural Sciences (focus Conservation of Nature and its Resources) from the University of Padova, Thesis: »Vegetation analyses of the Valle del Chiese grassland in the frame of their use for fitobalneotherapy purposes« (supervisor F. Caniglia) |
GUTACHTERTÄTIGKEIT | |
| Atmospheric Environment |
| Journal of Glaciology |
| Permafrost and Periglacial Processes |
| Vegetation History and Archaeobotany |
| Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria |
AUSZEICHNUNGEN UND PREISE | |
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MITGLIEDSCHAFT IN WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN EINRICHTUNGEN, BEIRÄTEN UND KOMMITEES | |
since 2014 | Member of EGU – European Geoscience Union |
since 2018 | Member of UV for Plants Association |
2018–2019 | AIQUA – Italian Association for Quaternary Science |
MITGLIEDSCHAFT IN HERAUSGEBERKOMMITEES | |
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WICHTIGSTE PROJEKTE | |
2018 | Knoll-Widmung, OeAW : »ToxiPoll-Toxic effects of herbicides on pollen physiology« |
2017 | EUREGIO Fund for Science: »CALICE – Calibrating Biodiversity in glacier ice« |
2013 | South Tyrol Fund for Science: »PAMOGIS – Pollen Analyses of the Ortes Glacier samples« |
2008 | FWF 21129-G19 »The Neolithic agricultural regime in the Inner Alps« |
2010 | Early Career Researcher Grant of the CARITRO Foundation (Italy): »Human impact of the Epigravettian culture on the vegetation on a regional scale« |
2006 | Early Career Researcher Grant of the CARITRO Foundation (Italy): »Palaeoenvironmenral study of Palú Echen« |
WICHTIGSTE KOOPERATIONSPARTNER (IN DEN LETZTEN 5 JAHREN) | |
| Klaus Oeggl (University of Innsbruck) |
| Kerstin Kowarik (Natural History Museum of Vienna) |
| Paolo Gabrielli (Byrd Polar Research Center, Ohio State University) |
| Alistair Seddon (University of Bergen) |
| Cristiano Vernesi (Fondazione Edmund Mach) |
LEHRE | |
2021 | Guest Lecturer, Ruhr Bochum University |
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BETREUUNG AKADEMISCHER ARBEITEN | |
abgeschlossen | M. Nieuwkerk, The influence of ecological plasticity and genetic adaptation on UV-B absorbing compounds in pollen (Master thesis, Utrecht University). |
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aktuell | M. Nieuwkerk, Using UV-B absorbing compounds in sporopollenin as a proxy for plant received UV-B: a greenhouse and field experiment approach (PhD thesis, University of Bergen). |
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ÖFFENTLICHKEITSARBEIT UND WISSENSCHAFTSKOMMUNIKATION | |
2018 | TV Documentary »Mythos Hallstatt«. Terra Mater. International broadcast |
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Dissertation
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Beiträge in Zeitschriften, Reihen und Sammelbänden
Beiträge in Zeitschriften, Reihen und Sammelbänden
- Luetscher, Marc, Gina Moseley, Daniela Festi, Florian Hof, Lawrence Edwards, and Christoph Spötl. 2021. A Last Interglacial speleothem record from the Sieben Hengste cave system (Switzerland): Implications for alpine paleovegetation. In: Quaternary Science Reviews p. 106974. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2021.106974.
- Knierzinger, Wolfgang, Daniela Festi, Andreas Limbeck, Felix Horak, Lukas Brunnbauer, Simon Drollinger, Michael Wagreich, et al. 2021. Multi-proxy analyses of a minerotrophic fen to reconstruct prehistoric periods of human activity associated with salt mining in the Hallstatt region (Austria). In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports p. 102813. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102813.
- Festi, Daniela, Daniel Brandner, Michael Grabner, Wolfgang Knierzinger, Hans Reschreiter, and Kerstin Kowarik. 2020. 3500 years of environmental sustainability in the large-scale alpine mining district of Hallstatt, Austria. In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports p. 102670. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102670.