Curriculum vitae

Research Associate, Institute of Biologie (since October 2018)

Place & date of birth: Aich bei Schladming, Austria, 21 August, 1953

Marital status: married

Children: Diana (1976), Nora (1983), Patrick (1987), Benedikt (1998)

Head of the Institute of Plant Sciences (1.7.2013 - 30.6.2017)

Substitute of the head of the Institute of Plant Sciences (April 2010 - June 2013)

Head of the Institute of Plant Sciences (April 2004 – March 2010)

Head of the Institute of Botany (December 1999 – March 2004)

Associate Professor, Institute of Plant Sciences, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz (since November 1988 until September 2018)

Assistant, Institute of Botany (November 1977 – October 1988)

High School Teacher (Science, Physics), Stiftsgymnasium Admont (September 1976 – October 1977)

Research Fellow, Institute of Botany, University of Graz (April 1976 – October 1977)

Research Student, Institute of Botany, University of Graz (March 1975 – April 1976)

Guest professor, University of Podgorica, Montenegro (2004, 2005, 2006)

Guest professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia (2001, 2002, 2003)

Habilitation (Doz.), University of Graz (1988)

Dr. rer. nat., University of Graz (1982)

Mag. rer. nat., University of Graz (1976)

Edward Tuckerman Award from ABLS (best paper published during the year 2002 in the field of lichenology)

American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS)

British Lichen Society (BLS)

Bryologisch-lichenologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mitteleuropa (BLAM)

International Association for Lichenology (IAL)

Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Steiermark (secretary 1983 - 1987, treasurer since 1987 until 2019)

Acta Botanica Croatica

Herzogia

Mycobiota

Natura Montenegrina

Taxonomy, biology, biogeography, biodiversity and ecology of crustose genera of the family Physciaceae (lichenized Ascomycetes)

Taxonomy, biology, biogeography, biodiversity and ecology of the families Protothelenellaceae and Thelenellaceae (lichenized Ascomycetes)

Lichen biodiversity of different regions including Slovenia, Balkan Peninsula, Crete, Cyprus, Afghanistan, Armenia, Tajikistan, parts of the Austrian provinces Styria and Carinthia

Morphology and biology of Fungi imperfecti occurring on grasses

Biology and distribution of fungi in buildings

Taxonomy, biology, biogeography, biodiversity and ecology of crustose genera of the lichenized Ascomycete family Physciaceae, e.g. Rinodina, Dimelaena, Amandinea, Hafellia, Mobergia, Buellia p.p.minor

The lichen family Physciaceae in Bulgaria

Lichen biodiversity of Slovenia

Lichen biodiversity of the Balkan Peninsula with emphasis on Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatica, Macedonia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Bulgaria and mainland Greece

Lichen biodiversity of Crete

Lichen biodiversity of Afghanistan

Lichen biodiversity of Armenia

Biology and distribution of fungi in buildings