Name: Christina Kaiser
Contact Adress: Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna
Althanstrasse 14
A-1190 Vienna, AUSTRIA Tel: 00431 4277 54263
Email: [email protected]
Date of birth: 16. 7.1974
Nationality: Austria
Children: one daughter, Katharina Ranefeld (1997)
Education
1989-1994 Higher technical school (HTL) for Information technology (IT) and Organisation, Vienna, A-level exam
1995-2003 Study of Ecology at the University of Vienna
2003 M.Sc. in Ecology (Department of Chemical Ecology and Eco- system Research, University of Vienna)
Diploma thesis „Soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in arctic tun- dra ecosystems in response to global warming“
2003-2010 Ph.D. study (Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, University of Vienna) covering two topics: (1) De- composition of soil organic matter in cryoturbated arctic eco- systems and (2) Resource limitation of microbial decomposi- tion of soil organic matter in a temperate beech forest.
Study abroad
2003 ERASMUS study abroad semester: Environmental Chemistry,
University of Glasgow, UK (6 months)
Further Education
2004 2nd Envisat-Summerschool: Earth System Monitoring and Mod-
elling, European Space Agency, Esrin, Italy (2 weeks) 2007 ALTER-Net Training Course: An Introduction to Ecological-
economic Modelling for Designing and Evaluating Biodiversity Conservation Policies and Strategies, Bad Schandau, Germany (1 week)
2009 UFZ Training course: Ecological Modelling, Center for Environ-
mental Research (UFZ), Department of Ecological Modelling,
Professional experience
Software development
1994-1997 Software development for industrial CAD Systems (Fortran, C und C++ , Falko Standard EDV Software Ltd.)
1998-1999 Software development for Inbound Supply Management (Java,
Paradine, Inc.)
2000 Database application development (Visual Basic, Access, Ana-
log & Digital Messtechnik Ltd.)
2004-2005 Collaboration in a research project on canopy nitrogen uptake of montainous beech and conifer forests (Integrated Monitor- ing Site Zöbelboden, Upper Austria, Umweltbundesamt Aus-
tria) University
2001 Field work in the arctic tundra, Siberia.
2002-2005 Tutor for the course “Carbon and Nitrogen cycles in alpine ecosystems”, University of Vienna
2003–2004 Collaboration in various research projects at the Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Research, University of
Vienna
2006-2008 Collaboration in the research project ‘LTSER Eisenwurzen: De- velopment of an integrated model of socio-economic and eco- logical material and substance flows’. Within the project I was responsible for the development of the ecological model part (Institute of Social Ecology, University of Klagenfurt & Dept Chem. Ecology and Ecosystem Research, University of Vi-
enna).
2006-2008 Collaboration in the research project „Resource limitation of microbial decomposition of soil organic matter“ as part of my doctoral thesis (Department of Chemical Ecology and Ecosys- tem Research, University of Vienna)
2008-2009 Assistent lecturer for the practical course „Interaction of ter- restrial and aquatic Ecosystems“ (Bachelor program Ecology,
University of Vienna)
Practical experience
HPLC (anions, cations, LMW-carbohydrates), soil extracellular enzyme activities, standard soil methods (CFE, ammonia, amino acids), soil respiration (IRGA), stable isotope ap- proaches (13C labelling experiments, 15N pool dilution method), PLFAs, modelling of eco-
system C and N flows, as well as of spatial explicit microbial community dynamics in the soil (Java, Anylogic)
Interests
Soil microbial ecology (linking community structure and function), ecosystem ecology, biogeochemical cycles, seasonal dynamics of C and N cycling, ecological modelling (indi- vidual-based modelling), global change, plant-soil interactions, mycorrhizal fungi
Publications
Peer-reviewed journals:
Kaiser C., Fuchslueger L., Koranda M., Kitzler B., Gorfer M., Stange F., Rasche F.,
Strauss J., Zechmeister-Boltenstern S., Sessitsch A., Richter A. (2010) Plants control the seasonal dynamic of microbial N cycling in a beech forest soil by belowground allocation of recently fixed photosynthates, submitted.
Kaiser C., Koranda M., Kitzler B., Fuchslueger L., Schnecker J., Schweiger P., Rasche F.,
Zechmeister-Boltenstern S., Sessitsch A., Richter A.(2010) Belowground carbon alloca- tion by trees drives seasonal patterns of extracellular enzyme activities by altering mi- crobial community composition in a beech forest soil, New Phytologist, in press
Kaiser C., Frank A., Wild B., Koranda M., Richter A. (2010) Negligible contribution from
roots to soil-borne phospholipid fatty acid fungal biomarkers 18:2ω6,9 and 18:1ω9, Soil
Biology and Biochemistry, in press
Franklin O., Hall E., Kaiser C., Richter A., Battin T. (2010) Subcellular ecological optimi- zation links bacterial physiology and stoichiometry. submitted.
Gaube V., Kaiser C., Wildenberg M., Adensam H. , Fleissner P. , Kobler J., Lutz J., Schaumberger A., Schaumberger J., Smetschka B., Wolf A., Richter A. and H. Haberl (2009), Combining agent-based and stock-flow modelling approaches in a participative analysis of the integrated land system in Reichraming, Austria, Landscape Ecology, DOI 10.1007/s10980-009-9356-6
Gaube, V., Kaiser, C., Widenberg, M., Adensam, H., Fleissner, P., Kobler, J., Lutz, J., Smetschka, B., Wolf, A., Richter, A. and Haberl, H. (2008), Ein integriertes Modell für Reichraming. Partizipative Entwicklung von Szenarien für die Gemeinde Reichraming (Ei- senwurzen) mit Hilfe eines agentenbasierten Landnutzungsmodells. Social Ecology Work-
ing Paper Nr. 106, Wien, ISSN 1726-3816, Institute of Social Ecology, IFF – Faculty for
Interdisciplinary Studies. http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/socec/inhalt/1818.htm
Biasi C., Meyer H., Rusalimova O., Hämmerle R., Kaiser C., Daims H., Lashchinsky N., Barsukov, P. and Richter A. (2008). Initial effects of experimental warming on carbon exchange rates, plant growth and microbial dynamics of a lichen-rich dwarf shrub tundra in Siberia. Plant and Soil 307, 191-205.
Kaiser, C., H. Meyer, C. Biasi, O. Rusalimova, P. Barsukov, and A. Richter
(2007), Conservation of soil organic matter through cryoturbation in arctic soils in Sibe- ria, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G02017,
doi:10.1029/2006JG000258.
Meyer, H., Kaiser, C., Biasi, C., Hämmerle, R., Rusalimova, O., Lashchinsky, N., Baranyi, C., Daims, H., Barsukov, P., and Richter A. (2006) Soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics along a latitudinal transect in Western Siberia, Russia, Biogeochemistry 81 (2): 239-252
Kaiser, C., Meyer, H., Biasi, C., Rusalimova, O., Barsukov, P., Richter, A. (2005).
Storage and Mineralization of C and N in soils of a frost-boil tundra ecosystem in Siberia.
Applied Soil Ecology 29(2), 173-183
Biasi, C., Rusalimova, O., Meyer, H., Kaiser, C., Wanek, W., Barsukov, P., Högne, J. and Richter, A. (2005). Temperature-dependent shift from labile to recalcitrant carbon
sources of arctic heterotrophs. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 19(11): 1401-1408
Biasi, C., Wanek, W., Rusalimova, O., Kaiser, C., Meyer, H., Barsukov, P., Richter, A. (2005). Microtopography and plant cover controls on nitrogen dynamics in hummock tundra ecosystems in siberia. Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research 37 (4): 435-443
Contributions to Conferences:
Kaiser, C., Koranda, M., Fuchslueger L., Rasche F., Kitzler B., Sessitsch A., Zechmeister-
Boltenstern S. and A. Richter (2008). Resource limitation of microbial decomposition: the effect of tree girdling and fertilization on belowground C and N fluxes (oral presentation). Eurosoil Book of Abstracts, ISBN: 978-3-902382-05-4, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences. Eurosoil Congress 2008, 25-29. Aug 2008, Vienna
Kaiser C., Koranda M., Rasche F., Zechmeister-Boltenstern S and A.Richter (2008).
Changing Carbon Availability by Girdling of Trees affects extracellular enzyme activity in the soil (poster presentation). 3rd International Conference “Enzymes in the Environ-
ment”, 15-19.July 2007, Viterbo, Italy
Kaiser, C., Biasi, C., Meyer, Hi., Rusalimova, O., Barsukov, P., Richter, A. (2005) Con-
servation of Soil organic matter through cryoturbation in arctic soils in siberia (oral pres- entation). 6th Austrian Stable Isotope User Group Meeting, 3-4 Nov, Vienna Ecology Cen-
ter
Kaiser, C., Biasi, C., Meyer, Hi., Rusalimova, O., Barsukov, P., Richter, A. (2005). Soil
organic matter storage and microbial activities in cryoturbated tundra soils (poster pres- entation). Terra Nostra Heft 2005/2: 2nd European Conference on Permafrost June 12-
June 16 2005, Potsdam, Germany
Kaiser, C., Meyer, H., Biasi, C., Rusalimova, O., Barsukov, P., Richter, A., (2004). Con-
trols on decomposition in a frost-boil tundra ecosystem in siberia (poster presentation)
Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 6, 04657. European Geosciences Union, 1st General
Assembly, 2004. Nice, France.
Meyer, H., Kaiser, C., Biasi, C., Rusalimova, O., Barsukov, P., Richter, A., (2004). Ef- fects of temperature on nitrogen and carbon dynamics along a latitudinal transect in Western Siberia, Russia (poster presentation). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol 6,
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