Andreas Melcher

Career

• 2026 Chair, Cluster of Development Research (CDR)
• 2021 - 2026 Deputy Head, BOKU, Institute (IDR) and Cluster (CDR) for Development Research
• 2020 Co-Creator Austria Africa UniNet und BOKU Representant
• 2020 Nomination shortlist of three for the professorship for development research (BOKU)
• 2020 Habilitation, Venia Docendi for Ecosystem-Management
• 2019 - 2021 Head, Institute of Development Research
• 2019 Founding of the Institute of Development Research at BOKU university
• 2017 - 2019 Director of the Center for Development Research (CDR) at BOKU
• 2015 - 2016 Sabbatical USA, Virginia Tech, Michigan State University and US Environmental Protection Agency
• 2009 - 2012 Post Doc at SINTEF (CEDREN), Trondheim, Norway
• 2009 PhD, BOKU, Environmental Engineering and Water Management, Applied Aquatic Ecology
• 2006 - 2017 Deputy Head Working Group, Integrative Modelling and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems, BOKU, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management
• 1999 Diploma Thesis, BOKU Agriculture, Crop Production
• 1996 - 2017 Employee at the BOKU Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management

Awards

• Year: 2013 Awards: Österreichischer Preis für Entwicklungsforschung (als Partner des BOKU Center for Development Research)