Torsten Winfried Berger

Career

• 2020 Visiting teacher at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
• 2012 - 2018 Deputy (Institute of Forest Ecology)
• 2000 Habilitation for the subject: "Biogeochemistry and Forest Nutrition". Thesis: "Reaction of forest ecosystems to changing chemical climate - experiments and publications"
• 1994 - 1996 Schrödinger Fellowship, Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES), USA
• 1992 Successful graduation of the ministerial exam for the Higher Forest Management (embodied in the Austrian forestry law), Ossiach, October 1992
• 1989 - 1991 Doctoral study at the Boku University, Vienna, graduation: academic degree of "Doktor der Bodenkultur Dr.nat.techn.)" with the thesis: "Investigations on oak decline: Aspects of nutrient budgets in oak forests in the northeastern region of Lower Austria with special regard to the deposition of atmospheric pollutants" (mark: very good, final doctoral exam: cum laude), November 1991
• 1988 - 1990 Postgraduate study of "Technical Environmental Protection", specialized in air pollution, Boku University and Technical University, Vienna, (mark: cum laude), March 1990
• 1982 - 1988 Study at the Faculty of Forestry, Boku University, Vienna, Graduation: academic degree of "Diplom-Ingenier" (diploma-engineer), March 1988

Awards

• Year: 2020 Awards: Visiting Erskine Teaching Fellowship at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Year: 2000 Awards: Klaus Fischer Innovationspreis für Technik und Umwelt
• Year: 1998 Awards: Preis der Stiftung 120 Jahre Universität für Bodenkultur
• Year: 1987 Awards: Preis der Prof. Anton Kurir-Stiftung