Career
- 2009 Research and Teaching Assistant at the Institute of Applied Geology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. Fields of research: High-mountain geomorphology and hazards, Geographic Information Sciences (GIS) and Remote Sensing, Modelling of mass movements. Teaching: Petrology, Geologic Field Training, GIS/Remote Sensing.
- 2008 - 2009 Leader of the research project "Debris Flows as Natural Hazards Along the Trans-Andean Corridor Mendoza - Valparaíso" at the University of Innsbruck, funded by the Tyrolean Science Funds (TWF)
- 2006 - 2007 Project collaborator at the Institute of International Mountain Research (IGF) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck
- 2005 - 2008 Doctoral study Natural sciences at Univ. Innsbruck, Austria, Doctoral theses: "Integrated modelling of debris flows with Open Source GIS: Numerical simulations of triggering, mobilization, and runout of debris flows for selected study areas along the Trans-Andean road corridor Mendoza-Valparaiso"
- 2005 - 2006 Project collaborator at the alpS Centre for Natural Hazards Management, Innsbruck
- 2002 - 2003 Studies at the University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland: Arctic Studies Program
- 2000 - 2005 Diploma study Geography at Univ. Innsbruck, Austria, Diploma theses: "The Vegetation of Grootbos Nature Reserve (Western Cape, South Africa): GIS-based Mapping and Numerical Analysis"
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(2018) Analysing lateral sediment connectivity and its connection to the frequency-magnitude reality in the Fiume Fella system, Northern Italy.
Autoren: Schopper, N; Pöppl, R; Mergili, M; Cavalli, M; Frigerio, S
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2018) ExtremA: a review of extreme natural hazard events in Austria.
Autoren: Sattler, K; Mergili, M; Glade, T; Mehlhorn, S; Rudolf-Miklau, F
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2018) Modelling climate induced geomorphic changes in two small Austrian alpine catchments using CAESAR-Lisflood.
Autoren: Meller, M; Pöppl, R; Mergili, M; Sass, O; Rascher, E
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2018) Computer simulations of complex cascading landslide processes: what can we do and what can we learn?
Autoren: Mergili, M; Emmer, A; Fischer, J-T; Huggel, C; Pudasaini, SP
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2018) Integrated statistical landslide susceptibility modelling: combining release and propagation.
Autoren: Mergili, M; Schwarz, L; Kociu, A
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2018) Reconstruction and back-calculation of the Banjarnegara landslide, Indonesia
Autoren: Wijaya, IPK; Mergili, M; Zangerl, C; Straka, W; Pudasaini, SP
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2018) GIS-based statistical landslide susceptibility analysis a case study from the Bostanlik District, Uzbekistan
Autoren: Juliev, M; Mergili, M; Czaran, L; Nurtaev, B; Hübl, H
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2018) Revisiting the catastrophic 1941 outburst flood of Lake Palcacocha (Cordillera Blanca, Peru).
Autoren: Mergili, M; Frey, H; Emmer, A; Fischer, J.-T; Cochachin, A; Pudasaini, SP
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2018
(2017) Bayesian inference in mass flow simulations - from back calculation to prediction
Autoren: Kofler, A.; Fischer, J-T; Hellweger, V; Huber, A; Mergili, M; Pudasaini, SP; Fellin, W; Oberguggenberger, M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Mechanical coupling between two innovative theories on erosion, transportation and phase-separation: Solving some long-standing problems in mass flows
Autoren: Pudasaini SP; Fischer J-T; Mergili M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Computational slope stability experiments implementing root system morphology in a generic hillslope environment
Autoren: Schmaltz E; Mergili M; Steger S; Glade T
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Dynamic interaction of two-phase debris flow with pyramidal defense structures: An optimal strategy to efficiently protecting the desired area
Autoren: Kattel, P; Kafle, J; Fischer, J-T; Mergili, M; Tuladhar, BM; Pudasaini, SP
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Simulation of Geomorphic Process Chains in Mountain Areas: Progress and Challenges
Autoren: Mergili, M; Huggel, C; Emmer, A; Frank, B; Fischer, JT; Pudasaini, SP
9th International Conference on Geomorphology 2017
(2017) Energy dissipation by submarine obstacles during landslide impact on reservoir - potentially avoiding catastrophic dam collapse
Autoren: Kafle, J; Kattel, P; Mergili, M; Fischer, JT; Tuladhar, BM; Pudasaini, SP
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Application and optimization of input parameter spaces in mass flow modelling: a case study with r.randomwalk and r.ranger
Autoren: Krenn, J; Zangerl, C; Mergili, M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Process chain modelling with r.avaflow: lessons learned for multi-hazard analysis
Autoren: Mergili, M; Fischer, J-T; Pudasaini, SP
4th World Landslide Forum WLF4 2017
(2017) A mechanical erosion model for two-phase mass flows: Tackling a long standing dilemma of mass mobility
Autoren: Fischer, JT; Pudasaini, SP; Mergili, M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) A large landslide in volcanic rock: failure processes, geometry and propagation
Autoren: Wijaya IPK, Zangerl C, Straka W, Mergili M, Pudasaini SP, Arifianti Y
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Integrated simulation of high-mountain process chains
Autoren: Mergili, M
SGmG Annual Meeting
(2017) Temporal patterns of glacial lake evolution in high-mountain environments
Autoren: Mergili, M; Emmer, A; Viani, C; Huggel, C
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Integrated simulation of high-mountain process chains with open source GIS
Autoren: Mergili, M
geomorph.at Annual Meeting
(2017) Physically based landslide warning at regional scale
Autoren: Canli, E; Mergili, M; Glade, T
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Geomorphological Forcing of Proglacial Lake Dynamics in Mountain Areas
Autoren: Mergili M; Viani C; Schug M-C; Huggel C; Emmer A
9th International Conference on Geomorphology 2017
(2017) Glacial lakes in South Tyrol: distribution, evolution and potential for GLOFs
Autoren: Schug M-C; Mergili M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2017) Geomorphologic evolution of the eruptive vent of September 2016 at Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion)
Autoren: Mergili M; Villeneuve N; Peltier A
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2017
(2016) Insights from analyzing and modelling cascading multi-lake outburst flood events in the Santa Cruz Valley (Cordillera Blanca, Perú)
Autoren: Emmer, A; Mergili, M; Juricová, A; Cochachin, A; Huggel, C
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2016
(2016) Maps of pluvial floods and their consequences: a case study
Autoren: Mergili, M; Tader, A; Glade, T; Jäger, S; Neuhold, C; Stiefelmeyer, H
13th Congress INTERPRAEVENT 2016
(2016) Combined statistical analysis of landslide release and propagation
Autoren: Mergili, M; Rohmaneo, M; Chu, H-J
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2016
(2016) Optimizing the parameterization of mass flow models
Autoren: Krenn, J; Mergili, M; Fischer, J-T; Frattini, P; Pudasaini, SP
12th International Symposium of Landslides
(2016) Klima - Gebirge - Gesellschaft
Autoren: Mergili, M
Lehrerfortbildung des Projekts k.i.d.Z.-21 Austria - Preparing Austria´s Youth for Climate Change Challenges of the 21st Century
(2016) r.avaflow & r.randomwalk: two complementary and comprehensive open source GIS simulation tools for the propagation of rapid geophysical mass flows
Autoren: Mergili, M; Benedikt, M; Krenn, J; Fischer, J-T; Pudasaini, SP
Open Source Geospatial Research & Education Symposium OGRS 2016
(2016) Gletscherseen und Klimawandel - Entstehung und Gefahrenpotential von Seen in Österreich seit der Kleinen Eiszeit
Autoren: Buckel J; Mergili, M; Prasicek G; Otto, J-C
Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Österreichischen Forschungsgruppe für Geomorphologie und Umweltwandel und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Geomorphologie: Geomorphologische Prozesse und Auswirkungen des globalen Umweltwandels in Gebirgsräumen
(2016) Landslides impact in mountain water reservoir: Dynamic flow-structure interaction
Autoren: Kafle, J; Kattel, P; Fischer, J-T; Mergili, M; Tuladhar, BM; Pudasaini, SP
Scientific learning exchange on landslide management and bio-engineering in Nepal: from data to landslide mitigation - new venues for collaboration
(2016) An integrated multi-scale risk analysis procedure for pluvial flooding
Autoren: Tader, A; Mergili, M; Jäger, S; Glade, T; Neuhold, C; Stiefelmeyer, H
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2016
(2016) Simulating the interaction of two-phase landslide and debris flows with defense structures in mountain slopes
Autoren: Kattel, P; Kafle, J; Fischer, J-T; Mergili, M; Tuladhar, BM; Pudasaini, SP
Scientific learning exchange on landslide management and bio-engineering in Nepal: from data to landslide mitigation - new venues for collaboration
(2016) r.avaflow, the GIS simulation model for avalanche and debris flows: new developments and challenges
Autoren: Mergili, M; Queiroz de Oliveira, G; Fischer, J-T; Krenn, J; Kulisch, H; Malcherek, A; Pudasaini, SP
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2016
(2016) The mass movement routing tool r.randomwalk and its functionalities for parameter sensitivity analysis and optimization
Autoren: Krenn, J; Mergili, M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2016
(2016) Generating web scraped high-quality weather databases for near-real-time landslide hazard indication mapping
Autoren: Canli, E; Loigge, B; Mergili, M; Glade, T
12th International Symposium on Landslides (ISL)
(2016) Physically-based slope stability modelling and parameter sensitivity: a case study in the Quitite and Papagaio catchments, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Autoren: de Lima Neves Seefelder, C; Mergili, M.
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2016
(2015) An advanced open source computational framework for the GIS-based simulation of two-phase mass flows and process chains
Autoren: Mergili, M; Fischer, J-T; Fellin, W; Ostermann, A; Pudasaini, SP
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
(2015) Pushing the frontiers of GIS-based modelling of mountain hazards
Autoren: Mergili, M
Jahrestagung der Schweizerischen Geomorphologischen Gesellschaft
(2015) Considering parameter uncertainty in a GIS-based sliding surface model for large areas
Autoren: Mergili, M; Marchesini, I; Rossi, M; Alvioli, M; Schneider-Muntau, B; Cardinali, M; Ardizzone, F; Fiorucci, F; Valigi, D; Santangelo, M; Bucci, F; Guzzetti, F
5th International Symposium for Geotechnical Safety and Risk (ISGSR2015)
(2015) Physically-based landslide susceptibility modelling: geotechnical testing and model evaluation issues
Autoren: Mergili, M; Schneider-Muntau, B; Alvioli, M; Rossi, M; Guzzetti, F
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
(2015) Spatial distribution and temporal development of high-mountain lakes in western Austria
Autoren: Merkl, S; Emmer A; Mergili, M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2015
(2014) A GRASS GIS approach for deep-seated slope stability analysis in complex geology
Autoren: Marchesini, I; Mergili, M; Rossi, M; Santangelo, M; Cardinali, M; Ardizzone, F; Fiorucci, F; Schneider-Muntau, B; Fellin, W; Guzzetti, F
Third World Landslide Forum
(2014) GIS-based modelling of deep-seated slope stability in complex geology
Autoren: Mergili, M; Marchesini, I; Schneider-Muntau, B; Cardinali, M; Fiorucci, F; Valigi, D; Santangelo, M; Bucci, F; Guzzetti, F
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2014
(2014) GIS-based deterministic analysis of deep-seated slope stability in a complex geological setting
Autoren: Mergili, M; Marchesini, I; Alvioli, M; Rossi, M; Santangelo, M; Cardinali, M; Ardizzone, F; Fiorucci, F; Schneider-Muntau, B; Fellin, W; Guzzetti, F
IAEG XII Congress 2014
(2014) Suscettibilità da frana nell’area di Collazzone (Umbria, Italia centrale): applicazione di un modello distribuito fisicamente basato per scivolamenti profondi
Autoren: Baccarini, L; Alvioli, M; Cardinali, M; Fiorucci, F; Marchesini, I; Mergili, M; Rossi, M; Valigi, D
GIT – Geology and Information Technology 9o Convegno Nazionale del Gruppo di Geologia Informatica, Sezione della Società Geologica Italiana
(2014) GIS-based topographic reconstruction and geotechnical modelling of the Köfels Rockslide (Austria)
Autoren: Körfgen, A; Mergili, M; Zangerl, C
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2014
(2014) GIS-based deterministic analysis of deep-seated slope stability in a complex geological setting
Autoren: Mergili, M; Marchesini, I; Alvioli, M; Rossi, M; Santangelo, M; Cardinali, M; Ardizzone, F; Fiorucci, F; Schneider-Muntau, B; Fellin, W; Guzzetti, F
IAEG XII Congress 2014
(2014) Parallel processing for efficient 3D slope stability modelling
Autoren: Marchesini, I; Mergili, M; Alvioli, M; Metz, M; Schneider-Muntau, B; Rossi, M; Guzzetti, F
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2014
(2014) Towards a better understanding of a large rotational soil slide (Ludoialm Landslide, Austria)
Autoren: Krenn, J; Mergili, M; Ottner, F; Wriessnig, K; Schneider-Muntau, B; Zangerl, C
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2014
(2013) A GRASS GIS model for high-mountain multihazard assessment at the regional scale
Autoren: Mergili, M; Gruber, FE; Schneider, JF
8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology 2013
(2013) Application of the GRASS GIS model r.rotstab for the deterministic analysis of deep-seated slope stability in a complex geological setting
Autoren: Marchesini, I; Mergili, M; Rossi, M; Santangelo, M; Cardinali, M; Fellin, W; Guzzetti, F
8th IAG International Conference on Geomorphology 2013
(2013) A GRASS GIS-based deterministic model for shallow and deep-seated landslide susceptibility analysis over large areas
Autoren: Mergili, M; Marchesini, I; Rossi, M; Guzzetti, F; Fellin, W.
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2013
(2013) High-mountain multihazard assessment in the Pamir (Tajikistan) with GRASS GIS
Autoren: Gruber, FE; Schneider, JF; Mergili, M
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2013
(2012) Glacial lakes in the headwaters of the Amu Darya river, Central Asia: spatial distribution and temporal development.
Autoren: Mergili, M.; Müller, J.P.; Schneider, J.F.
International Geological Congress 2012
(2012) A three-dimensional slope stability model based on GRASS GIS and its application to the Collazzone area, Central Italy.
Autoren: Mergili, M.; Marchesini, I.; Fellin, W.; Rossi, M.; Raia, S.; Guzzetti, F.
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2012
(2012) Analysis of high-mountain environmental dynamics and emerging glacial hazards in the Pamir (Tajikistan).
Autoren: Mergili, M.; Gruber, F.E.; Müller, J.P.; Schneider, J.F.
PANGEO AUSTRIA 2012
(2012) Development and characteristics of alpine lakes in the upper catchment of the Amu Darya river, Central Asia.
Autoren: Müller, J.P.; Mergili, M.; Schneider, J.F.
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2012
(2012) High-mountain geohazards in the Pamir (Tajikistan) induced by climate change.
Autoren: Mergili, M.; Gruber, F.E.; Müller, J.P.; Schneider, J.F.
27th Himalaya-Karakorum-Tibet Workshop 2012
(2012) r.rotstab: a GRASS-based deterministic model for deep-seated landslide susceptibility analysis over large areas.
Autoren: Mergili, M., Marchesini, I., Rossi, M., Guzzetti, F., Fellin, W.
Open Source Geospatial Research and Education Symposium 2012
(2012) Modelling of debris flows starting from shallow landslides in the Kathmandu area, central Nepal.
Autoren: Thapa, P.B.; Mergili, M.
International Geological Congress 2012
(2011) Recent fluctuations in the glacial and periglacial environment of Tajikistan.
Autoren: Mergili, M., Kopf, C., Schneider, J.F.
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2011
(2011) Changes in the glacial and periglacial environment of the European Alps and the Central Asian mountains and their socio-economic implications: a comparison
Autoren: Mergili, M., Müllebner, B., Kopf, C., Schneider J.F.
2nd Managing Alpine Future 2011 - Inspire and drive sustainable mountain regions
(2011) Aktuelle und prognostizierte Veränderungen von Gletschern und Permafrost in den Hochgebirgen Tajikistans
Autoren: Mergili, M., Kopf, C., Schneider J.F.
30. Jahrestagung des AK Klima 2011
(2011) Changes of the cryosphere and related hazards in the high-mountain areas of Tajikistan (Central Asia)
Autoren: Mergili, M., Müllebner, B., Kopf, C., Schneider, J.F.
Annual meeting of the Austrian Research Association on Geomorphology and Environmental Change of the Austrian Geographical Society 2011
(2011) A procedure for analyzing lake outburst hazard and its application to the South-Western Pamir, Tajikistan.
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M.
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2011
(2011) Glacial Lake Outburst Floods (GLOFs): challenges in prediction and modeling.
Autoren: Mergili, M., Schneider, D., Worni, R., Schneider, J.F.
5th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation 2011 - Mechanics, Prediction and Assessment
(2009) Integration of complex models for slope stability and landslide runout with GIS
Autoren: Mergili, M., Schratz, K., Ostermann, A., Fellin, W.
European Geosciences Union EGU General Assembly 2009
(2009) Further steps of the Hazard Assessment
Autoren: Mergili, M., Schneider, J.F.
1st Workshop Remote Geohazards Assessment in Tajikistan 2009
(2009) Assessment of remote geohazards in high mountain areas of Tajikistan, with special emphasis on GLOFs and the breach of natural dams.
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M.
Glacier Hazard Workshop 2009 Vienna
(2009) Von den Quellen des Nils ins Reich der Riesenlobelien. Landschaften und Lebensräume des östlichen Afrika.
Autoren: Mergili, M.
Geographie Innsbruck 2009
(2009) Capacity-building and risk mitigation strategies for remote geohazards in Tajikistan
Autoren: Mergili, M., Schneider, J.F.
Glacier Hazard Workshop 2009 Vienna
(2009) Slope stability and geographic information systems: an advanced model versus the infinite slope stability approach
Autoren: Mergili, M., Fellin, W.
GEORISK 2009 - Problems of Decrease in Natural Hazards and Risks
(2009) Introduction to Geohazards and outline of the TajHaz Project.
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M.
1st Workshop Remote Geohazards Assessment in Tajikistan 2009
(2009) Preliminary Results of the Zarafshan Assessment
Autoren: Schneider, J.F., Mergili, M., Straka, W.
1st Workshop Remote Geohazards Assessment in Tajikistan 2009
(2008) An Open Source Model for the simulation of granular flows: First results with Grass GIS and Needs for further Research.
Autoren: Mergili, M.
Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference FOSS4G 2008 and GISSA 2008 Conference
(2007) Preliminary Results of Slope Stability Simulations for the Prediction of Debris Flows in the Central Andes (Mendoza, Argentina).
Autoren: Mergili, M., Moreiras, S.M., Fellin, W., Stötter, J.
Geomorphology for the future 2007
(2007) Stereo Matching of Terrestrial Digital Photographs - An Alternative for the Generation of High-Resolution DEMs in Situations of Poor Data Availability?
Autoren: Mergili, M.
Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg GI_Forum 2007
Geographie studieren in Innsbruck
Autoren: Mergili, M.