PhD thesis successfully defended
On 27 April 2026, Pratiksha Acharya successfully defended her doctoral dissertation at the University of Vienna. The title of her dissertation was “The Influence of Resource and Consumer Diversity on the Quality and Microbial Processing of Fine-Grained Organic Material During Leaf Decomposition in Flowing Waters”.
Katrin Attermeyer supervised the doctoral fellowship in the Carbocrobe research group at WasserCluster Lunz.We extend our warmest congratulations to this talented scientist and wish her all the best for her future career!
Long-term monitoring of Lake Lunz: Optimized sampling strategy
This week, the TRIDENT working group carried out its first Lenti-DNA sampling at Lake Lunz. As part of the eLTER long-term monitoring programme, aquatic eDNA samples will be analysed for fish, macroinvertebrates and diatoms in future. The sampling strategy for lakes is being optimised in the Lenti-DNA project using Lakes Lunz and Neusiedl as examples.
Call for applications: PhD fellowship
WasserCluster Lunz - Biological Station GmbH invites applications for a fully funded PhD
fellowship in aquatic ecology/limnology (f/m/d)Duration: 4 years – expected to start between June and October 2026
Detailed job description and application info
News and Events
- 09.04.2026 Evaluation of WCL
- 19.03.2026 Annual Report 2025
Seminar Series
May 2026 | N.N.
List of all seminars, videos, photos,...
Longterm ecological research
WasserCluster Lunz is member of GLEON and study Lake Lunz as a permanent study site.
Moreover Lunz is a mastersite in the LTER platform Eisenwurzen. (person to contact: Libor Závorka)
About WasserCluster Lunz
WasserCluster Lunz is a non-profit research center equally supported by the BOKU University, the University for Continuing Education Krems, and the University of Vienna. The research centre is financed by the Provincial Government of Lower Austria and the Municipality of Vienna. | Imagefilm 3'30 min
Research
WasserCluster Lunz pursues basic and applied research on aquatic ecosystems from microscopic to catchment scales. Our scientists conduct studies in international teams to investigate scientific problems of aquatic ecosystems; including effects of global change, significance and magnitude of aquatic-terrestrial interlinkages and aquatic ecosystem management and rehabilitation.
Education
WasserCluster Lunz offers university and postgraduate training at an international level, provides internships and accomplishes research-education cooperation at local and national scales.
Visiting Scientists
WasserCluster Lunz welcomes enquiries from scientists who are interested in a sabbatical leave in our research centre. Interested persons are invited to contact us:
Open Day
The WasserCluster Lunz organizes an open day for interested visitors every two years. The next one will take place on September 19th, 2026.
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