Quaternary dynamics and climate change Caves and speleothems Groundwater hydrogeochemistry Stable isotopes Sedimentary geochemistry Diagenesis Professional activities and awards 2021 Dean Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences 2020 Honorary member of the Geological Society of Austria 2020 Tiroler Landespreis für Wissenschaft 2019 Weiss award (FWF) 2015-2018 Member of the ICDP Science Advisory Group 2013- Full member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2013- Member of the Commission for Geosciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2012-2018 Vice chair of the National Committee Geo/Hydro-Sciences of the Austrian Academy of Sciences 2010-2014 Vice President of the German Quaternary Association 2009-2014 Member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the GFZ Potsdam 2009 Corresponding member Austrian Academy of Sciences 2008- President of the Austrian Speleological Association 2007-2010 President of the Austrian Geological Society 2004-2013 Dean of Studies Geo- and Atmospheric Sciences 2004- Editor of Die Höhle 2002-2004 Editor of Sedimentology