2018 & 2019 Teaching MCDA theory and applications at the Australian Rivers Institute, Brisbane, Australia; during the SEFS 11 conference (Zagreb, Croatia) and the NZFSS conference (Nelson, New Zealand)
2014 - 2017 Teaching postgraduates at the Freie University in Berlin, Germany; topics include "Biodiversity & Conservation Planning", “Biodiversity in selected ecosystems: Rivers in the secondary mountains“, "Water resources and water bodies in the Anthropocene", "Conservation planning and prioritization" and "River restoration: Basics and systematic planning"
2003 - 2006 Teaching undergraduates and postgraduates in applied-statistics, systematics and ecology of benthic invertebrates and field methods in stream ecology at Eawag and ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Supervision
Visiting Scientists
Dr. Stéfani Novoa (visiting the University of Otago from San Sébastian, Spain). Topic: “Use of remote sensing data for reconstructing the history of macroalgal blooms in the Blueskin Bay estuary”.
PhD Students
Martin Friedrichs (IGB and Free University, Berlin, Germany). PhD thesis: “Uncertainties in species distribution models: effects of spatial and temporal scales on future predictions” (2017-2020)
Dr. Fenghzi He (IGB and Free University, Berlin Germany). PhD thesis: “Biodiversity patterns and conservation of freshwater megafauna” (2017-2019)
MSc students
Roland Wanke (IGB and Free University, Berlin, Germany),“Biological and ecological traits of freshwater megafauna. Data synthesis and analysis” (2017)
Martin Friedrichs (IGB and Free University, Berlin, Germany), “Effectiveness of the conservation network Natura 2000 to protect Europe’s habitat diversity” (2016)
Janina Pohl (Eawag/ETHZ, Switzerland), “Ecology of gravel bars” (2006)
Yvonne Kunz (Eawag/ETHZ, Switzerland), “Ecology of gravel bars” (2006)
Erika Van Daalen (Eawag/ETHZ, Switzerland). Master thesis: “Geomorphology of braided rivers”.
BSc students
Andrin Fink (Eawag/ETHZ, Switzerland). Bachelor thesis: “A decision-theoretic approach to chemical stream assessment“ (2010)
Visiting Students & Internships
Xuhong Chai (Summer student at University of Otago, New Zealand). Topic: “Disentangling Ulva dynamics in the Blueskin Bay estuary using satellige images” (2019 - 2020)
Dominique Harrison (Summer student at University of Otago, New Zealand). Topic: "Blueskin Bay data search” (2018-2019)
Marion Caduff (6-months internship at University of Otago, visiting from ETHZ, Switzerland). Topic: “Blueskin Bay community collaboration to develop a catchment management plan” (2018-2019)
Ingrid Thyr (3-months internship at the University of Otago, visiting from Williams College, Massachusetts, USA). Production of podcasts: "A lake at a crossroads" (2018)
Roland Wanke (student project, Freie University, Berlin, Germany), “Freshwater cultural values” (2015)