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Ruben Sommaruga | |
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| Born | 27 April 1962 |
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| Institutions | University of Innsbruck |
Ruben Sommaruga is a researcher in the field of Aquatic Ecology. He is Full Professor at the Department of Ecology from the University of Innsbruck, Austria where between 2012 and 2020, also acted as its director. Ruben Sommaruga grew up in Montevideo where he received his early education. He attended the University of the Republic in Uruguay where he received his B.Sc. in Biological Oceanography. He then went to Austria for higher studies and received a M.Sc. degree in Zoology and a Doctoral degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Innsbruck in 1993 with majors in Limnology and Microbial Ecology. Afterwards, he was a postdoctoral investigator at the Department of Ecological Sciences, University of Chile, at the High Mountain Research Center, Spain, the Istituto di idrobiologia Pallanza, Italy and at the former Institute of Zoology and Limnology of the University of Innsbruck. In 1998, he got his habilitation in Limnology at the University of Innsbruck. He has been a visiting scholar at many different institutes including the biological research laboratory of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the EAWAG Hydrobiology Lab at Kastanienbaum, and the National Center of Polar and Ocean Research, Goa, among others, as well as participated in several expeditions like to Greenland.
Career
editRuben Sommaruga started his research career studying hypereutrophic lakes[1] and coastal lagoons in South America, but later moved his focus to high elevation or alpine lakes. His studies though focused mainly on lakes located in the Alps, in particular on Gossenköllesee where a research station offers a facility for experimental work, have also included ecosystems outside the classic "northern temperate science belt," such as those in the Andes (Chile), the Himalayas (Nepal and India), and the Bale Mountains (Ethiopia). His long-standing research goals during the last three decades have been to understand how organisms adapted to the harsh environmental conditions typical of high elevation ecosystems and how lake processes are affected by different global changes. His research covers a wide range of areas ranging from viral ecology[2] and the impacts of climate change on aquatic ecosystems[3] to physical limnology[4], and photobiology[5]. These studies have led to numerous international scientific contributions (>160) including in Nature, Science, and PNAS.
Honors and Awards
edit- Recipient of the Baldi Memorial Award from the International Society for Limnology, 2024.
- Elected to the European Academy of Sciences for outstanding contributions to science and technology, 2022
- Ranked among the 3% top scientists worldwide in 2024 by the Stanford University Scientific Ranking (AD Scientific Index ID: 1399907) and among the world top 10% in Ecology and Evolution (Research.com)
- Elected Fellow to the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) in 2017
- Elected to the Scientific Board of the Austrian Science Fund, 2008-2020
- Recognition Award of the Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management Society for significant scientific contributions to Ecosystem Science, 2011.
- Scientific Award of the South Tyrol Spar Bank Foundation, 2010
- Honorary Member of the ECI (Freshwater Ecology), Ecology Institute, Germany, 2008
- Scientific Award from the Principality of Liechtenstein, 2007.
- International Recognition of Professional Excellence in Limnetic Ecology Prize from the ECI-International Ecology Institute, Germany, 2000
- Vittorio Tonolli Award of the International Society for Limnology (SIL), 1991 and 1992.
- Appointed member of Faculty of 1000, 2011-2014.
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edit- ^ Sommaruga, Ruben; Robarts, Richard D (2006-01-17). "The significance of autotrophic and heterotrophic picoplankton in hypertrophic ecosystems". FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 24 (3): 187–200. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6941.1997.tb00436.x. ISSN 0168-6496.
- ^ Bellas, Christopher; Hackl, Thomas; Plakolb, Marie-Sophie; Koslová, Anna; Fischer, Matthias G.; Sommaruga, Ruben (2023-04-18). "Large-scale invasion of unicellular eukaryotic genomes by integrating DNA viruses". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120 (16): e2300465120. Bibcode:2023PNAS..12000465B. doi:10.1073/pnas.2300465120. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 10120064. PMID 37036967.
- ^ Sommaruga-WÖgrath, Sabine; Koinig, Karin A.; Schmidt, Roland; Sommaruga, Ruben; Tessadri, Richard; Psenner, Roland (May 1997). "Temperature effects on the acidity of remote alpine lakes". Nature. 387 (6628): 64–67. Bibcode:1997Natur.387...64S. doi:10.1038/387064a0. ISSN 1476-4687.
- ^ Laurion, Isabelle; Ventura, Marc; Catalan, Jordi; Psenner, Roland; Sommaruga, Ruben (September 2000). "Attenuation of ultraviolet radiation in mountain lakes: Factors controlling the among- and within-lake variability". Limnology and Oceanography. 45 (6): 1274–1288. Bibcode:2000LimOc..45.1274L. doi:10.4319/lo.2000.45.6.1274. ISSN 0024-3590.
- ^ Sommaruga, Ruben (2001-09-01). "The role of solar UV radiation in the ecology of alpine lakes". Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology. Impacts of Ultraviolet Radiation on Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems. 62 (1): 35–42. Bibcode:2001JPPB...62...35S. doi:10.1016/S1011-1344(01)00154-3. ISSN 1011-1344. PMID 11693365.