Stefan Mayr

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Stefan Mayr (* 1969 ) is an Austrian botanist and lecturer at the University of Innsbruck .

Life

Stefan Mayr studied biology with a focus on ecology at the University of Innsbruck from 1988 and completed his diploma thesis in 1993 with Walter Larcher at the Institute of Botany. In 1996 Mayr did his doctorate with Wolfgang Doppler and Hans Grunicke from the Institute for Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry on signal transduction in mouse milk epithelial cells with excellent success.

His scientific career began in 1995 as a research assistant at the Institute for Medicinal Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Innsbruck. In 1996 Mayr became Helmut Bauer's assistant at the Institute of Botany in the field of plant physiology . In 2003 he completed his habilitation in botany at the University of Innsbruck. Mayr has headed the " Ecophysiology " research group since 2004 and has held the chair for botany / water balance of plants at the University of Innsbruck since October 2011.

In addition, Mayr is managing director of the company ÖKOM, which works as a technical office for ecology in the fields of nature conservation and landscape planning.

research

Plant hydraulics is at the center of his research activities . Mayr combines basic research on alpine species and plants at lower altitudes with application-oriented projects in the fields of forestry , agriculture and nature conservation .

Private

In addition to his research activities, Mayr is involved in projects in the fields of art , comedy and science communication . Mayr is the winner of the 5th Innsbruck Science Slam (2015). In addition, one of his cartoon series on "How to do Plant Science" was published by the renowned journal " Trends in Plant Science ".

Awards

Mayr was honored with the following prizes:

  • 2002: Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for scientific research at the University of Innsbruck
  • 2003: Science Promotion Prize of the Academic Alpine Association of the University of Innsbruck
  • 2004: Eduard Wallnöfer Prize for research and study projects
  • 2006: Science Communication Prize FWF (for the project "Flower Power Hydropower in Plants")
  • 2012: Liechtenstein Prize for excellent research (for his research work on the formation of emboli in plants)
  • 2014: TeachingPlus! Prize from the University of Innsbruck
  • 2015: Ars docendi award for excellent teaching

Important publications

  • Stefan Mayr et al .: Frost drought in conifers at the alpine timberline: xylem dysfunction and adaptations. In: Ecology . Volume 87, No. 12, 2006, pp. 3175-3185.
  • Brendan Choat et al .: Global convergence in the vulnerability of forests to drought. In: Nature . Volume 491, 2012, pp. 752-755.
  • Stefan Mayr et al .: Uptake of water via branches helps timberline conifers refill embolized xylem in late winter. In: Plant Physiology . Volume 164, No. 4, 2014, pp. 1731-1740.
  • Barbara Beikircher, Stefan Mayr: Avoidance of harvesting and sampling artefacts in hydraulic analyzes: a protocol tested on Malus domestica. In: Tree Physiology . Volume 36, No. 6, 2016, pp. 797-803.
  • Maxime Cailleret et al .: A synthesis of radial growth patterns preceding tree mortality. In: Global Change Biology . Volume 23, No. 4, 2017, pp. 1675–1690.
  • Andreas Bär, Andrea Nardini, Stefan Mayr: Post ‐ fire effects in xylem hydraulics of Picea abies, Pinus sylvestris and Fagus sylvatica. In: New Phytologist . Volume 217, No. 4, 2018, pp. 1484–1493.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefan Medgyesy: Mayr Stefan - University of Innsbruck. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Liechtenstein Prize awarded . Press release of the University of Innsbruck from March 16, 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Stefan Hohenwarter: Excellent teaching: Two Ars docendi prizes 2015 for the University of Innsbruck. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b C. I. Admin: Head of the week: Stefan Mayr - University of Innsbruck. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  5. ↑ ÖKOM, Eco-Management, Landscape Planning, Technical Office for Ecology, Dr. Stefan Mayr KG, Innsbruck, Tyrol. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  6. ↑ a b With the ear to the tree - derStandard.at. Retrieved May 18, 2019 (Austrian German).
  7. ↑ Martina Kinzl: Master installers at the tree line - University of Innsbruck. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Martina Kinzl: FWF Flower Power project completed - University of Innsbruck. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  9. ^ University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences BOKU: Citizen Science Austria. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
  10. ^ ScienceSlamAustria: Stefan Mayr - A.Horn und der Durst (Science Slam Innsbruck 2015). December 2, 2015, accessed May 18, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Tzung-Fu Hsieh, Ofir Hakim, Nir Ohad, Robert L Fischer: From flour to flower: how Polycomb group proteins influence multiple aspects of plant development. In: Trends in Plant Science . Volume 8, number 9, 2003, pp. 439-445, doi : 10.1016 / S1360-1385 (03) 00189-4 . (Review)
  12. ↑ Research for many - derStandard.at. Retrieved May 18, 2019 (Austrian German).
  13. ^ Daniela Pümpel, Stefan Hohenwarter: Honor for excellent teaching - University of Innsbruck. Retrieved May 18, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Mayr, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian botanist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1969