Trained as an engineer for mechanical and industrial engineering, studied business administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. Since 2003 in a management position in the field of finance in the sectors mechanical engineering, research & development and real estate. Since 2011 managing director in the sectors renewable energy, consultancy & software development as well as logistics. From 2017 lecturer at the University for Continuing Education in Krems as part of the Certificate Programme Professional Supervisory Board Work. Administrative Director General of GeoSphere Austria since 2023.
Management
GeoSphere Austria is managed by the Directorate General. The Directorate General is supported by the Division Directors as well as the the Scientific Advisory Board. The Board of Trustees acts as an independent supervisory and advisory body.
GeoSphere Austria is headed by Ing. Mag. Sylvia Bauer-Beck, Administrative Director General, and Dr. Andreas Schaffhauser, Scientific Director General. Several Directors, who lead the divisions, support the Directorate General.
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On the left: Sylvia Bauer-Beck, Administrative Director General of GeoSphere Austria since July 2023. © Photo Schwarzenegger.
On the right: Andreas Schaffhauser, Scientific Director General of GeoSphere Austria since July 2023. © GeoSphere Austria/Lusser.
- Mag. Bernhard Niedermoser, Director Meteorological Services and Regional Offices
- Dr. Gerhard Wotawa, Director Climate and Environment Services
- Mag. Robert Supper, Director Geophysical and Applied Geological Services
- Dr. Hans-Georg Krenmayr, Director Basic Geological Services
- Dipl. Ing. Ernst Mosor, Director ICT-Services
- Mag. Theres Ladstätter, Director Human Resources
The Board of Trustees acts as an independent supervisory and advisory body and consists of ten members.
Chairwoman: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Kern, MBA, University of the Bundeswehr Munich Deputy Chairwoman: Dr. Manuela Raith, MBA, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
- Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fügenschuh, Paris Lodron University of Salzburg
- HR Mag. Dr. Christoph Kolmer, MLBT (JKU), Administration of the State of Upper Austria
- Mag. Margit Mischkulnig, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology
- Mag. Elmar Pichl, Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
- Mag. Dr. Barbara Schaller, Federal Ministry of Finance
- Mag. Paul Skomorowski, GeoSphere Austria, Chairman of the Workers’ Council
- Mag. Julia Weilbold, GeoSphere Austria, Deputy Chairwoman of the Workers’ Council
- HR Dr. Gabriele Zuna-Kratky, former Director of the Vienna Museum of Science and Technology
The Scientific Advisory Board consists of nine members in total, and furthermore of members from the (inter)national research and education community, the mining industry as well as one member each from a European geological-geophysical and meteorological-climatological service. It advises the Directorate General, focussing on recommendations in the strategic direction of research and development.
Chairman: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wagner, TU Wien (Austria) Deputy Chairwoman: Dipl.-Met. Gudrun Mühlbacher, Deutscher Wetterdienst – Regional Climate Office Munich (Germany)
- Dr. Roland Eichhorn, Bavarian Environment Agency (Germany)
- Dr. Michaela Frei, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Germany)
- Dr. Thomas Haiden, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (United Kingdom)
- Dr. Michiko Hama, National Centre for Climate Services (Switzerland)
- Dr. Robert Holnsteiner, Federal Ministry of Finance (Austria)
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Mathias Rotach, University of Innsbruck (Austria)
- Dr. Tina Wunderlich, Kiel University (Germany)