Edge Rewrite
everything Source code View original
// HTMLRewriter · presentation

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Cloudflare fetched the original article and streamed it through HTMLRewriter to apply an entirely new visual system without rebuilding the source page.

// request.cf · coarse context

A page that knows where it met you.

Only coarse request metadata is shown. This demo does not display or persist visitor IP addresses.

Country
US
Cloudflare location
CMH
Connection
HTTP/2
Language
Not provided

Ray ID: a29fc582e884ee28

Jump to content

Ruben Sommaruga

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ruben Sommaruga
Born (1962-04-27) 27 April 1962 (age 64)
Montevideo, Uruguay
OccupationProfessor
AwardsBaldi Memorial Award, SIL (2024)
Professional Excellence in Limnetic Ecology Prize (2000)
Academic background
EducationUniversity of the Republic of Uruguay (BSc)
University of Innsbruck (MSc and PhD)
Alma materUniversity of Innsbruck
Academic work
DisciplineEcology
Sub-discipline
Limnology, Microbial Ecology, Biogeochemistry, Global Change
InstitutionsUniversity of Innsbruck

Ruben Sommaruga (born 1962) is an Uruguayan-Austrian limnologist and University Full Professor at the Institute of Ecology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, where he served as director from 2012 to 2020.[1]

Early life and education

[edit]

Ruben Sommaruga was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, where he received his early education.[1] He attended the University of the Republic in Uruguay, earning a bachelor's degree in Biological Oceanography.[2] He then moved to Austria for postgraduate studies where he obtained a master's degree in Zoology and in 1993 a doctorate in Natural Sciences from the University of Innsbruck, with majors in Limnology and Microbial Ecology.[2][3]

Subsequently, he held postdoctoral stays at various institutions, including the Institute for Ecological Sciences at the University of Chile, the High Mountain Research Center in Spain, the Istituto di Idrobiologia Pallanza in Italy, and the former Institute of Zoology and Limnology at the University of Innsbruck.[2] In 1998, he habilitated in Limnology at the University of Innsbruck.[2][3]

Sommaruga has been a visiting scientist at several institutes, such as the Scripps Institution of Oceanography's biological research laboratory, the EAWAG Hydrobiology Laboratory in Kastanienbaum, and the National Center of Polar and Ocean Research in Goa. He has participated in multiple scientific expeditions, including to Nepal (Himalaya),[4] Ethiopia (Bale Mountains National Park) and Greenland (Jakobshavn Glacier).[2]

Career

[edit]

Sommaruga began his research career studying hypertrophic lakes[5] and coastal lagoons,[6] but later shifted his focus to high mountain or alpine lakes.[7] While his studies primarily concentrated on lakes in the Alps, they also encompassed ecosystems beyond the traditional "northern temperate science belt," including those in the Andes (Chile), the Himalayas (Nepal and India), and the Bale Mountains (Ethiopia).[2]

Over the past three decades, his long-term research goals have aimed to understand how organisms adapt to the harsh environmental conditions typical of high mountain ecosystems and how lake processes are influenced by various global changes.[7][8][9] He has studied the ecology of high mountain lakes including those affected by glacier retreat, combining methods from limnology, microbiology, ecology, and environmental science to analyze complex ecological interactions. His research covers a broad spectrum of topics, from microbial ecology and the effects of climate change on aquatic ecosystems to physical limnology and photobiology. These studies have led to over 170 international scientific contributions, including publications in Nature[8] and PNAS.[10]

Honors and awards

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. 1 2 "Ruben Sommaruga". www.uibk.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Ruben Sommaruga – Universität Innsbruck". www.uibk.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  3. 1 2 "Ruben Sommaruga | fishlarvae.org". fishlarvae.org. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  4. ↑ "Pyramid Observatory Laboratory". EvK2CNR. Retrieved 2025-09-09.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Conde, D.; Aubriot, L.; Sommaruga, R. (2000-11-22). "Changes in UV penetration associated with marine intrusions and freshwater discharge in a shallow coastal lagoon of the Southern Atlantic Ocean". Marine Ecology Progress Series. 207: 19–31. Bibcode:2000MEPS..207...19C. doi:10.3354/meps207019. ISSN 1616-1599.
  7. 1 2 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.
  8. 1 2 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.
  9. ↑ Laurion, Isabelle; Ventura, Marc; Catalan, Jordi; Psenner, Roland; Sommaruga, Ruben (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 1939-5590.
  10. ↑ 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. PMC 10120064. PMID 37036967.
  11. ↑ "Results: Edgardo Baldi Award – SIL-International Society of Limnology". Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  12. ↑ Sommaruga, Ruben (2025). "Survival strategies of planktonic organisms in alpine lakes and beyond". Inland Waters. 15 (1) 2497248. Bibcode:2025InWat..1597248S. doi:10.1080/20442041.2025.2497248. PMC 12306673. PMID 40740419. Retrieved 2025-07-28.
  13. ↑ Index, AD Scientific. "Ruben Sommaruga – Natural Sciences / Biological Science | Universität Innsbruck". AD Scientific Index. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  14. ↑ "Ruben Sommaruga: Ecology and Evolution H-index & Awards - Academic Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  15. ↑ "Members - European Academy of Sciences". 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  16. ↑ "Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Fellows 2017". Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  17. ↑ "Ruben Sommaruga". archive.connect.h1.co. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  18. ↑ iPoint (2007-02-23). "LFU-WissenschafterInnen erhielten internationale Auszeichnung". Universität Innsbruck (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  19. ↑ "Ecology Institute: IRPE Prize". www.int-res.com. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
  20. ↑ "Past winners: Vittorio Tonolli Fellowship Award – SIL-International Society of Limnology". Retrieved 2025-06-15.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ruben_Sommaruga&oldid=1350543323"