Doctoral School of Earth Sciences

If you are on this page because you are interested in studying for a doctorate at the University of Graz, then of course we look forward to welcoming you to the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences. However, your enrolment must first take place via the Admissions Office and the Doctoral School is unfortunately not your first point of contact. However, we would like to help you and would therefore like to give you a few tips on how you can become a student and what problems you might encounter.

First of all, of course, you need a project or a topic for your doctoral thesis. This project/topic may or may not be funded. Then you need to enrol as a doctoral student at the University of Graz. For this, it will be necessary to have a Master's certificate accredited - if you have not previously studied in Austria. You may also be required to provide proof of English language proficiency. If your project involves employment at the University of Graz, then some of these aspects will be more difficult and others easier due to the different requirements that exist for students from different backgrounds and countries. To overcome these hurdles, there are 2 contact points at the university that can help you:

• The WELCOME CENTER of the University of Graz under the page: https: //welcome.uni-graz.at/de/.
• The DEPARTMENT OF ACADEMIC SERVICES on the website: https: //docservice.uni-graz.at/en/

If you are planning a doctoral project for which you cannot find funding, there is also the possibility to apply for your own funding. The Austrian Academic Exchange Service ÖAD(https://oead.at/) or the Austrian Academy of Sciences(https://www.oeaw.ac.at/) are two of several institutions that fund personalized doctoral projects.

Good luck with your efforts.

• Arrigoni, Anna Auer (Piller): The Leeuwin current system during the middle pleistocene: Foraminiferal assemblage and stable isotope analysis.
• Bartosch, Thorsten Stüwe (Winkler): Dynamics of Sediment Refilling of the Po Plain since the Messinian Crisis.
• Bertolotti, Giulia Winkler, Fischer (Birk): Climate Change Impact on Intact Rock Glaciers - A Hydrogeological Approach.
• Feichtinger, Iris Harzhauser , Guinot (Auer): Elasmobranch diversity across the K/Pg boundary in the Tethyan realm.
• Haas, Isabella Kurz (Fritz): Pre-Alpine Evolution of the Seckau-Schladming Nappe System.
• Hechemer, Tamara Auer (Piller): Intermediate water variability in the Middle to Late Miocene Indian Ocean - Stable Isotope Analysis and Foraminifera assemblages along a N-S transects (ODP Sites 752,707 and 722).
• Kokimova, Ainur Birk (Winkler): Sustainable use of groundwater resources under changing climate conditions and the transition to a low-carbon society - hydrogeological constraints vs. societal demands.
• Puentes Jorge, Xabier Auer (Meijers): Calcareous nannofossils assemblages during Middle-Late Miocene to reconstruct Indian Ocean paleoproductivitz (ODP sites 707-752).
• Salazar-Rios, Andres Felipe Gross (Piller): Contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical fossil ostracods, with focus on the Pebas System (Amazonia, Miocene) and adjacent North Andean Basins.
• Santitharangkun, Srett Hauzenberger (Short): Petrogenesis and Geochronology of Granitoid Rocks and their Embedding Basement Rocks, Inthanon Zone, Northern Thailand and Sibumasu Terrane, Eastern Myanmar.
• Sawasdee, Pornchanit Hauzenberger (Short): Greenschist and blueschist facies mafic-ultramafic rocks from the Nan-Uttaradit complex: a petrological, geochemical and geochronological study.
• Scheiblhofer, Esther Winkler, Katzensteiner (Birk): Effects of climate change on Austrians forests - hydrological constraints of dynamic water-soil interactions.
• Seelig, Magdalena Winkler (Birk): Characterization of springs and their catchments with regard to climate change.
• Seelig, Simon Winkler (Birk): Impact of rock glaciers in alpine headwaters on downstream river systems with regard to climate change.

• 2024 Del Gaudio, Arianna Piller Foraminifera and Calcareous Nannofossils Biostratigraphy and Palaeocecology of the Mariana convergent margin.
• 2023 Vremec, Matevž Birk Impacts of warming and elevated CO2 concentration on the hydrology of mountain grasslands.
• 2023 Forstner, Veronika Birk Impact of climate change on montane grassland`s soil water and biomass- a lysimeter approach.
• 2022 Collenteur, Raoul Alexander Birk Impact of extreme events and changing environmental conditions on groundwater recharge.
• 2022 Demangel, Isaline Richoz Calcareous Nannoplankton in the Upper Triassic.
• 2021 Kovacs, Zsofia Richoz Multi-proxy characterization of the influence of the rising pelagic calcification on seawater chemistry.
• 2021 Kranner, Matthias Harzhauser Stratigraphy of the Northern Vienna Basin.
• 2021 Nong , Thi Quynh Anh Hauzenberger Geochemical and zircon U-Pb geochronological constraints on Mesozoic magmatism in southern Vietnam and southeastern Cambodia.
• 2020 Mandl, Magdalena Kurz U-Pb zircon geochronology and geochemical characterization of pre-Alpine metagranitoids and metasediments of the Seckau Nappe System, Eastern Alps.
• 2020 Quandt, Dennis Kurz Fault- and fluid-systems subsequent to subduction initiation in the outer Izu-Bonin-Mariana fore arc and within supra subduction zone ophiolites.
• 2020 Sorger, Dominik Hauzenberger Petrological and tectonic evolution of the Bavarian Unit, Bohemian Massif.
• 2019 Haas, Johannes Birk Groundwater response to extreme events: Drivers and thresholds.
• 2019 Schantl, Philip Hauzenberger Formation and distribution of granulites within the Moldanubian Nappe System.
• 2018 Brandstätter, Jennifer Kurz Deformation mechanisms within an erosive plate margin.
• 2018 Raič, Sara Mogessie Petrology and mineralization along the basal zone of the duluth complex, Minnesota, USA.
• 2017 Garcia Gallardo, Angela Piller Impact of Mediterranean Outflow Water on the Pliocene North Atlantic.
• 2016 Ali Turab, Syed Stüwe Structural Geology of NW Kohat Plateau (Hangu and Kohat transect) with Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration.
• 2016 Auer, Gerald Piller Paleoecology and stratigraphy of Oligo-/Miocene Sections in the Mediterranean.
• 2016 Georgopoulou, Elisavet Harzhauser Holocene and Pleistocene Gastropod Biodiversity in European freshwater systems.
• 2016 Monfaredi, Behzad Hauzenberger Petrology and Geochemistry of the Hamedan Region, Iran.
• 2016 Pauritsch , Marcus Birk Groundwater storage and drainage dynamics of relict rock glaciers in the Styrian Niedere Tauern.
• 2016 Theobalt, Dörte Harzhauser Integrated stratigraphy of the Lower Miocene depositional systems in the Western Vienna Basin.
• 2016 Wiedl, Thomas Piller The Leitha Mts. Carbonate Platform - A Recorder for Miocene Environments and Climate Change.
• 2015 Chen, Yanlong Piller Middle Triassic Palaeoecological Crisis.
• 2015 Degu, Abraham Mechal Birk Groundwater System Analysis of Southern of Main Ethiopian Rift (Abaya and Chamo lakes System).
• 2014 Ali Hassan, Mahmoud Stüwe Tectonic Evolution of Sinai, Egypt.
• 2014 Mayaud, Cyril Birk Groundwater modeling in karst terrains using single-continuum models.
• 2013 Legrain, Nicolas Stüwe Landscape evolution of the non-glaciated part of the Alps.
• 2013 Hausegger, Stefan Kurz Cataclasites in carbonates.
• 2013 Nantasin , Prayath Hauzenberger Metamorphic Evolution of the Thabsila Metamorphic Complex and the Sri Sawat Contact Aureole, Kanchanaburi Province.
• 2013 Puhr , Barbara Hoinkes Metamorphic evolution and geochemistry of metacarbonates rocks of the Austroalpine Basement.
• 2012 Kern, Andrea Piller Miocene high-frequency vegetation & climate variability.
• 2012 Krenn, Roland Hergarten Natural Hazards and Self-Organized Criticality.
• 2011 Grunert, Patrick Piller Integrated Facies-Analysis and Stratigraphy of the Early Miocene North Alpine Foreland Basin (Upper Austria).
• 2010 Abu Alam, Tamer Stüwe The metamorphic evolution of migmatites in the Wadi Feiran Region, Southwest Sinai.
• 2010 Bruand, Emilie Stüwe A petrological study of the Chugach Metamorphic Complex in southern Alaska.
• 2010 Gasser, Deta Stüwe Extrusion og Chugach Metamorphic Complex, Alaska.
• 2010 Mohamed, Omar Piller Dinoflagellates and palynofacies around the Cretaceous/Paleogene boundary in the Eastern Alps.
• 2010 Wagner, Thomas Stüwe Young Uplift in the Non-glaciated Parts of the Eastern Alps: Geomorphological and Geochronological Constraints.
• 2008 Banks, Kenneth Piller Geobiological Aspects of the Southeast Florida Continental Reef Tract.
• 2008 Gallien, Florian Mogessie Metamorphism and mineralization of the Sierras de Valle Fèrtil and La Huerta, Province San Juan, Argentina.
• 2008 Müllegger, Stefan Piller The SE-Atlantic in the Late Pleistocene and Holocene: Paleoceanographic interpretations based on sedimentological, geochemical and foraminiferal data.
• 2006 Soliman, Ali Piller Lower and Middle Miocene Dinoflagellate Cysts, Gulf of Suez, Egypt.
• 2005 Robl, Jörg Stüwe Continental Collision with Finite Indenter Strength.