Draft:Ruben Sommaruga
 | Review waiting, please be patient.
This may take 4 weeks or more, since drafts are reviewed in no specific order. There are 496 pending submissions waiting for review.
Where to get help
How to improve a draft
You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article. Improving your odds of a speedy review To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags. Editor resources
Reviewer tools
|
Ruben Sommaruga (born 1962) is an Uruguayan/Austrian limnologist and university 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 expeditions, including to Nepal, Ethiopia and Greenland.[2]
Career
[edit]Sommaruga began his research career studying hypertrophic lakes[4] and coastal lagoons,[5] but later shifted his focus to high mountain or alpine lakes.[6] 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.[6][7][8] He has developed innovative research lines in the ecology of high mountain lakes, with a multidisciplinary focus, combinig 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 160 international scientific contributions, including publications in top-tier journals such as Nature[7] and PNAS.[9]
Honors and Awards
[edit]- 1991,1992: Vittorio-Tonolli Award from the International Society of Limnology (SIL).[10]
- 2000: International Recognition of Professional Excellence in Limnetic Ecology from the International Ecology Institute (ECI), Germany.[11]
- 2007: Science Award from the Principality of Liechtenstein.[12]
- 2008–2020: Member of the Scientific Board of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF).[13]
- 2011–2014: Member of the Faculty of 1000.[14]
- 2017: Elected Fellow of the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO).[15]
- 2022: Elected Member of the European Academy of Sciences for outstanding contributions to science and technology.[16]
- 2024: Ranked among the top 3% of scientists worldwide in the Stanford University science ranking (AD Scientific Index ID: 1399907) and among the top 10% globally in Ecology and Evolution.[17][18]
- 2024: Recipient of the Baldi Memorial Award from the International Society of Limnology.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ruben Sommaruga". www.uibk.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ruben Sommaruga – Universität Innsbruck". www.uibk.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ a b "Ruben Sommaruga | fishlarvae.org". fishlarvae.org. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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 (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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Past winners: Vittorio Tonolli Fellowship Award – SIL-International Society of Limnology". Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ "Ecology Institute: IRPE Prize". www.int-res.com. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ iPoint (2007-02-23). "LFU-WissenschafterInnen erhielten internationale Auszeichnung". Universität Innsbruck (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ "Ruben Sommaruga – Universität Innsbruck". www.uibk.ac.at (in German). Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ "Ruben Sommaruga". archive.connect.h1.co. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ "Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) Fellows 2017". https://www.aslo.org/. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Members - European Academy of Sciences". 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ Index, AD Scientific. "Ruben Sommaruga – Natural Sciences / Biological Science | Universität Innsbruck". AD Scientific Index. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ "Ruben Sommaruga: Ecology and Evolution H-index & Awards - Academic Profile". Research.com. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ "Results : Edgardo Baldi Award – SIL-International Society of Limnology". Retrieved 2025-06-15.
External links
[edit]Category:Scholars and academics Category:1962 births Category:Living people Category:Austrian Academy of Sciences Category:University of Innsbruck