Caroline PecherInstitute for Alpine EnvironmentDrususallee/Viale Druso, 139100 Bozen/Bolzano Tel. +39 0471 055 321 Fax +39 0471 055 399 contact Curriculum vitae Born 17th September 1980 in Weilheim i. OB, Germany. since July 2008 PhD candidate at the University of Innsbruck, Austria. since July 2006 Scientific collaborator at the European Academy Bolzano (EURAC). 2005 - 2006 Diploma thesis at EURAC, Institute for Alpine Environment: »Development and application of a GIS-based indicator system on sustainability on landscape level within the alpine space« 2004 - 2005 Studies of Informatics at the University of Trento, Italy, within the Erasmus programme. 2003 - 2004 Field works in high mountain areas as an undergraduate assistant at the University of Augsburg and at the Technische Universität München (Germany). 2003 Trainee and undergraduate assistant at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research – Atmospheric Environmental Research Di- vision (IMK-IFU) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 2000 - 2006 Studies in Geography at the University of Augsburg. Specialisation in Physical Geography, Spatial Planning and Geoinformatics (Tech- nische Universität München). Language skills German mother tongue English good Italian good Spanish fair Russian very basic (Geo)Informatics skills ArcGIS 9.2 and ArcGIS scripting in Python 2.4 ArcInfo Macro Language (AML), ArcView 3.3 Basics in C, C++ and Java