Naturhistorisches Museum Wien

MSc

Victoria Kargl

Position: Project researcher ABOL reference data & BioBlitz coordination

Contact:

victoria.kargl@nhm-wien.ac.at
Phone: +43 1 521 77 – 435

ABOL reference data

The aim of the project is to create at least 5,000 DNA barcodes for at least 1,500 species of animals, plants and fungi that occur in Austria. Special focus is on pollinators, soil organisms and aquatic organisms. The taxonomic expertise of Austria's natural history museums, universities and other biodiversity experts (e.g. eco-offices, freelance biologists, lay experts) will be used to generate DNA barcodes. The DNA barcodes will be available open access in the international BOLD database for numerous applications. With this method, species identification can be carried out much more efficiently in nature conservation practice, which means that the increased monitoring requirements (e.g. insect mortality, climate change, biodiversity crisis) can be better managed.

Education

2016–2020 Master Conservation Biology and Biodiversity Management, University of Vienna
2012–2016 Bachelor Ecology, University of Vienna

Master Thesis

Title: „Wildschweinsuhlen als Habitat für Libellen im Lainzer Tiergarten“, supervised by Univ.-Doz. Mag. Dr. Andreas Chovanec

Professional History

Since 2020 Employee at the Natural History Museum Vienna / Department Research Laboratory Molecular Systematics in the context of various projects

2024-ongoing: Coordination of the ABOL BioBlitz and reference data
2023: LE project "FFH dragonfly species in the rural areas of Vienna" and coordination of ABOL BioBlitz
2020-2022: LE project "Crayfish and dragonflies in the rural areas of Vienna and the potential of DNA barcoding methods for their detection and management"

2015-2022: Part-time position in the pharmaceutical industry in the area of plant and production - compliance
Since 2017-ongoing: Eco-educational guided tours for schools and families (Verein Umweltspürnasen)
2023: Dragonfly survey on the Danube Island
2022: Dragonfly survey at Schönbrunn Zoo
2022: Dragonfly survey in Wr. Neustadt, Liesing, Mödling
2021: Dragonfly survey of the Leitha, Ebenfurth area
2020: Dragonfly survey of the Leitha, district of Bruck an der Leitha
2019: Dragonfly survey of two streams in the Vienna Woods as part of the project "The dragonfly fauna of Vienna"
2017: Various internships (Lower Austrian Nature Conservation Association, Austrian Federal Forests, Illmitz Biological Station)
2016: Press internship P.U.L.S in the Gesäuse National Park/Naturfreundejugend Austria

Congress contributions

FISCHER, I., SITTENTHALER, M., PAIL, V., CHOVANEC, A., & HARING, E. (2022). Libellen in Wien: klassisches Monitoring oder molekulargenetische Methoden zur Erfassung von Libellen - ein kritischer Vergleich. In Tagungsband Der 2. Digitalkonferenz Der Gesellschaft Deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (Gdo E.v.). Presented at the 2. Digitalkonferenz der Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (GdO e.V.) 18.-19. März 2022, Online: Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen e. V.

PAIL, V. (2022). Wildschweinsuhlen als Habitat für Libellen. In Tagungsband Der 2. Digitalkonferenz Der Gesellschaft Deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (Gdo E.v.). Presented at the 2. Digitalkonferenz der Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (GdO e.V.) 18.-19. März 2022, Online: Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen e. V.

FISCHER, I., SITTENTHALER, M., PAIL, V., ZANGL, L., KOBLMÜLLER, S., CHOVANEC, A., & HARING, E. (2021): Identification of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata): DNA barcoding of exuviae and eDNA analysis of water samples. – Management of animal and plant genetic resources – p. 53, International Conference on Management of animal and plant genetic resources, Tirana, Albania (Academy of Science of Albania).

FISCHER, I., SITTENTHALER, M., CHOVANEC, A., PAIL, V., & HARING, E. (2020). DNA barcoding methods for the detection of dragonfly species. Presented at the 4th Annual Meeting in Conservation Genetics 2020, Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Senckenberg Society for Nature Research.

FISCHER, I., SITTENTHALER, M., CHOVANEC, A., PAIL, V., & HARING, E. (2020). DNA-Barcoding Methoden zum Nachweis von Libellen. Presented at the 39. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft deutschsprachiger Odonatologen (GdO) e. V., Höxter, Germany.