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Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies

Luca Carraro

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Research interests

Ecohydrology; freshwater environmental and ecosystem modelling; spatial processes in river networks; environmental DNA in rivers; stream temperature and nutrient dynamics; metapopulation and metacommunity models; spatial epidemiology.

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Education and professional positions

2022 - present Independent Group Leader (SNSF Ambizione Fellow), Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Hosted at Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland
2019 - 2022 Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Hosted at Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland
2018 - 2019 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag, Dübendorf, Switzerland
2018 Postdoctoral Researcher, Laboratory of Ecohydrology, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
2014 - 2018 Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Ecohydrology, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
2012 - 2014 M.Sc. in Hydraulic Engineering, University of Padua, Italy
2008 - 2012 B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, University of Padua, Italy

Selected publications

  • Carraro L., Altermatt F. (2022). Optimal Channel Networks accurately model ecologically-relevant geomorphological features of branching river networks. Communications Earth, 3:125. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-022-00454-1
  • Jacquet C., Carraro L., Altermatt F. (2022). Meta-ecosystem dynamics drive the spatial distribution of functional groups in river networks. Oikos, 2022(11). DOI: 10.1111/oik.09372 (shared 1st authorship)
  • Carraro L., Mächler E., Wüthrich R., Altermatt F. (2020). Environmental DNA allows upscaling spatial patterns of biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems. Nature Communications, 11(1). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17337-8
  • Carraro L., Bertuzzo E., Fronhofer EA., Furrer R., Gounand I., Rinaldo A., Altermatt F. (2020). Generation and application of river network analogues for use in ecology and evolution. Ecology and Evolution, 10(14), 7537-7550. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6479
  • Carraro L., Hartikainen H., Jokela J., Bertuzzo E., Rinaldo A. (2018). Estimating species distribution and abundance in river networks using environmental DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115(46), 11724-11729. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813843115
  • Carraro L., Bertuzzo E., Mari L., Fontes I., Hartikainen H., Strepparava N., et al. (2017). Integrated field, laboratory, and theoretical study of PKD spread in a Swiss prealpine river. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(45), 11992-11997. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713691114

Weiterführende Informationen

Luca Carraro

Luca Carraro

Independent group leader

Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 190
8057 Zurich

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EAWAG: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Department of Aquatic Ecology
Überlandstrasse 133
8600 Dübendorf

Phone: +41 58 765 5207