apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan WINKLER

Tel.: +49 931 31-88410
E-Mail: stefan.winkler@uni-wuerzburg.de
Institut für Geographie und Geologie
Lehrstuhl für Geomorphologie
Am Hubland
97074 Würzburg
Campus Hubland Süd
Geographiegebäude
Zimmer 012
nach Vereinbarung (Terminabsprache per E-Mail)
- Geomorphologie (speziell Glazialgeomorphologie und Hochgebirge)
- Holozäne Gletscher- und Klimadynamik
- Geochronologie und Datierungsmethoden
- aktuelle Umweltveränderungen
- Quartärforschung
- Populäre Wissensvermittlung und didaktische Methoden in der Physischen Geographie
- Regionale Schwerpunkte: Norwegen, Neuseeland, Österreich
Verbesserung der holozänen Gletscherchronologie der Southern Alps/Neuseeland zwecks deren abgesicherter Inwertsetzung als paläoklimatisches Archiv
- Drittmittelgeber
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (WI 1701/13-1) - Laufzeit
10/2020 - 09/2024 - Projektpartner
ANSTO, Australien
University of Canterbury, Neuseeland - Projektleitung
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
Glacial chronology of the Rangitata Valley
- Drittmittelgeber
Brian Mason Trust, ANSTO - Laufzeit
2015 - 2019 - Projektpartner
ANSTO
University of Canterbury
University of Queensland
Idaho State University - Projektleitung
Prof. James Shulmeister, University of Queensland - Ansprechpartner
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
Developing scientific learning resources for the new 11 – 13 class curriculum (Earth Surface Processes)
- Drittmittelgeber
Canterbury Research Council - Laufzeit
2011 - 2015 - Projektpartner
University of Canterbury - Projektleitung
Dr. Kerry Swanson, University of Canterbury - Ansprechpartner
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
MaMoGla - Recent and Holocene Glacier Dynamics of Maritime Mountain Glaciers
- Drittmittelgeber
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Wi170/4-2, Folgeprojekt) - Laufzeit
08/2007 - 05/2009 - Projektpartner
Bjerknes Centre of Climate Research/Universitetet i Bergen (Norwegen)
Norges Vassdrags- og Energidirektoratet (NVE)
Kooperationen mit neuseeländischen Universitäten und NIWA in der Entwicklungsphase - Weitere Informationen
Projektbeschreibung - Ansprechpartner
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
Holocene climate and glacier variation in the Southern Alps of New Zealand
- Drittmittelgeber
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Wi 1701/4-2, Folgeprojekt) - Laufzeit
08/2008 - 02/2009 - Ansprechpartner
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
MaMoGla - Recent and Holocene Glacier Dynamics of Maritime Mountain Glaciers
- Drittmittelgeber
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; Wi170/4-1) - Laufzeit
01/2006 - 12/2007 - Projektpartner
Bjerknes Centre of Climate Research/Universitetet i Bergen (Norwegen)
Norges Vassdrags- og Energidirektoratet (NVE)
Kooperationen mit neuseeländischen Universitäten und NIWA in der Entwicklungsphase - Weitere Informationen
Projektbeschreibung - Ansprechpartner
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
Holocene climate and glacier variation in the Southern Alps of New Zealand
- Drittmittelgeber
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Wi 1701/4-1) - Laufzeit
07/2006 - 07/2007 - Ansprechpartner
apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
Anwendungsbezogene Vergleichbarkeitsstudie zwischen dem orginalen, mechanischen Schmidt-Hammer und dem elektronischen SilverSchmidt in Norwegen und Neuseeland; Wissenschaftlichen Begleitung der Entwicklung des neuen "RockSchmidt"
Laufzeit | 2013 - 2015 |
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Ansprechpartner | apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler |
Age and origin of ice-cored moraines in Jotunheimen and Breheimen, southern Norway
Laufzeit | 2013 - 2014 |
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Ansprechpartner | apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler |
Timing and temporal pattern of rock-slope failures and rock falls in Jotunheimen and Breheimen, southern Norway
Laufzeit | seit 2014 |
Projektpartner | Swansea University |
Ansprechpartner | apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler |
Improvement of the Holocene glacier chronology in the Western Southern Alps by the use of Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD)
Laufzeit | 2010 - 2011 |
Projektpartner | University of Canterbury |
Ansprechpartner | apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler |
Holocene glacial history of the Merrie Range, South Central Fiordland, New Zealand
Laufzeit | 2011 |
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Ansprechpartner | apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler |
seit 2005
Privatdozent am Lehrstuhl I – Physische Geographie – am Institut für Geographie und Geologie der Universität Würzburg
2010 - 2016
Senior Lecturer for Quaternary Geology and Palaeoclimatology am Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, Neuseeland
2006 - 2008
Forschungsstipendiat der Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
2001 - 2005
Privatdozent für Geographie in der Abteilung für Physische Geographieim Fachbereich Geographie/Geowissenschaften der Universität Trier
1995 – 2003
Wissenschaftlicher Assistent am Lehrstuhl I – Physische Geographie – am Institut für Geographie der Universität Würzburg
2001
Habilitation am Fachbereich Geographie/Geowissenschaften der Universität Trier; Habilitationsschrift: "Untersuchungen zur Klima- und Morphodynamik in skandinavischen Gebirgsregionen während des Holozän - ein Vergleich ihrer Wechselwirkungen und Prozeßsysteme im überregionalen Kontext kaltgemäßigter maritimer Gebirgsregionen"
1998 – 2000
Habilitationsstipendiat der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) und Gastwissenschaftler am Institutt for Geografi der Universitetet i Bergen, Norwegen
1995
Promotion zum Dr. rer. nat. an der Fakultät für Geowissenschaften der Universität Würzburg; Dissertation: "Rezente und frührezente Gletscherstandsschwankungen - Magnitude, Chronologie und glazialmorphologische Auswirkungen im regionalen Vergleich zwischen Ostalpen und West-/Zentralnorwegen"
1987 – 1992
Studium der Fächer Geographie, Geologie, Mineralogie und Geobotanik an der Universität Würzburg; Diplomarbeit: "Glazialmorphologische Untersuchungen am Vernagtferner/Ötztaler Alpen"
Winkler, S. 2025: Improved chronological constraints for Holocene rock glacier activity in the Ben Ohau Range, Southern Alps/New Zealand. The Holocene 35, 352 - 372.
Pop, O., Tichavský, R, Tylmann, W., Avram, A., Timar, A.G., Römer, W., Tylmann,K., Decaulne, A. Winkler, S. Tanţău, I. 2024: Dating techniques. In: Beylich, A.A. et al. (Hrsg.): Climate and Anthropogenic Impacts on Earth Surface Processes in the Anthropocene. Amsterdam (Elsevier): 79 - 104.
Engen, S.H., Gjerde, M., Scheiber, T., Seier, G., Elvehøy, H., Abermann, J., Nesje, A., Winkler, S., Haualand, K.F., Rüther, D., Maschler, A., Robson, B.A. & Yde, J.C. 2024: Investigation of the 2010 rock avalanche onto the regenerated glacier Brenndalsbreen, Norway. Landslides 21, 2051 - 2072.
Winkler, S., Beylich, A.A., Laute, K., Matthews J.A., Mourne, R.W. & Wilson, P. 2024: Implications of an Early Holocene climax in solifluction and related periglacial activity on Juvflye, Jotunheimen (southern Norway), as revealed by Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating. Geomorphology 458, 109247.
Matthews, J.A., Mourne, R.W., Wilson, P., Hill, J.L., Robbins, J., Winkler, S. 2024: Schmidt-hammer R-values from glacially-scoured bedrock surfaces across glacier-foreland boundaries: insights into Holocene weathering rates with implications for exposure-age dating. Geomorphology 454, 109139.
Matthews, J.A., Linge, H., Nesje, A., Wilson, P., Mourne, R.W., Winkler, S., Owen, G., Hill, J.L., Haselberger, S. & Olsen, J. 2023: Deglaciation of the highest mountains in Scandinavia at the Younger Dryas-Holocene transition: evidence from surface exposure-age dating of ice-marginal moraines. Boreas 53, 139 - 163.
Seier, G., Abermann, J., Andreassen L.M., Carrivick, J.L.; Kielland, P.H., Löffler K., Nesje, A., Robson B.A., Røthe T.O., Scheiber, T., Winkler, S. & Yde, J.C. 2023: Glacier thinning, recession and advance, and the associated evolution of a glacial lake between 1966 and 2021 at Austerdalsbreen, western Norway. Land Degradation and Environment 35, 394 - 414.
Eichel, J., Draebing, D., Winkler, S. & Meyer, N. 2023: Similar vegetation-geomorphic disturbance feedbacks shape unstable glacier forelands across mountain regions. Ecosphere 14(2), e4404.
Matthews, J.A. & Winkler, S. 2022: Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating: a review of principles and practice. Earth Science Reviews 320, 104038.
Marr, P., Winkler, S., Dahl, S.O. & Löffler, J. 2022: Age, origin and palaeoclimatic implications of peri- and paraglacial boulder-dominated landforms in Rondane, South Norway. Geomorphology 408, 108251.
Nesje, A., Matthews, J.A., Linge, H., Bredal, M., Wilson, P. & Winkler, S. 2021: New evidence for active talus-foot rock glaciers at Øyberget, southern Norway, and their development during the Holocene. The Holocene 31, 1786 - 1796.
Winkler, S. 2021: Terminal moraine formation processes and geomorphology of glacier forelands at selected outlet glaciers of Jostedalsbreen, South Norway. In: Beylich, A.A. (Hrsg.): Landscapes and Landforms of Norway. Cham (Springer): 33 - 69.
Winkler, S., Donner, A. & Tintrup gen. Suntrup, A. 2021: Periglacial landforms in Jotunheimen, central southern Norway, and their altitudinal distribution. In: Beylich, A.A. (Hrsg.): Landscapes and Landforms of Norway. Cham (Springer): 169 - 202.
Winkler S., Matthews J.A., Haselberger, S., Hill J.L., Mourne, R.W., Owen, G., Wilson, P. 2020: Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of sorted stripes on Juvflye, Jotunheimen (central South Norway): Morphodynamic and palaeoclimatic implications. Geomorphology 353, 107014.
Marr, P., Winkler, S. & Löffler, J. 2019: Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) performed on periglacial and related landforms in Opplendskedalen, Geirangerfjellet, Norway: Indications for mid- and late Holocene climate variability. The Holocene 29, 97 – 109.
Matthews, J.A., Winkler, S., Wilson, P., Tomkins, M.; Dortch, J., Mourne, R., Hill, J., Owen, G., Tomkins, J., Vater, A. 2018: Small rock-slope failures conditioned by Holocene permafrost degradation: a new approach and conceptual model based on Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating in Jotunheimen, southern Norway”. Boreas 47, 1144 – 1169.
Winkler, S. 2018: Investigating Holocene mountain glaciations: A plea for the supremacy of glacial geomorphology when reconstructing glacier chronologies (supported by an example from the Southern Alps/New Zealand). Erdkunde 72, 215 – 234.
Matthews, J.A., Hill, J.L., Winkler, S., Owen, G. & Vater, A.E. (2018): Autosuccession in alpine vegetation: testing the concept on an altitudinal bioclimatic gradient, Jotunheimen, Norway. Catena 170, 169 – 182.
Winkler, S. & Lambiel, C. 2018: Age constraints of rock glaciers in the Southern Alps/New Zealand – exploring their palaeoclimatic potential. The Holocene 28, 778 – 790.
Shulmeister, J., Fink, D., Winkler, S., Thackray, G., Borsellino, R., Hemmingsen, M. & Rittenour, T. 2018: Evidence for slow late-glacial ice retreat in the upper Rangitata Valley, South Island, New Zealand. Quaternary Science Reviews 185, 102 – 112.
Winkler, S., Matthews, J.A., Mourne, R.W. & Wilson, P. 2016: Schmidt-hammer exposure ages from periglacial patterned ground (sorted circles) in Jotunheimen, Norway, and their interpretative problems. Geografiska Annaler A 98, 265 - 285.
Matthews, J.A., Owen, G., Winkler, S., Vater, A.E., Wilson, P., Mourne, R.W. & Hill, J.L. 2016: A rock-surface microweathering index from Schmidt hammer R-values and its preliminary application to some common rock types in southern Norway. Catena 143, 35 – 44.
Mutz, S., Paeth, H. & Winkler, S. 2016: Modelling of future mass balance changes of Norwegian glaciers by application of a dynamical-statistical model. Climate Dynamics 46, 1581 – 1597.
Rezninchenko, N.V., Davies, T.R.H. & Winkler, S. 2016: Revised palaeoclimatic significance of Mueller Glacier moraines, Southern Alps, New Zealand. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41: 196 – 207.
Winkler, S. & Matthews, J.A. 2014: Comparison of electronic and mechanical Schmidt hammers in the context of exposure-age dating: Are Q- and R-values interconvertible? Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 39, 1128 - 1136.
Winkler, S. 2014: Investigation of late-Holocene moraines in the western Southern Alps, New Zealand, applying Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD). The Holocene 24, 48 – 66.
Stahl, T., Winkler, S., Quigley, M., Bebbington, M., Duffy, B. & Duke, D. 2013: Schmidt hammer exposure-age dating (SHD) of late Quaternary fluvial terraces in New Zealand. Earth Surface processes and Landforms 38, 1838 - 1850.
Kirkbride, M.P. & Winkler, S. 2012: Correlation of Late Quaternary glacier chronologies: impact of climate variability, glacier response, and chronological resolution. Quaternary Science Reviews 46, 1 – 29.
Matthews, J.A. & Winkler, S. 2011: Schmidt-hammer exposure-age dating (SHD): application to early Holocene moraines and a reappraisal of the reliability of terrestrial cosmogenic-nuclide dating (TCND) at Austanbotnbreen, Jotunheimen, Norway. Boreas 40, 256 – 270.
Winkler, S., Chinn, T., Gärtner-Roer, I., Nussbaumer, S.U., Zemp, M. & Zumbühl, H.J. 2010: An introduction to mountain glaciers as climate indicators with spatial and temporal diversity. Erdkunde 64, 97 – 118.
Winkler, S. & Matthews, J.A. 2010: Holocene glacier chronologies: Are ‘high-resolution’ global and inter-hemispheric comparisons possible? The Holocene 20, 1137 – 1147.
Winkler, S. & Matthews, J.A. 2010: Observations on terminal moraine ridge formation during recent advances of southern Norwegian glaciers. Geomorphology 116, 87 – 106.
- Academic Development Unit, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
- Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), Lucas Heights, Australia
- Department of Geography, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
- Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany
- Department of Geography, University of Vienna, Austria
- Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
- Department of Geology, Utah State University, Logan, USA
- Department of Geosciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, USA
- Environmental Sciences Research Institute, Ulster University, Coleraine, U.K.
- Institute of Earth Surface Dynamics, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
- Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE), Oslo, Norway
- Primary Science Solutions Ltd., Christchurch, New Zealand
- School of Earth and Environment, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- School of Environment, University of Auckland, New Zealand
TRAPPE, Julian (2021):
The influence of medieval building activity on relief development within the Spessart uplands, Germany
(urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-261499)
Erstgutachter: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer
Zweitgutachter: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Meister
Mentoren: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Roland Baumhauer, apl. Prof. Dr. Christof Kneisel, apl. Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
MUTZ, Sebastian (2015):
Dynamic statistical modeling of climate-related glacier mass balance changes in Norway.
(URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-114799)
Gutachter: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, PD Dr. Stefan Winkler
Prüfer: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hartwig Frimmel
BAUMANN Sabine (2010):
Mapping, analysis, and interpretation of the glacier inventory data from Jotunheim, South Norway, since the maximum of the "Littel Ice Age"
(URN: urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-46320)
Betreuer: PD Dr. Stefan Winkler
NIETSCH, Lukas (2022):
GIS-gestützte, raumzeitliche Analyse der Gletscher in der Region Svartisen, Nordnorwegen
Erstgutachter: PD Dr. Tobias Ullmann
Zweitgutachter: PD Dr. Stefan Winkler
DONNER, Anika (2019):
Räumliche Verortung periglazialer Reliefformen im Jotunheimen, Norwegen: Ein regionaler Ansatz zur Identifizierung und Analyse bestimmender Einflussfaktoren der natürlichen Rahmenbedingungen.
Erstgutachter: apl.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Winkler
Zweitgutachter: apl.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Sponholz