Christina Rechberger

Christina Rechberger

Christina Rechberger received her PhD from the Institute of Applied Geology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna. Her research focused on the characterisation, monitoring and modelling of deep-seated rock slides in high-mountain regions in relation to climate change. She is particularly interested in the interaction of geological structures and hydro-mechanical rock (mass) behaviour of slope instability processes on different spatio-temporal scales and the associated engineering challenges. For her dissertation, she received research grants from the Austrian Society for Geomechanics (ÖGG) and the Marietta Blau grant from the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF), which supported a research stay at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca. There she worked on the engineering- and hydrogeological aspects of dam projects and their challenges in interaction with deep-seated rock slides. She received her M.Sc. in Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology from the Technical University of Munich, and her B.Sc. in Applied Geosciences from the University of Leoben. During her B.Sc. studies, she completed a semester abroad at the University of Adelaide, majoring in Mineral Geoscience.

After her master studies, Ms. Rechberger worked as an Engineering- and Hydrogeologist in a civil engineering company and was responsible for local and regional projects. Since 2020, Christina Rechberger has been the Country Representative for the Young Engineering Geologists (YEGs) of the International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG).

Through her service in emergency response organizations (e.g. Red Cross), she has hands-on experience in disaster relief. 

Since 2023, Ms. Rechberger has been a Senior Scientist at DCNA, serving as the Project Manager for the CREXDATA project, as well as the point of contact for the “Mass movements, Avalanches and Earthquakes” experts' group.