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Keywords

Forecasting; Pollen; Pollen Allergy

Research interests

My focus is on the combination of science with service as well as on science communication. My research interests lie on the improvement of pollen forecasts for the public and phenology as essential part of pollen monitoring.

Science communication is my passion (you find me as science communicator "Pollenpaar" on social media).

Techniques, methods & infrastructure

We apply standard light microscopy to determine and count pollen and spores from aerobiological samples. I also have experience in microwear analysis (light microscope), phenological monitoring and forecasting (pollen forecasts).

Selected publications

1. Bastl, K. et al. (2024) ‘A second Artemisia pollen peak in autumn in Vienna: reaching the point of no return?’, Aerobiologia, 41(2), pp. 115–125. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-024-09836-8.
2. Tummon, F. et al. (2025) ‘Recommended terminology for aerobiological studies: automatic and real-time monitoring methods’, Aerobiologia [Preprint]. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10453-025-09879-5.
3. Bastl, K. et al. (2018) ‘The Carnivora (Mammalia) from the middle Miocene locality of Gračanica (Bugojno Basin, Gornji Vakuf, Bosnia and Herzegovina)’, Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 100(2), pp. 307–319. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12549-018-0353-0.
4. Bastl, K. et al. (2011) ‘Differences in the tooth eruption sequence inHyaenodon(“Creodonta”: Mammalia) and implications for the systematics of the genus’, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 31(1), pp. 181–192. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2011.540052.