Christina Gruber, born in 1987, is a freshwater ecologist, visual artist and lecturer based in Vienna. Her research interests navigate along large rivers exploring interspecies relationships, alternative forms of care, political resilience, and ecological paedagogy using speculative narrative.
Christina is a scientific researcher at the LIFE Sterlet project, where she works to strengthen the wild populations of sturgeon in the Danube. She currently teaches at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the University of Art and Design Linz. As part of the servus.at Research Lab she critically investigates digital ecosystems and their ecological impacts.