Professional Career
since 01/2007 | Faculty member at the Department of Chemistry, Pharmacy, and Geosciences. Habilitation & venia legendi for Geochemistry. |
since 04/2005 | Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany. Research group leader in the Biogeochemistry Department (M. O. Andreae). Research & teaching: chemistry, physics, and biology of aerosols and their effects on climate and human health; atmosphere-biosphere-climate interactions (aircraft and ground-based field measurements, laboratory experiments, mathematical models). |
01/1999 - 03/2005 | Technical University of Munich, Germany.
Research group leader at the |
10/1997 - 12/1998 | Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany. Research scientist in the group of P. J. Crutzen, Atmospheric Chemistry Department. Research areas: Chemical reaction mechanisms and numerical simulations (photochemistry of ozone and organic trace gases; polar stratospheric clouds and denitrification). |
03/1996 - 09/1997 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Postdoctoral fellow in the group of M. J. Molina, Atmospheric Chemistry Laboratory & Center for Global Change Science (Departments of Chemistry and of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences). Research area: Chemical kinetics and mass spectrometry (formation and condensation of sulfuric acid). |
09/1993 - 02/1996 | Technical University of Graz, Austria. Research assistant in the group of K. Hassler, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry. Research area: organometallic chemistry and molecular spectroscopy (synthesis and structure elucidation of silicon compounds). |
Miscellaneous Professional Activities
Membership in Scientific Societies
Education
1993 - 1995 | Doctoral Studies in Technical Chemistry, Technical University of Graz, Austria. Doctoral thesis at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry (K. Hassler) on the subject “Synthesis, spectroscopy, and structure of selectively functionalized cyclosilanes“; doctoral exams (07.11.1995) and graduation with distinction as "Doctor technicae“ (Ph.D. equivalent). |
1991 - 1993 | Diploma Studies in French, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria. Institute of Romance Languages. |
1988 - 1993 | Diploma Studies in Technical Chemistry, Technical University of Graz, Austria. Diploma thesis at the Institute of Inorganic Chemical Technology (G. Herzog) on the subject “Thermoelectricity of oxidic semiconductor ceramics“; diploma exams (04.06.1993) and graduation with distinction as "Diplom-Ingenieur" (M.S. equivalent). |
1980 - 1988 | Secondary School, Klagenfurt, Austria. Foreign language focus (English, French, Latin), final exams (23.06.1988) and graduation with distinction. |
1976 - 1980 | Elementary School, Klagenfurt, Austria. |
Awards and Scholarships
1991-1994 | Student and research scholarships of the Technical University of Graz, the Pro Scientia Foundation, and the Austrian Science Foundation |
1996 | Scholarships of the Industrial Union of Carinthia and the Josef Krainer Foundation |
1996 | Research Award of the Austrian Federal Minister of Arts and Science |
1996 | Schrödinger Scholarship of the Austrian Science Foundation |
1996 | Graduation “Sub Auspiciis Praesidentis” by the Austrian Federal President (highest award in the Austrian educational system) |
2000 | Young Scientist Award of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
2005 | Union Service Award of the European Geosciences Union |
Language Skills