Date of Birth:     03 October 1943
Place of Birth:    Mittenwald (Bavaria), Germany
Nationality:    Austrian

Education

1962 Matura , Realschule Salzburg, Austria

Career History

1962-1972: University of Vienna and University of Graz (Austria),PhD in Organic Chemistry
1972-1996: Ass.Prof. and Assoc.Prof. at Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Univ. of Graz
1978-1979: Post-doc at Northeastern University (Prof.B.L.Karger), Boston, MA (USA)
1982: Habilitation for Pharmaceutical / Analytical Chemistry, University of Graz
1986-1987: International Visiting Scientist at FDA (Dr.F.Robey), Bethesda, MD (USA)
1996-2002: Chair for Analytical Chemistry at the University of Vienna (Austria) co-Foundation with M. Laemmerhofer of Christian-Doppler-Laboratory for Molecular Recognition Materials (CDL for MRM)

Awards

1991: Jubilee Medal of the British Chromatographic Society
1992: Austrian Award for Cardiology (together with K.Stoschitzky and W.Klein)
1995: Tswett Medal; 1st Winner of the Award of the Belgian Pharmaceutical Society
1996: Hoechst Prize for Original Science in Med.Chem. (together with K.Stoschitzky and W.Klein)
2001: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Publications

265 original publications, 9 book chapters, >350 oral presentations, 10 patents issued (3 pending)

Special activities

- Editor of J. Chromatogr. B (since July 1995)
- Member of Editorial Boards: Chirality; Chromatographia; J. Pharmac. Biomed. Anal.; LC-GC International, J. Biochromatogr., J. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Current Analytical Chemistry
- President of the Austrian Society of Analytical Chemistry (ASAC) since 2001

Research Interests

Molecular Recognition Principles and elucidation of Molecular Recognition Phenomena; Enantioselective Separation Techniques and Materials; Bio-affinity Principles Techniques and Materials; Protein and Peptide Analysis by MS-Technologies and novel Tagging Concepts; Mycotoxin Analysis