Date of birth:    March 1st, 1970
Place of birth:    Vienna, Austria

Education and Career History

1976-1980     Primary school in Vienna
1980-1988     Secondary school in Vienna, graduation (Matura) : June 3rd, 1988
1988-1996     Study of Biology/Genetics at the University of Vienna
1995-1996     Diploma thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Andrea Barta, Institute of Biochemistry, Vienna, graduation to Mag. rer. nat. (master degree): November 28th, 1996
01/1997-02/2000     Ph.D. thesis in the group of Prof. Dr. Andrea Barta, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna, graduation to Dr. rer. nat. (with honours)
10/1998-11/1999     Research visits (in total 5 month) at the Max-Planck Institute of Molecular Genetics (Berlin) in the group of Prof. Dr. Knud Nierhaus
04/2000-10/2000     Post-doc in the group of Prof. Dr. Andrea Barta, Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Vienna
11/2000-05/2003     Postdoctoral research assistant in the group of Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Mankin, Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
since 07/2003     University Assistant (Assistant Professor) at the Institute of Molecular Biology, University of Innsbruck, Austria
since 07/2003     Group leader at the Innsbruck Biocenter /Division of Genomics and RNomics, Innsbruck Medical University