Date of birth:    May 18th, 1953
Place of birth:    Joao Monlevade, Brazil (Citizenship: Austria)

Education
1972-1981     Studies of Biochemistry at the University of Vienna
1978     Masters degree in Biochemistry, University of Vienna, Austria, Thesis: "Modulation of LH-RH Stimulated Gonadotropin Release by Progestagens".
1981     Ph.D. in Biochemistry, University of Vienna, Austria, Thesis: "On The Cell Differentiation in The Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae".
1993     Habilitation in Genetics, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Vienna: "Interaction of Antibiotics with Group I Intron RNA"

Fellowship

1980     EMBO short term fellowship (3 months) to Munich, at the Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie der Universität München.
1982 and 1984/85    EMBO long-term fellowships to the C.G.M. of the C.N.R.S.
1987/89     Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship to the New York State Department of Health, Albany, USA

Positions

1986    Assistant at the University of Vienna, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics
1993     "Habilitation" (venia legendi) at the Univ. of Vienna
1995     Assistant Professor at the Univ. of Vienna
2005     Head of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Vienna

Awards (1984 - 2004)

Theodor-Körner Stiftungspreis für Wissenschaft und Kunst, SANDOZ "Forschungspreis für Biologie", Elected member of EMBO, L'Oréal UNESCO Special Award for Women in Science, Elected corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Special award of the University of Vienna for Innovations in Teaching, Elected Austrian Scientist of the Year by Science Journalists, Elected Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Wittgenstein award

Other Activities

1991-1994     Member of the commissions for personnel and budget of the faculty of natur sciences
1998-2004     Austrian delegate to the EMBO conference and EMBL council
1999-2002     Head of the commission for the studies of molecular biology
since 2001     Member of the Austrian Commission for the Bioethics
2001-2003     Mentor in the Mentoring program of the University of Vienna
since 2002     Member of the board of trustees of the WWTF
since 2004    Vice dean of the Lifescience Faculty of the University of Vienna