Date of birth:    May 7th, 1970

Education and Career History

1988-1993     Studies of Chemistry at the University of Linz

1992-1993     Diploma thesis (Prof. Dr. K. Grubmayr), 'Ring-A Iminoesters of 2,3-
dihydrobilindions'

1993-1995     Ph.D. thesis at the University of Linz (Prof. Dr. K. Grubmayr), 'Seryliminoesters of 2,3-dihydrobilindions as model compounds for the chromophore-protein interaction in phytochrome'

1996-1997     Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship (J04211-CHE and J01370-CHE): 'Zur
Struktur und Reaktivitaet von p-RNA' und 'Zur Struktur und Reaktivitaet von p-RNA - Studien zur templatgesteuerten nicht-enzymatischen Replikation von p-RNA Hairpin-Oligonukleotiden' Laboratory of Organic Chemistry (Prof. Dr. A. Eschenmoser), ETH Zurich

01/1998-05/1998     Research Associate at The Scripps Research Institute, The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, La Jolla, CA

06/1998-11/2000     APART fellowship (Austrian Programme for Advanced Research and Technology), 'INTRA versus INTERstrand Base Stacking in DNA and RNA Oligonucleotides Under the Aspect of RNA's Inherent Potential for Frameshifts' The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla; ETH Zurich; University of Linz

12/2000     University of Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry

06/2002     Venia docendi (organic chemistry)

since 03/2004     Chair of Organic Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck