Date of birth:    January 7th, 1950
Place of birth:    Vienna, Austria

Education and Career History

1964 - 1969     Technical Highschool for Chemical Industries (HBLVA for Chemical
Engineering, Wien 17, Rosensteingasse)
1969     Matura June 20th, 1969
1969 - 1974     Study of Biochemistry, University of Vienna
1976     Awarded the Masters Degree (Mag. rer. Nat.)
1979     Awarded the Degree of Doctor of Science (dr. rer. nat.) in Biochemistry
1989     Habilitation in Biochemistry at the Medical Faculty, University of Vienna (Dozent)

Professionals

1976 - 1978     Assistant (Vertragsassistent) at the Institute of Biochemistry, University
of Vienna
1978 - 1980     University Assistant at the same Institute
1980 - 1981     Post-doctoral fellow at the University of California San Francisco and Santa Cruz
1981 - 1990     University Assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry, University of Vienna
1990 - 1997     Associate Professor
since 1997     A.o. Univ.-Prof
1993 - 2000     Deputy Head of Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty

Awards

1976    EMBO Short time fellowship
1980     Max Kade post doctoral grant
1983     Theodor Körner Prize for young investigators
1989     Sandoz Prize for Chemistry
2002     UNESCO-L'OREAL Special Honour Award for Woman in Science

Miscellaneous

1991 - 1995     Head, Austrian Biochemical Society, Section Vienna
since 1995     Member of the Austrian Commission for Gene Technology, Ministry
of Health
since 2000     President of the Scientific Plattform Dialog<>Gentechnik
2001     Elected EMBO Member (Europ. Molecular Biology Org.)
2005 - 2007     President of the Austrian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
since 2004     EMBO Commission for Science and Society
since 2004     Beirat des BRIDGE Programms der FFG und FWF
since 2004     Senatsmitglied der Christan Doppler Gesellschaft (CDG)