Scientific Career

2004 - present

Group leader at the MPI-CBG

2002 - 2003

Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Research Fellow

HHMI/Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

mentor:  Judith Kimble, Ph.D.

1999 - 2002

HFSP Postdoctoral fellow

HHMI/Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI

mentor:  Judith Kimble, Ph.D.

1998 - 1999

Postdoctoral fellow

Dept. Cytology & Genetics, University of Vienna

mentor:  Michael Jantsch, Ph.D.

Education

1998

PhD (highest distinction), Genetics & Molecular Biology, University of Vienna

1994 - 1995       

Diploma thesis (highest distinction), Cytology & Genetics, University of Vienna

research advisor: Dr. Dieter Schweizer

1990 - 1995

Molecular Genetics (highest distinction), University of Vienna

Scientific Honors and Awards

2010

Executive committee member of the German Society for Developmental Biology (GfE)

2003

Boyer Postdoctoral Excellence Award (Dept. of Biochemistry, UW-Madison)

2000 - 2002          

Human Frontiers Science Program (HFSP) long-term fellowship

2000

Outstanding Young Scientist Award of Upper Austria

1998

ICGEB course fellow of ‘RNA-Structure & Function’

1998

EMBO course fellow of ‘Analysis of RNA-Protein interactions’

1998

Travel award to the 38th American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) meeting

1996 - 1997

Ph.D. fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)

Memberships in Science Societies

RNA Society (RS)

German Society for Developmental Biology (GfE)

German Society for Cell Biology (DGZ)

Hobbies

 Volleyball at MPI-CBG

 Organizer & Player