Personal data

Date of birth            25-09-1963

Place of birth           Bregenz

Nationality               Austrian

Marital status           Married with Christine, two daughters (Stephie and Pia)

Education

1982 - 1988           Studies in Microbiology and Biochemistry at the Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck (graduation with excellence)

1988 - 1992           Ph.D. thesis at the Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich (Prof. Dr. Eric G. Berger and Prof. Dr. Walter Schaffner)

Scientific education, training and professional positions

1985 + 1986           Fellowships at the University of Basel (Biocenter, Pharmacology)

1988                       Fellowship at Hoffmann La Roche, Basel (CNS research)

1989                       FEBS course on microinjection, Berlin

1990                       EMBO course on microinjection and electroporation, Heidelberg

1993                       EMBO short-term fellowship to visit the Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna (receptor-mediated gene transfer)

1993-                      Set up of the Immunotherapy Research Unit at the Department of  Urology, Innsbruck (principal investigator)

1997                       Appointment as an associate professor for immunobiology (permanent, "tenured" position; "Habilitation")

2000                       Training course in quality management (ISO 9001:2000)

2002                       Training in business management and patent law in biotechnology

2002 -                     Member of the kmt center of excellence in medicine (www.kmt.at)

2001 - 2005            National and international business plan contests (Best of Biotech  2001, Adventure X 2002, Science4Life 2005)

2009 -                     Partner of the K1 Center Oncotyrol for personalized cancer medicine

Career related activities

Scientific publications:  72 articles with a total impact factor of 304,38

15 awards to my laboratory

First clinical trial with dendritic cells in 1997: première in Austria (one of the first world wide)

Patent application: 2

Organization of two international meetings on dendritic cells and immunotherapy (www.dendriticcells.org)

Memberships: Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology (as of 01/2007 advisory board member), Austrian Cancer Society, Life Science Cluster Tirol, INSERM expert base;

Reviewer for scientific journals: regularly for Blood, Journal of Immunology and others

Supervisor, reviewer, examiner of diploma and PhD theses

Teaching activties: MD/PhD Program:http://www.iba.oeaw.ac.at/phd/faculty.htm

Total funding acquired: > 2 Million Euro