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Gerhard Schütz

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.Gerhard Schütz
Head of Research Unit of Biophysics
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Head of Single Molecule Microscopy Group
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Research Interest
- Developing and applying single molecule spectroscopy and imaging methods for the in vivo analysis of plasma membrane proteins and lipids.
- Understanding the functional role of plasma membrane nanostructures.
- Molecular mechanism of early T cell signaling.
Scientific and Professional Background
- Since  2011
 Full Professor at the Institute of Applied Physics, TU Wien
- 2004 - 2011
 Associate Professor at the Biophysics Institute, Johannes Kepler University Linz
- 2004
 Venia Docendi (Habilitation) in Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz
- 2001 - 2004
 University Assistant at the Biophysics Institute, Johannes Kepler University Linz
- 1997 - 2001
 Postdoctoral fellow at the Biophysics Institute, Johannes Kepler University Linz
- 1997
 PhD with “Single Molecule Optical Microscopy: Applications to Biosystems”
- 1995
 Master Degree “Studies of the dynamics of single membrane constituents using fluorescence microscopy"
- 1988 - 1995
 Study of Technical Physics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz
Honors
- Amersham Pharmacia Biotech Award, 2001
- Upper-Austrian Award for Young Scientists, 2003
- START-Award, 2004
Memberships
- Junge Kurie of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
- Austrian Society for Biomedical Engineering (ÖGMBT): board member
- Austrian Biophysical Society (ÖBG): vice president (2010-2013); president (2013-2015)
- Austrian Physical Society (ÖPG)
- American Biophysical Society
- BIOINTERFACE network at TU Wien