New Professors since 2019

Associate Prof. Dr.techn. Maria Magdalena Ortiz de la Fuente, MSc, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute Logic and Computation (E192), opens an external URL in a new window within the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien, assuming her post as Associate Professor for "Knowledge Representation and Reasoning", with effect from 1 June 2021.

Maria Magdalena Ortiz de la Fuente was born in Puebla (Mexico), where she studied Informatics at the Universidad de las Americas (magna cum laude). She then moved to Europe to participate from 2006 on in the Eureopean Master´s Program in Computational Logic (M.Sc, opens an external URL in a new window.), which was a joint programme of several universites in Portugal, Germany and Austria (TU Wien). After the finalisation of this Program she stayed at TU Wien starting her Doctoral Thesis, which she finished 2010 with the theme "Query Answering in Expressive Description Logics: Techniques and Complexity Results,, opens an external URL in a new window". 2015 she successfully applied for a tenure-track position on "Knowledge Representation and Reasoning" at TU Wien, which she completed in 2021. In addition she obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying her to teach in the area of "Computer Science" with a habilitation about "Improving data management using ontologies, opens an external URL in a new window".

Maria Magdalena Ortiz de la Fuente, opens an external URL in a new window has won several prizes for her work. Her scientific home is the Research Unit of Knowledge Based Systems, where she heads a Research Group on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning. There she is developing tools and techniques for Intelligent Data Management. 

Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Richard Arthur Wilhelm, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Applied Physics (E134) at the Faculty of Physics at TU Wien since July 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Ion and Plasma Physics”.

Richard A. Wilhelm comes from Saxony (D) and studied physics at the TU Dresden, where he also received his doctorate with distinction in 2014 with a dissertation on the "Interaction of slow highly charged ions with ion crystal surfaces and ultra-thin carbon membranes, opens an external URL in a new window". As a post-doc, he remained connected to the TU Dresden and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf for some time afterwards. In 2016 he moved to Austria to do research at the TU Wien, first as a postdoc and then as a university assistant. In 2019, after winning a START prize for "The observation of ion scattering in real time, opens an external URL in a new window" [TU Wien News article, opens an external URL in a new window and Die Presse article, opens an external URL in a new window], he was able to secure a career position on "Ion and plasma physics", which he has now successfully completed with a qualification as an associate professor. In June? 2023 he received the Venia Docendi for the subject "Experimental Physics" with a habilitation thesis on "The charge exchange of slow highly charged ions at surfaces unraveled with freestanding 2D materials, opens an external URL in a new window".

The scientific home of Richart A. Wilhelm is the Research Unit of Atomic and Plasma Physics (134-03) at the mentioned institute. Here he asks the question...

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.sc. Jürgen Cito, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Information Systems Engineering (194) , opens an external URL in a new windowat TU Wien since Mai 1, 2024 as Associate Professor for Software Engineering.

Jürgen Cito (born in Tirana, Albania) grew up in Kottingbrunn in the district Baden and studied computer science at TU Wien. He received his doctorate summa cum laude from the University of Zurich in 2018 with a dissertation on the topic “Software Runtime Analytics for Developers, opens an external URL in a new window”. He then carried out research as a postdoctoral research associate at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) until 2020 and as a research affiliate until 2021 and at the same time at Facebook as a visiting scientist. In 2020, he took advantage of the opportunity to apply for a career position in the field of "Software Engineering", which he has now successfully completed by qualifying as an associate professor.

Jürgen Cito's scientific home is the Research Unit for Software Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194-01) at the institute mentioned. There he researches the topics of program analysis, explainability of AI models, probabilistic programs and AI-based agent systems for security testing.

Publications by Jürgen Cito in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabase and in the ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window

Associate Prof. Raquel de Oro Calderon, PhD MSc, opens an external URL in a new window  has been assigned to the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens in new window at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens in new window at TU Wien since April 1, 2024 as Associate Professor for Inorganic multiphase and composite materials.

Raquel de Oro Calderon comes from Spain and studied “Industrial Technologies” at Carlos III in Madrid (UC3M). After an almost year-long stint in the pharmaceutical industry (Eli Lilly and Company, opens an external URL in a new window), she returned to UC3M, where in 2012 she wrote a dissertation on the topic of "Master alloy design for liquid phase sintering of Mn-Si steels (Diseño de aleaciones maestras para la sinterización con fase liquida de aceros al Mn-Si, opens an external URL in a new window)" and received her doctorate. In 2013 she moved to the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden) as a postdoctoral researcher, where she researched the topic "Synthesis of WC for hard materials applications utilizing new carbon sources" for almost two years. The acquisition of a Marie Curie IEF (Intra European Fellowship) grant brought her to TU Wien in 2015. In 2019, she applied for the career position "Inorganic Multiphase and Composite Materials", which she has now successfully completed by qualifying as an associate professor.

Raquel de Oro Calderon's scientific home is the Research Unit of Chemical Technologies (E164-03) at the aforementioned institute and here the Research Group for Inorganic Materials, opens in new window, where she among other things, researches the development and production of novel metal alloys and hard metals.

Publications by Raquel de Oro Calderon in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabase and in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window

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Univ. Prof. Dipl.Ing. Dr.techn. Uwe Wilhelm Drofenik , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Power electronics at TU Wien with effect from April 17, 2024. He is assigned to the Institute Energy Systems and Electrical Drives , opens in new windowat the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window.

Uwe Drofenik studied electrical engineering at the TU Wien (with honors) and then received his doctorate in 1999 with a dissertation on the subject of "Optimization and experimental analysis of the stationary operating behavior of a Vienna Rectifier, opens an external URL in a new window" (also with honors). After a short stay at the University of Tokyo as a visiting researcher and as a postdoc at the TU Wien, he moved to ETH Zurich in 2001 as a postdoc or senior assistant, where he led the development of simulation and optimization software for power electronics. During this time he was also co-founder and managing director of the ETH spin-off company Gecko-Research GmbH. In 2008 he moved to ABB Corporate Research, first as Principal Scientist, and from 2018 as Senior Principal Scientist. His research focus was on highly compact converter systems that are connected to the medium-voltage network. In 2022, Uwe Drofenik worked at ABB E-Mobility on research strategies, patents and intellectual property (IP), as well as IP strategies. During his time in industry, he wrote more than 50 patents and taught power electronics courses at ABB Corporate Research.

Uwe Drofenik's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Leistungselektronik (E370-04) at the aforementioned institute, which he also heads. There his research focuses on magnetic components ("kilohertz at kiloamperes"), on medium-voltage power electronics for sustainable energy systems in the megawatt range (such as photovoltaics, electric vehicles, data centers, hydrogen production, energy storage), and on the modeling and optimization of complex energy conversion systems with a focus on efficiency , cooling, standards and cost models.

Publications by Uwe Drofenik in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabase and (soon) in ReposiTUm of the TU Wien

Associate Prof. Dr.sc.Julian LEONARD, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, opens in new window at the Faculty of Physics at TU Wien since April 1, 2024 as Associate Professor for Quantum Simulation with Hybrid Systems.

Julian Leonard studied physics at the Technical University of Munich (graduated in 2010) and also at the Sorbonne Université/ENS Paris (graduated in 2011). He received his doctorate from ETH Zurich in 2017 with a dissertation on "A Supersolid of Matter and Light, opens an external URL in a new window" and then moved to Harvard University in Cambridge MA (USA) as a postdoc. In 2021 he will return to Europe because he was able to secure a career position at the TU Wien on the topic of "Quantum Simulation with Hybrid Systems", which he has now successfully completed by qualifying as an associate professor.

Julian Leonard's scientific home is the Research Unit of Atom Physics and Quantum Optics, opens in new window (E141-02) at the aforementioned institute. There he researches topics...

Publications by Julian Leonard in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabase and in the ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window

Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Gottfried Mandlburger , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Optical bathymetry at TU Wien with effect from April 1, 2024. He is assigned to the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation , opens in new window(E120) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation.

Gottfried Mandlburger studied geodesy at the TU Wien (graduated in 1995) and has been associated with the TU Wien ever since: in 2006 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on the subject of “Topographic models for applications in hydraulics and hydrology, opens an external URL in a new window”. After a 3-year research stay at the University of Stuttgart (2017-2019), he returned to the TU Wien as a senior scientist and applied for a career position on the topic of "Optical Bathymethry" in 2021, which he successfully finished on December 1, 2022 as an associate professor. In January 2022 he also completed his habilitation with a habilitation thesis on the subject of "Bathymetry from active and passive photogrammetry, opens an external URL in a new window" and thus obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Photogrammetry". At the German Society for Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Geoinformation (DGPF), opens an external URL in a new window, he chairs the working group "Remote Sensing - Application: Hydrography" and is also the scientific coordinator of the LiDAR software package OPALS , opens an external URL in a new window(Orientation and Processing of Airborne Laser Scanning data), which is an was and is being developed by the TU Wien.

Gottfried Mandlburger's scientific home is the Research Unit of Photogrammetry, opens in new window (E120-07). There he is primarily concerned with the development of methods for evaluating data from active and passive remote sensing sensors (laser scanners, multispectral cameras) in a wide variety of application areas, especially in water surveying (bathymetry).

Publications by Gottfried Mandlburger in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabase and in ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window

Univ.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Ing. Daniel Müller-Gritschneder , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Computer Architecture at TU Wien with effect from April 1, 2024. He is assigned to the Institute of Computer Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E191) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Daniel Müller-Gritschneder comes from Wien, grewu up nearby Munich and studied electrical and information technology at the Technical University of Munich. He received his doctorate there in 2009 with a dissertation on the topic “Deterministic Performance Space Exploration of Analog Integrated Circuits considering Process Variations and Operating Conditions, opens an external URL in a new window”. He remained loyal to the TU Munich as academic councilor or senior councilor, and received his Venia Docendi in 2019 with a habilitation thesis on "Advanced virtual prototyping and communicaton synthesis for integrated system design at electronic system level, opens an external URL in a new window". From 2019 to 2022 he temporarily headed the chair for real-time computer systems at the Technical University of Munich. He worked at the Technical University of Munich in a number of DFG and BMBF-funded projects.

Daniel Müller-Gritschneder's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Embedded Computing Systems (E191-02) at the aforementioned institute. There he researches topics such as the execution of AI models, so-called neural networks, on small energy-efficient microcontrollers (tinyML) as well as methods for the early evaluation of computer systems based on RISC-V processors in terms of their performance and security. He is a member of the program committee of several international conferences such as the International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES/ISSS) and the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE) and is one of the co-initiators of the RISC-V Summit Europe.

Publications by Daniel Müller-Gritschneder in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabase and (soon) in ReposiTUm of TU Wien.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mag.rer.soc.oec. Dr.rer.soc.oec. Dr.techn. Emanuel SALLINGER , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Logic and Communications, opens an external URL in a new window (E192) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since April 1, 2024 as Associate Professor for Scalable Reasoning.

Emanuel Sallinger comes from Vienna and studied computer science at the TU Wien. He also received his doctorate from the TU Vienna in 2014 (sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae) with a dissertation on the topic "Foundations of information integration: analyzing, managing and reasoning about schema mappings, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2015 he moved to the University of Oxford as a senior researcher, where he led the VADA ("Value-Added Data") laboratory for more than six years. In 2020, he returned to Austria because he was able to secure a career position on the topic of “Scalable Reasoning” at the TU Wien. He has now successfully completed this career position by qualifying as an associate professor. In addition to research, teaching is also very important to him, for example he received a degree in "Teaching and Learning in Higher Education" (PGCHE) from the University of Oxford. Emanuel Sallinger is also Vice Dean of Studies for Business Informatics and Data Science at the Faculty of Computer Science.

Emanuel Sallinger's scientific home is the Research Unit of Database and AI , opens an external URL in a new window(E192-02). There he researches knowledge graphs as part of a WWTF Vienna Research Group that he leads. This includes theory, scalable systems and applications - including in the areas of sustainability and economic resilience.

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Univ.Prof. Dr. Pawel W. WOZNIAK, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Human-Computer Interaction at TU Wien with effect from April 1, 2024. He is assigned to the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, opens an external URL in a new window (E193) at the Faculty of Informatics., opens an external URL in a new window

Pawel Wozniak comes from Łódźin Poland and studied computer science at the Technical University of Łódź. After completing his studies in 2012, he moved to Sweden and received his doctorate in 2016 at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg with a dissertation on the topic "Beyond Gadgetry: Reflections on Tech- and User-Driven Research in Human-Computer Interaction, opens an external URL in a new window". A subsequent postdoctoral position took him to the University of Stuttgart and, from 2018, to the University of Utrecht, where he worked as an assistant professor. In 2021 he moved back to Gothenburg to Chalmer University of Technology, this time as an associate professor.

Pawel Wozniak's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Human Computer Interaction , opens an external URL in a new window(E193-05) at the aforementioned institute, which he also heads. There he researches topics such as technologies for well-being and sport, interactions with mobile interfaces and uncanny relationships with technical artifacts

Publications by Pawel Wozniak in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowand Google Scholar, opens an external URL in a new window databases and (soon) in ReposiTUm of TU Wien.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Michael Waltl, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for “Robust Microelectronics” at TU Wien with effect fom March 1, 2024. He is assigned to the Institute for Microelectronics, opens an external URL in a new window (E360) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window.

Michael Waltl comes from Upper Austria. He studied electrical engineering at the TU Wien (with distinction) and received his doctorate there in 2016 with his dissertation (summa cum laude) on the subject of "Experimental characterization of bias temperature instabilities in modern transistor technologies, opens an external URL in a new window". He then remained connected to the TU Wien first as a senior scientist, then as Associate Prof. In addition to numerous FFG and projects financed directly by industry, in 2018 he was able to acquire the CD laboratory for single defect spectroscopy in semiconductor components, opens an external URL in a new window with industrial partners such as ams OSRAM AG, Global TCAD Solutions GmbH and Infineon Technologies Austria AG. Michael Waltl is part of the management committee of renowned international IEEE conferences such as the IIRW, opens an external URL in a new window (International Integrated Reliability Workshop) and serves on the technical program committee of the IEDM, IRPS, ESSDERC and ESREF. He is also Associate Editor of the Microelectronics Engineering Journal.

The scientific home of Michael Waltl is the aforementioned institute, where he is currently dealing with research questions relating to the robustness of electronic components and circuits.

[Michael Waltl website, opens an external URL in a new window]

Publication by Michael Waltl in the databases Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window and Web of Science, opens an external URL in a new window

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Vw. Nawid Siassi PhD has been assigned to the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics (E105) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation at TU Wien since January 1, 2024 as Associate Professor for Dynamic Macroeconomics.

Nawid Siassi comes from Berlin. He studied economics at the Humboldt University of Berlin and completed his doctorate at the European University Institute in Florence with a dissertation on "Intrahousehold insurance and its implications for macroeconomic outcomes, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2011. He then spent two years as a Robert Solow Postdoctoral Fellow at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. In 2013, he accepted a position as junior professor at the University of Konstanz. In 2018/2019, he also took over the chair there. In 2019, he moved to Vienna as he had successfully applied for a career position at TU Wien on the subject of dynamic macroeconomics, which he now completed with the qualification of Associate Professor.

Nawid Siassi's academic home is the Research Unit of Economics (E105-3) at the aforementioned institute. There he deals with the determinants and consequences of economic inequality, with possible interactions between labor and asset markets, as well as with the design of labor market, tax and transfer policies.

[CV Nawid Siassi, opens an external URL in a new window]
Publikationen von Nawid Siassi in den Datenbanken Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window und Dimensions, opens an external URL in a new window.

Univ.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fazel Ansari, MSc , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Data-driven Maintenance Management at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Management Science, opens in new window (E330) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering., opens in new window

Fazel Ansari comes from Esfahan (Persia). He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Tehran (BSc.) and moved to the University of Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia (D) for his master's degree in mechatronics. He also received his doctorate there in 2014 (summa cum laude) with a dissertation on "Meta-analysis of Knowledge Assets for Continuous Improvement of Maintenance Cost Controlling, opens an external URL in a new window". After a postdoc stay at the University of Siegen, he moved to Austria to the TU Wien and Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH, opens an external URL in a new window in 2017. He obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Industrial Engineering" in 2021 with a habilitation on "Management of knowledge intelligence in human-centered cyber physical production systems, opens an external URL in a new window". Since 2023 he has also been "Head of Strategic Projects & Member of the Management Board" in the Center for Sustainable Production and Logistics at Fraunhofer Austria Research GmbH.

Fazel Ansari's scientific home is the Research Unit of Industrial Engineering, opens in new window at the aforementioned institute, where he has headed the "Production and Maintenance Management" research group since 2018. There he deals with topics relating to Industry 4.0 and the digital transformation of, among other things, production processes as well as production planning and optimization and knowledge-based maintenance.

Publications by Fazel Ansari in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowand Dimensions , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabases.

Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Jiehua Chen, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation , opens an external URL in a new window(E192) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since October 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for Algorithmic Social Choice.

Jiehua Chen studied computer science at the TU Berlin and received her doctorate there in 2016 with a dissertation on “Exploiting Structure in Computationally Hard Voting Problems, opens an external URL in a new window”. After a short postdoc period at the TU Berlin, she took up a one-year postdoc position at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and then moved - also for about a year - to the University of Warsaw. In 2019 she moved to Austria: at the TU Wien she was able to secure a career position on the topic of "Algorithmic Social Choice", which she has now completed by qualifying as an associate professor. Jiehua Chem has won numerous prizes (Study Prize 2008, Clara von Simpson Prize 2011, Klaus Tschira Prize for Comprehensible Science, etc.).

Jiehua Chen's scientific home is the Research Unit of Algorithms and Complexity, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute. Here she deals with topics related to the parameterized complexity of combinatorial problems as well as their design and analysis, which are related to, for example, optimization problems in the context of graphs and hypergraphs or computer-supported social choices.

[Jiehua Chen website, opens an external URL in a new window]

Publications by Jiehua Chen in the Scopus, opens in new window, Dimensions , opens an external URL in a new windowand Dplp , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabases.

Univ.Prof. Arch. Dipl.-Ing. Dietmar Feichtinger , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Building construction and Designing at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Architecture and Design , opens an external URL in a new window(E253) at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window.

Dietmar Feichtinger comes from Bruck an der Mur in Styria and studied architecture (with honors) at the TU Graz (graduating in 1988). He then moved his life to Paris and founded the architectural firm Dietmar Feichtinger Architectes , opens an external URL in a new windowthere in 1994 and a branch in Vienna in 2002. The architectural firm operates in France, Austria, Germany, Belgium and Denmark, with the construction projects - mostly construction contracts such as schools, swimming pools, office and residential buildings, but also pedestrian bridges (such as the bridge to Mont Saint-Michel) - being the result of winning Competitions with predominantly public clients. Dietmar Feichtinger is also the winner of numerous prizes (Berlin Art Prize, Architecture Prizes, Austrian Builder's Prize, etc.) and was or is a lecturer at the ENSA Ecole d'Architecture La Villette Paris, at the University of Innsbruck (in the period 1994 - 98) and at the TU Wien.

Dietmar Feichtinger's scientific home is the Research Unit of Building Construction, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute, which he also heads. There he deals with topics such as "conversion instead of new construction", the reuse of materials and structures and adaptable modular construction.

[Wikipedia entry Dietmar Feichtinger, opens an external URL in a new window]

Univ.Prof. Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco Chicon, MSc PhD, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Advanced Material Interfaces and Heterostructures at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Applied Physics, opens in new window (E134) at the Faculty of Physics.

Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco Chicon was born in Zaragoza (Spain). He studied physics at the University of Zaragoza, where he also obtained his doctorate (summa cum laude) in 2009 with a dissertation on "Electrical conduction and magnetic properties of nanoconstrictions and nanowires created by focused electron/ion beam and of Fe₃O₄ thin films, opens an external URL in a new window". After his PhD, he spent a total of 12 years in the UK, at three universities (Imperial College London, University of Cambridge and University of Glasgow), where he had several roles including postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow, EPSRC Early Career Fellow, Winton Fellow, and Associate Professor. He comes to Vienna after spending the last two years as Group Leader at CSIC, the Spanish National Research Council. Among his international distinctions, in 2021 he was awarded the ERC Consolidator Grant “3DNANOMAG, opens an external URL in a new window”, dedicated to the investigation of new 3D spintronic circuits, a project that he is brining now to TU Wien.

Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco is now the head of the newly-created Research Unit of Physics of three-dimensional Nanomaterials. Here, by combining advanced nanofabrication and characterisation techniques, he will investigate new types of 3D nanoscale advanced materials for future "green" computer technologies. 

[Webpage Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco], opens an external URL in a new window
Publications by Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco Chicon in the Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window and Dimensions, opens an external URL in a new window databases.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Kurt Matyas, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Engineering Management at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Management Science, opens in new window (E330) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering., opens in new window

Kurt Matyas comes from Vienna and studied mechanical engineering, business administration, at the TU Wien. He remained loyal to the TU Wien and - after obtaining his Venia Docendi for the subject "Industrial Engineering" in 2000 with a habilitation on the subject of "Planning and maintaining optimal production conditions, opens an external URL in a new window" - has been an associate professor since 2001 at the Institute for Management Sciences. From 2004-2007 he was deputy dean of studies and from 2008-2015 dean of studies in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Business Sciences. From 2015 he was Vice Rector for Studies and Teaching for two terms of the Rectorate until 2023.

Kurt Matyas's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Industrial Engineering, opens in new window. There he deals, on the one hand, with integrated production and supply chain/logistics management, particularly in the area of maintenance and reliability, and, on the other hand, with quality and process management. At the TU Wien Academy for Continuing Education, opens in new window, together with Ing. Mag. Hannes Hunschofsky, he is Academic Director of the Executive MBA Engineering Management, which is offered in cooperation with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Hannes Mikula, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Chemical Biology at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E163) at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry., opens in new window

Hannes Mikula comes from Burgenland. He studied technical chemistry at the TU Wien and completed his doctoral studies here in 2014 with a doctorate sub auspiciis on the topic "Advanced synthesis of conjugated metabolites and structural investigations of Fusarium and Alternaria Mycotoxins, opens an external URL in a new window". Supported by an Erwin Schrödinger scholarship from the FWF, he then moved to the Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, opens an external URL in a new window in Boston (USA) as a postdoctoral fellow before returning to the TU Wien in 2016. From 2016 to 2021, his group was, among other things, significantly involved in the EU project “Click-it, opens an external URL in a new window”. The Zukunftskolleg, opens an external URL in a new window, which has been coordinated by Hannes Mikula since 2019 and funded by the FWF, enabled him to get a career position on the topic of “Chemical Biology” in 2021. In 2021, a START Prize , opens an external URL in a new windowfrom the FWF was obtained, followed by an ERC Starting Grant [TUW News article, opens an external URL in a new window] the following year. After completing his habilitation process in 2022, he successfully completed his career position by qualifying as an associate professor.

Hannes Mikula's scientific home is Research Unit of Organic and Biological Chemistry at the aforementioned institute and Research Group for Molecular Chemistry and Chemical Biology, opens an external URL in a new window there, which he also heads. His research focuses, among other things, on the application of “click chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window” and bioorthogonal reactions in order to develop new molecular technologies and, based on them, therapeutic strategies, for example for the treatment of cancer.

Publications by Hannes Mikula in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowand Dimensions databases, opens an external URL in a new window

Univ.Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Dipl.-Phys. Tim Langen, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Experimental Quantum Technology at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, opens in new window (E141) at the Faculty of Physics.

Tim Langen comes from Rhineland-Palatinate and completed his physics studies at the University of Mainz with distinction. He completed his doctorate - also with distinction - as part of the Vienna Doctoral Program on Complex Quantum Systems, opens an external URL in a new window (CoQuS) at the TU Wien with a dissertation on "Non-equilibrium dynamics of one-dimensional Bose gases, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2013. He then went on to work as Research fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at JILA , opens an external URL in a new window(Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics) and the University of Colorado in Boulder near Denver (USA). In 2016 he moved back to Germany as a research group leader at the 5th Physics Institute, opens an external URL in a new window at the University of Stuttgart, opens an external URL in a new window. In 2020 he was able to obtain an ERC Starting Grant , opens an external URL in a new windowand was awarded the Rudolf Kaiser Prize, opens an external URL in a new window. He has also been an elected Fellow of the Young Academy of Europe , opens an external URL in a new windowsince 2021.

Tim Langen's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Cold Molecules and Quantum Technologies Physics (E141-01) at the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics. There he is researching cold atoms and molecules for quantum science and technology. This includes experiments with dipolar molecules to use them to study new forms of quantum matter and for precision measurements of fundamental physical laws.

[Website TimLangenGropu Cold Molecules, opens an external URL in a new window]

Publications by Tim Langen in the Scopus , opens in new windowand Dimensions , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabases.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Phys. Dr.rer.nat. Thomas Pohl, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Theory of Light Matter Interaction at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Theoretical Physics, opens in new window (E136) at the Faculty of Physics.

Thomas Pohl comes from Thuringia in Germany and studied physics at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He carried out his doctoral work at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden and at the TU Dresden, where he received his doctorate in 2005 with a dissertation on “Relaxation dynamics of ultracold plasmas, opens an external URL in a new window”. A postdoc then took him to the USA at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, opens an external URL in a new window in Cambridge near Boston (Massachusetts). In 2008 he moved back to the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, now as a research group leader. After working at the Max Planck Institute for almost 10 years, he was able to take up a Niels Bohr Professorship in Physics at the University of Aarhus (Denmark) in 2017. Thomas Pohl has received numerous awards, including the Otto Hahn Medal, the Gustav Hertz Prize and much more.

Thomas Pohl's scientific home is now the aforementioned institute, where he deals with the physics of individual quantum systems and their collective behavior, which can result from the mutual interactions and the strong coupling to light.

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Univ.Prof. Dr.sc.ETH Harald R. Stühlinger , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Art History at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of History of Art, Building Archaeology and Restoration, opens an external URL in a new window (E251) at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window.

Harald R. Stühlinger comes from Kapfenberg in Styria. He studied architecture at the TU Wien and at the IUAV in Venice, as well as art history at the University of Vienna. After a short time as an assistant at the Institute of Art History at the TU Wien, he moved his life to Switzerland in 2004, where he worked at the ETH Zurich as an assistant at the chair for the history of urban development and completed his doctorate in 2013 with the topic " The competition "Vienna's Ringstrasse: Creation and Interpretation, opens an external URL in a new window" concluded. He then worked there as a lecturer in the history of urban development until 2017. Since 2017 he has been a professor of architectural, building and urban development history at the FHNW Muttenz, opens an external URL in a new window (the Northwestern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences).

The academic home of Harald R. Stühlinger is now the Research Unit of History of Art, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute. There he deals with questions about building culture, the relationship of the media to architecture and urban development, as well as questions of aesthetics in the post-fossil age.

Univ.Prof. Arch. Mag.arch. Juri Troy , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Wood construction and design in urban areas at TU Wien with effect from October 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Architecture and Design, opens an external URL in a new window (E253) at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning., opens an external URL in a new window

Juri Troy comes from Bregenz in Vorarlberg. After training in stonemasonry and building construction in Vorarlberg and studying architecture at the University of Innsbruck and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Juri Troy founded his own architectural office in Vienna in 2003, which has been officially known as Juri Troy Architects, opens an external URL in a new window with offices in Vienna and Bregenz since 2011. He was then a board member of the Vorarlberg Professional Association of Visual Artists, a member of the Art Commission of the State of Vorarlberg and a board member of the Austrian Society for Architecture,, opens an external URL in a new window as well as a member of the advisory board for the wood magazine, opens an external URL in a new window. From 2020-23 he held a professorship for climate-friendly and resource-saving architecture at the HFT Stuttgart, opens an external URL in a new window. He also worked as a lecturer at the TU Wien several times. His projects have been honored with, among others, the Austrian Builder's Prize, the International Chicago Athenaeum Award, the Green Good Design Award, the EU's 40 under 40 Award, the Greenbuilding FrankfurtRheinMain Award, as well as numerous timber construction awards.

Juri Troy's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Building Construction and Design 1, opens an external URL in a new window, where he deals with the topic of timber construction.

[Website Juri Troy - Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning, opens an external URL in a new window]

Juri Troy's professorship is a so-called "endowed professorship" and is supported by funds from the Forest Fund, an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Regions and Water Management (News Article, opens an external URL in a new window) and is carried out as part of the Think.Wood , opens an external URL in a new windowprogram of the Austrian Wood Initiative.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Ernst Karl Csencsics , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Automation and Control , opens an external URL in a new window(E376) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology , opens in new windowat TU Wien since September 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for Measurement Systems.

Ernst Csencsics comes from Vienna. He studied electrical engineering at TU Wien and received his doctorate there in 2017 with honors (Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis rei publicae) with a dissertation on "Integrated design of high performance mechatronics for optical inline metrology systems, opens an external URL in a new window". He then remained connected to the TU Wien as a postdoc and was able to secure a career position on the subject of "Metrology (Metrology Systems") in 2020, which he now completed by qualifying as an associate professor. In 2023 he also obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Measuring Systems" with a habilitation thesis on the topic of "High Precision Inline Measurement Systems". It should be mentioned that he has also won numerous prizes and awards, such as the Best Paper Award from the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2018), won the Best Paper Award at the IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC, 2022) and the Ernst Fehrer Prize of the TU Wien, opens in new window (2018) and the Best Student Paper Award at the American Control Conference (2016).

Ernst Csencsics' scientific home is the Research Unit of Advanced Mechatronic Systems (E376-01) at the aforementioned institute. There he deals with topics and methods in the area of opto-mechatronic measurement principles, high-performance mechatronics, and precision engineering for the holistic design of robot-supported 3D inline measuring systems and next-generation scientific instruments and measuring devices.

Ernst Csencsics , opens an external URL in a new windowwebsite and YouTube channel of the ACIN working group, opens an external URL in a new window (Advanced Mechatronic Systems Group)

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Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Martina Lindorfer , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation, opens an external URL in a new window (E192) at the Faculty of Informatics , opens an external URL in a new windowat TU Wien since September 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for Security.

Martina Lindorfer comes from Linz in Upper Austria and received a bachelor's degree in Computer and Media Security at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in Hagenberg. She then moved to the TU Wien (Master in Software Engineering and Internet Computing) and received her doctorate there in 2016 with a dissertation on "Malware through the looking glass: malware analysis in an evolving threat, opens an external URL in a new window" with distinction (Promotio Sub Auspiciis Praesidentis). She then took a postdoc to the University of California in Santa Barbara (USA). In 2018 she moved back to Austria: she was able to secure a career position on the topic of "Security" at the TU Wien, which she has now completed by qualifying as an associate professor. Martina Lindorfer's scientific work has already received several awards: in 2018 she received the Cor Baayen Early Career Researcher Award, opens an external URL in a new window, a renowned prize for young researchers in the field of computer science and applied mathematics, in 2019 the Hedy Lamarr Award, opens an external URL in a new window and in 2020 the CyberW Early Career Award, opens an external URL in a new window. Since 2019, she has also been a key researcher at SBA Research,, opens an external URL in a new window the largest Austrian research center that deals exclusively with IT security.

Martina Lindorfer's academic home is the Research Unit of Security and Privacy, opens an external URL in a new window (E192-06) at the aforementioned institute. There she deals with the topic of system security, especially mobile security and data protection, as well as the analysis of malware.

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Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Stefan Löffler, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Service Unit of University Service Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy, opens in new window (USTEM) at TU Wien since September 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for Electron Microscopy for Materials Characterization.

Stefan Löffler comes from Vienna and studied technical physics at the TU Wien. He carried out his dissertation - he received his doctorate with honors in 2013 - on the topic "Study of real space wave functions with electron energy loss spectrometry, opens an external URL in a new window" using the USTEM infrastructure at the Institute for Solid State Physics. In addition, his scientific work was honored by the Fritz Grasenick Prize, opens an external URL in a new window of the Austrian Society for Electron Microscopy (ASEM) in 2011. A postdoc then took him (2015-2016) to the Canadian Center for Electron Microscopy, opens an external URL in a new window at McMaster University in Hamilton near Toronto (Canada). He then returned to the TU Wien and in 2016 was able to secure a career position on the topic of “Electron microscopy for material characterization”, which he completed by qualifying as an associate professor. In 2023 he also received the Venia Docendi for the subject “physical analytics” with a habilitation on “Development of Advanced Characterization Techniques in Transmission Electron Microscopy”.

Stefan Löffler's scientific home is the University Service Centre for Transmission Electron Microscopy, opens an external URL in a new window (USTEM). There he works on improving existing and developing new electron microscopy methods, which can then be used as part of USTEM's numerous research and industrial collaborations.

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Kristina Orehounig , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Building Science and Human Ecology at TU Wien with effect from September 1, 2023. She is assigned to the Institute of Architectural Sciences, opens an external URL in a new window (E259) at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window.

Kristina Orehounig comes from Mödling near Vienna and studied architecture at TU Wien. In 2009 she received her doctorate with a dissertation on the topic "Thermal, acoustical, and visual performance aspects of traditional bath buildings, opens an external URL in a new window". For this she was awarded the Ressel Prize, opens in new window of the Year 2009 by the TU Wien [News-TU Wien, opens an external URL in a new window]. She remained associated with the TU Wien as a postdoc and was able to secure a career position on the subject of “Building performance computing” in 2011. In 2012, however, she left Vienna and moved to Switzerland to work as a researcher, first at ETH Zurich and then at Empa , opens an external URL in a new window(Swiss Federal Materials Testing and Research Institute). From 2018 she was head of the Urban Energy Systems Laboratory , opens an external URL in a new windowand lecturer in the Department of Architecture , opens an external URL in a new windowat ETH Zurich. Apart from the Ressel Prize in 2009, her scientific work has received several awards (Austrian Building Prize, Chamber of Commerce Prize, Outstanding young contributor IBPSA, etc.).

Kristina Orehounig's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Building Physics and Building Ecology, opens an external URL in a new window. There she works on the development of methods, strategies and solutions to transform buildings and cities into sustainable and emission-free systems.

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Gerald Matz, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Machine learning in Telecommunications at TU Wien with effect from August 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Telecommunications, opens an external URL in a new window (E389) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window.

Gerald Matz comes from Burgenland and studied electrical engineering at TU Wien. In 2000 he received his doctorate - also from TU Wien - with a dissertation on the topic "A time-frequency calculus for time-varying systems and nonstationary processes with applications, opens an external URL in a new window". He obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject “Communication Systems” in 2004 with a habilitation on “Time-varying linear systems in wireless communications, opens an external URL in a new window”. An Erwin Schrödinger scholarship from the FWF then enabled him to carry out a research stay at the École supérieure d'électricité in Paris (Supélec, opens an external URL in a new window) until 2005. Back in Austria, Gerald Matz continued to work at TU Wien as an a.o. Professor and was able to establish himself scientifically here, also thanks to the acquisition of several FWF, WWTF and EU projects. Over the next few years, several stays abroad took him to ETH Zurich (Switzerland, 2007) and ENSEEIHT (Toulouse, France, 2011). He is also Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE Journal "Transactions on Signal Processing, opens an external URL in a new window" and co-author of the book Wireless Communications over Rapidly Time-Varying Channels, opens an external URL in a new window (New York: Academic, 2011).In January 2023, Gerald Matz was appointed IEEE Fellow for his contributions to signal processing for radio transmission in non-stationary environments [News announcement, opens an external URL in a new window TU Wien].

Gerald Matz's scientific home is the Research Unit of Signal Processing, which he has headed since 2020. There he deals with questions about signal and information processing, information and communication theory and machine learning.

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Associate Prof. Dipl.-Phys. Dr.techn.Michael Schneider, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Sensor and Actuator Systems , opens in new window(E366) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology , opens in new windowat TU Wien since August 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Advanced Piezoelectric Microsystems ”.

Michael Schneider comes from Saarland and studied physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). After completing his studies in 2009, he moved to Vienna, where he received his doctorate with honors from TU Wien in 2014 with a dissertation on the topic "Influence of layer thickness and substrate pretreatment on the electro-mechanical properties of sputtered aluminum nitride thin films, opens an external URL in a new window". He then remained associated with the TU Wien as a postdoc and was able to secure a career position on the subject of “Advanced Piezoelectric Microsystems” in 2020, which he has now completed by qualifying as an Associate Professor. In 2021, he also received the Venia Docendi for the subject "Microsystems technology" with a habilitation thesis on the subject of "Piezoelectric silicon microsystems: from robust materials to advanced device concepts, opens an external URL in a new window". Since September 2022, he has been heading the CD Laboratory for Piezoelectric Silicon MEMS with increased sensitivity and responsiveness, opens an external URL in a new window, in which he and his team investigate questions about noise in piezoelectric materials and the non-linear behavior of bi-stable PiezoMEMS components.

Michael Schneider's scientific home is the Research Unit of Microsystems Technology, opens in new window (E366-02) at the aforementioned institute. There he deals with the design and conception of piezoelectric microsystems for use in a wide variety of application scenarios from viscosity measurements in liquids to ultrasonic emitters. Fundamental questions about the mechanics of microsystems and material aspects are also a central focus of his research work.

[Website Michael Schneider, opens an external URL in a new window]

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Oliver Spadiut , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Integrated Bioprocess Development at TU Wien with effect from August 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, opens in new window (E166) at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens in new window.

Oliver Spadiut comes from Vienna. He studied food and biotechnology at BOKU and received his doctorate there in 2008 with a dissertation on "Pyranose 2-oxidase: playground for enzyme evolution, opens an external URL in a new window". A subsequent postdoc stay took him to the KTH in Stockholm (Sweden). Back in Austria, he moved to the TU Wien as a university assistant and has been leading a research group on “Integrated Bioprocess Development” since 2015. In 2016, he was able to secure a career position on the topic of "Integrated Bioprocess Development", which he successfully completed in June 2018 by qualifying as an Associate Professor. In 2015 he also received the Venia Docendi for the subject "Biotechnology" with a habilitation on the subject of "Horseradish peroxidase - from genome to protein, opens an external URL in a new window". Oliver Spadiut has won many awards over the course of his scientific career and is co-founder of the start-up NOVOARC , opens an external URL in a new window(TUW News, opens an external URL in a new window). He is also an honorary professor, opens an external URL in a new window at the IMC FH Krems and has been leading the CD laboratory “Inclusion Body Processing 4.0”, opens an external URL in a new window since the beginning of 2023.

Oliver Spadiut's scientific home is the Research Unit of Biochemical Engineering , opens in new windowat the aforementioned institute, which he has headed since June 2022. There he is working on the development of microbial bioprocesses for the production of value-added products from red and white biotechnology. He is also working on reducing water consumption and CO2 emissions, as well as on the digitalization of these bioprocesses.

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Benedikt Schwarz, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Solid State Electronics , opens in new window(E362) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window at TU Wien since June 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Optoelectronic Components”.

Benedikt Schwarz comes from Tyrol. He studied electrical engineering at the TU Wien and received his doctorate there in 2015 with a dissertation on the topic "Monolithic integration of mid-infrared photonics, opens an external URL in a new window" with Prof. Strasser. His previous scientific achievements have already been recognized with numerous prizes, including the BMWF honorary award, the Photonics21 Student Innovation Award, the INiTS Award and the FACSS Innovation Award. In 2020 he was also able to successfully submit an ERC Starting Grant, opens an external URL in a new window. This enabled him to successfully take up the career position "Modeling and realization of monolithic frequency combs", which he has now completed with the qualification to associate professor. In 2020 he also obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Nanoelectronics and Photonics" with a habilitation thesis on the topic "Towards chip integrated mid-infrared spectrometers, opens an external URL in a new window".

The scientific home of Benedikt Schwarz is the Research Unit of Optoelectronic Materials, opens an external URL in a new window (E362-01) at the Institute of Solid State Electronics. Here he researches, among other things, compact, portable and energy-saving laser sensors with which environmental pollutants and also diagnosable diseases can be detected.

Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Richard Arthur Wilhelm, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Applied Physics (E134) at the Faculty of Physics at TU Wien since July 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Ion and Plasma Physics”.

Richard A. Wilhelm comes from Saxony (D) and studied physics at the TU Dresden, where he also received his doctorate with distinction in 2014 with a dissertation on the "Interaction of slow highly charged ions with ion crystal surfaces and ultra-thin carbon membranes, opens an external URL in a new window". As a post-doc, he remained connected to the TU Dresden and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf for some time afterwards. In 2016 he moved to Austria to do research at the TU Wien, first as a postdoc and then as a university assistant. In 2019, after winning a START prize for "The observation of ion scattering in real time, opens an external URL in a new window" [TU Wien News article, opens an external URL in a new window and Die Presse article, opens an external URL in a new window], he was able to secure a career position on "Ion and plasma physics", which he has now successfully completed with a qualification as an associate professor. In June? 2023 he received the Venia Docendi for the subject "Experimental Physics" with a habilitation thesis on "The charge exchange of slow highly charged ions at surfaces unraveled with freestanding 2D materials, opens an external URL in a new window".

The scientific home of Richart A. Wilhelm is the Research Unit of Atomic and Plasma Physics (134-03) at the mentioned institute. Here he asks the question...

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Tibor Grasser, opens an external URL in a new window  was appointed as University Professor for Microelectronics at TU Wien with effect from June 1, 2023 (he has held a 99(4) professorship since October 2018). He is assigned to the Institute for Microelectronics , opens an external URL in a new window(E360) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window.

Tibor Grasser comes from Vienna and studied electrical engineering at the TU Wien. In 1999 he received his doctorate with distinction - also at the TU Wien - with a dissertation on "Mixed-mode device simulation, opens an external URL in a new window". After that he remained connected to the TU Wien - since 2002 as Associate Professor - and from 2003 to 2010 headed the CD Laboratory for technology CAD in microelectronics, opens an external URL in a new window. Internationally active in several specialist committees (IPFA etc.) and with an excellent professional network, he took over the management of the Institute for Microelectronics in 2016. In 2022 he was also able to receive an ERC Advanced Grant, opens an external URL in a new window, which is worth 2.5 million euros is doped, for the project "F2GO - Fluorides for 2D nanoelectronics of the next generation, opens an external URL in a new window".

Tibor Grasser is head of the Institute for Microelectronics, opens an external URL in a new window and his research unit has been dealing with insulators for more than 15 years. For several years the team has also been researching the ultra-thin insulator calcium fluoride for 2D materials.

[Wikipedia Tibor Grasser, opens an external URL in a new window]

Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Sandra Müller , opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry , opens in new window(E104) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation at TU Wien since June 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Set Theory”.

Sandra Müller studied both mathematics and computer science at the University of Münster. She then received her doctorate in mathematics there in 2016 with a dissertation on "Pure and Hybrid Mice with Finitely Many Woodin Cardinals from Levels of Determinacy, opens an external URL in a new window". She then moved to the University of Vienna as a PostDoc, where she was able to win a L'Oréal Austria scholarship, opens an external URL in a new window in 2020. The acquisition of an FWF Elise Richter Fellowship, opens an external URL in a new window enabled her to obtain a career position on the subject of "set theory" at TU Wien (to which she switched in 2021) and which she has now completed with a qualification as an associated professor. In 2022 she also obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Mathematics" with a habilitation thesis on "The interplay of determinacy, large cardinals, and inner models, opens an external URL in a new window". In addition, since 2022 she has been the recipient of an FWF START prize, opens an external URL in a new window and a sponsorship prize from the ÖMG, opens an external URL in a new window (Austrian Mathematical Society).

The scientific home of Sandra Müller is the Research Unit of Algebra (E104-01). There she deals with topics related to "set theory", especially in the areas of internal model theory, axioms of definiteness and descriptive set theory, as well as their relationships and connections to other areas of logic and mathematics.

[Webpage Sandra Müller, opens an external URL in a new window; Publications Sandra Müller, opens an external URL in a new window]

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Christian Ott, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Robotics at TU Wien with effect from April 1, 2022 on a temporary basis and permanently appointed with effect from June 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Automation and Control , opens an external URL in a new window(E376) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window.

Christian Ott comes from Salzburg and studied mechatronics at the JKU (Johannes Kepler University) in Linz. He completed his studies in 2001 and then worked as a researcher at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) in Munich until 2007. With a dissertation on "Cartesian impedance control of flexible joint manipulators, opens an external URL in a new window" he received his doctorate in 2005 at Saarland University. In 2007 he moved again to Japan to the University of Tokyo, where he worked as an assistant professor until 2009. He then returned to DLR in Munich, where he set up a working group to control humanoid walking robots and, from 2014, headed the "Analysis and Control of Complex Robot Systems" department at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics.

Christian Ott's academic home at the TU Wien is the Research Unit of Complex Dynamical Systems , opens an external URL in a new windowat the Institute (E376-02) for Automation and Control Engineering.

Associate Prof. Dr.techn. Lado Filipovic, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute for Microelectronics, opens an external URL in a new window (E360) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window at TU Wien since Mai 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “ Modeling and simulation of integrable semiconductor sensors”.

Lado Filipovic comes from Sarajevo in todays Bosnia and Herzegovina. Raised in Canada, he studied electrical engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa (Canada). While still a student, he worked on microelectronic components and embedded systems with a position at Curtiss-Wright Controls - Embedded Computing, opens an external URL in a new window (now Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions). In 2009 he moved to Austria, where he did his doctorate in 2012 at the TU Wien on the topic "Topography simulation of novel processing techniques", opens an external URL in a new window. The successful acquisition of numerous projects from the EU and national sponsors enabled him to obtain a career position in 2018 on the subject of "modeling and simulation of integrable semiconductor sensors", which he has now completed with the qualification to associate professor. In 2020 he also obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Micro- and Nanoelectronics" ("Micro- and Nanoelectronics") with a habilitation thesis on "Semiconductor based integrated sensors", opens an external URL in a new window. Lado Filipovic is part of the management committee of prestigious international IEEE conferences such as IIRW and is a member of the technical program committee of several IEEE-sponsored conferences such as SISPAD and IEEE Sensors.

The academic home of Lado Filipovic is the Institute for Microelectronics, where his research focus is on the fabrication, operation, stability and reliability of novel semiconductor-based sensors, opens an external URL in a new window using advanced process and device simulations, opens an external URL in a new window. His research interests include optimizing commercial devices based on established materials (e.g. silicon) as well as investigating the potential of novel material systems (e.g. 2D materials) in sensing.

[Website Lado Filipovic, opens an external URL in a new window]

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Associate Prof. Dr. Matthias Steiger, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, opens in new window (E166) at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens in new window at TU Wien since Mai 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Biochemistry”.

Matthias Steiger comes from Vienna and studied technical chemistry at the TU Wien. In 2010 he received his doctorate there with a dissertation on the topic "Introduction of an N-acetylneuraminic acid synthesis pathway in Hypocrea (Trichoderma), opens an external URL in a new window". He then did research as a postdoc at the Austrian Center of Industrial Biotechnology (acib), at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences and at the University of Leiden (Netherlands). In 2019 he successfully applied for a career in biochemistry at the TU Wien, which he has now completed with the qualification to associate professor. In 2020 he also obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Biochemistry" with a habilitation thesis on "Bridging biochemical boundaries: the impact of transport and compartmentalization on metabolic engineering endeavors, opens an external URL in a new window".

The scientific home of Matthias Steiger is the Research Unit of Biochemical Technology, opens in new window, where he heads a research group (E166-05-2) on the subject of biochemistry. There he works on the production of biochemicals such as organic acids, proteins and other biomass components with the help of improved microorganisms (filamentous fungi and yeasts).

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Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Sabine Andergassen, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Information Systems Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since April 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Computational Quantum Science”.

Sabine Andergassen comes from Bozen (Italy) and graduated with honors in Physics from the University of Rome "La Sapienza". After her studies, she moved to the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart and received her doctorate from the University of Stuttgart in 2006 with a dissertation on "Functional renormalization group analysis of Luttinger liquids with impurities", opens an external URL in a new window. After a PostDoc stay at the CNRS Grenoble, opens an external URL in a new window, she moved back to the German-speaking area, first as an assistant professor in 2008 at the RWTH Aachen (here for a W1 professorship) and from 2012 at the University of Vienna (here as part of a career position). In 2014 she obtained a W3 professorship at the University of Tübingen.

The scientific home of Sabine Andergassen is now the Research Unit of Machine Learning, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute, but also the Research Unit of Correlations: Theory and Experiments at the Institute of Solid State Physics, opens an external URL in a new window (E138) at the Faculty of Physics, where she deals with the theoretical description of quantum many-particle systems.

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Associate Prof. Mate Gerencser, PhD, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing , opens an external URL in a new window(E101) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation at TU Wien since April 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Numerics of stochastic differential equations”.

Mate Gerencser comes from Budapest in Hungary and studied Mathematics there with honors at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest. He then moved to Scotland and received his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 2016 with a dissertation on "Stochastic PDEs with extremal properties, opens an external URL in a new window". After a short stopover at the University of Warwick (England), a postdoc position brought him to Austria at IST Austria. In 2020 he was able to secure a career position on the subject of "numerics of stochastic differential equations" at the TU Wien, which he has now successfully completed with a qualification as an associate professor. In 2022 he also obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Mathematics" ("Mathematics") with a habilitation thesis on "On quasilinear stochastic PDEs, opens an external URL in a new window".

Mate Gerencser's academic home is the Research Unit of Analysis, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute, where he deals with stochastic (ordinary and partial) differential equations.

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Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.rer.nat. Marcus Huber, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Quantum Information and Quantum Thermodynamics at TU Wien with effect from April 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, opens in new window (E141) at the Faculty of Physics.

Marcus Huber studied physics at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate there in 2010 with the topic "Entanglement and geometry in multipartite systems, opens an external URL in a new window". After a short period as a PostDoc researcher at the University of Vienna, he moved in 2012 - as a Marie-Curie Fellow - first to the University of Bristol (UK) and then from 2013 to 2015 to the "Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona" (Spain) and as a visiting scientist at the ICFO (Institute of Photonic Sciences), also in Barcelona. An SNSF-AMBIZIONE Grantee brought him to the University of Geneva (Switzerland) in 2015/2016. The acquisition of the START project "The importance of quantum information in thermodynamics, opens an external URL in a new window" enabled him to return to Austria in 2016 to the IQOQI Vienna , opens an external URL in a new window(Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 2020 he successfully applied for the career position "Quantum Simulation - Quantum Sensors" and thus switched to the TU Wien, which he successfully completed in February 2022 as Associate Professor. In March 2022 he was also able to apply for an ERC Consolidator Grant, opens an external URL in a new window.

Marcus Huber is in charge of the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics. His scientific home is the Research Unit of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, which he also heads.

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Associate Prof. Dipl.-Vw. Emanuel Gasteiger, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics (E105), opens an external URL in a new window at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation at TU Wien since March 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Macroeconomics with a focus on business cycle theory”.

Emanuel Gasteiger comes from Bavaria and studied economics at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. After completing his studies, he moved to Vienna and received his doctorate in 2011 from the University of Vienna (Faculty of Economics) with a dissertation on the topic "Expectations in monetary and fiscal policy, opens an external URL in a new window". He then did research as an assistant professor at the ISCTE (Instituto Universitario de Lisboa) in Lisbon (Portugal) until 2015, before moving back to Germany as a junior professor, this time at the Freie Universität Berlin. In 2019 he was able to secure a career position at TU Wien on the subject of "Macroeconomics with a focus on business cycle theory", which he has now successfully completed with the qualification to associate professor. In 2022 he also obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Mathematical Economics" with a habilitation thesis on "Heterogeneity in monetary and fiscal policy, opens an external URL in a new window".

The scientific home of Emanuel Gasteiger is the Research Unit of Economics, opens an external URL in a new window at the named institute. Here he researches topics such as "Monetary Economics", "Fiscal Policy", "Expectation Formation in Macroeconomics and Empirical Macroeconomics" and "Automation and Economic Growth".

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr.-Ing. Katja Hose , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Data Management at TU Wien with effect from March 1, 2023. She is assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation , opens an external URL in a new window(E192) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Katja Hose comes from Eschwege (Hesse) in central Germany and studied computer science at the TU Ilmenau in neighboring Thuringia, where she also wrote a dissertation in 2009 on the subject of "Processing Rank-Aware Queries in Schema-based P2P Systems, opens an external URL in a new window". After a 3-year stopover as a PostDoc at the Max Planck Institute for Computer Science in Saarbrücken (Saarland), she started her academic career at the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University, opens an external URL in a new window in Denmark (Jutland); first as an assistant professor, from 2015 as an associate professor and finally from 2018 as a university professor. In that capacity, she was also ultimately the research director of the Data, Knowledge, and Web Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window research group in the Department of Computer Science.

Katja Hose's scientific home is the Research Unit of Database and AI, opens an external URL in a new window at the institute mentioned, where she deals with topics of data management and knowledge engineering and pursues the goal of developing new fundamentals and methods, Giving meaning to large amounts of heterogeneous data and making the best use of it.

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Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.sc.techn. Bernd KLÖCKL , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Sustainable Energy Systems at TU Wien with effect from March 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives , opens in new window(E370) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window.

Bernd Klöckl comes from Graz and studied electrical power engineering at Graz University of Technology. He then moved to Switzerland, where he did his doctorate in 2007 at the ETH Zurich with a dissertation on the topic "Impacts of energy storage on power systems with stochastic generation, opens an external URL in a new window”. In 2006 he returned to Austria and took over management of the "Grids" division at VEÖ (Association of Austrian Electricity Companies) - now "Oesterreichs Energie, opens an external URL in a new window" - in Vienna. In 2007 he switched to Austrian Power Grid AG., opens an external URL in a new window In 2011 he relocated to Bayreuth (Germany) to work at TenneT, opens an external URL in a new window, which operates in parts of Germany and the Netherlands as Europe's first cross-border transmission system operator, as head of the network planning department (since 2020 as "Head of Grid Analysis" for Germany and the Netherlands. In 2021 he changed as Director to "System Operations Concepts and Analytics" for 50Hertz Transmission GmbH, opens an external URL in a new window to Berlin, which, as a transmission system operator in the former East German region, also regulates the grid connection of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. In the 15 years of his professional work for the power grid, he was responsible, among other things, for R&D projects to maximize the integration of renewable energy, the introduction of new transmission technologies and big data methods in long-term system planning.

The scientific home of Bernd Klöckl is now the Research Unit of Energy Systems and Networks, opens in new window, which he also heads. There he will deal primarily with questions regarding the technical requirements for the grid in the course of the conversion to a completely sustainable energy supply.

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Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Nysret Musliu , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation (E192) , opens an external URL in a new windowat the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since March 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Methods of AI and Computational Optimization”.

Nysret Musliu comes from Prishtina in today's Kosovo (Albanian: Kosovë). In 1996 he graduated in Telecommunications and Computer Science from the University of Prishtina, opens an external URL in a new window and left the university as “Student i dalluar” (distinguished student). He did his dissertation at TU Wien and received his doctorate there in 2001 with the topic "Intelligent search methods for workforce scheduling: new ideas and practical applications", opens an external URL in a new window. Since then he has been associated with TU Wien and obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Applied Computer Science" with a habilitation on "Metaheuristics for scheduling and other hard problem, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2007. In 2017 he was able to recruit a Christian Doppler Laboratory for "Artificial Intelligence and Optimization in Planning and Scheduling, opens an external URL in a new window". This enabled him to successfully take up a career position on the subject of "Methods of AI and Computational Optimization", which he is now doing with the qualification graduated to associate professor.

The scientific home of Nysret Musliu is the Research Unit of Database and AI, opens an external URL in a new window. There he deals with questions about innovative problem-solving techniques based on artificial intelligence and optimization and their application in various areas, including resource planning and scheduling and scheduling.

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Univ.Prof. Dr. Oliver ENGLHARDT , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Building construction and Building Maintenance at TU Wien with effect from February 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Building and Industrial Construction, opens in new window (E210) at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window.

Oliver Englhardt comes from Bavaria and studied Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (D). During and after his studies, he was a research assistant in the laboratory for steel and light metal construction at the Munich University of Applied Sciences. After successfully completing his studies (1999), he was first a lecturer and later Univ. Assistant at TU Wien (Faculty of Architecture and Spatial Planning). In 2005 he moved to BOKU, where he received his doctorate with distinction in 2007 with a dissertation on the subject of "Surface structures made of glass - load-bearing behavior and stability, opens an external URL in a new window". His professional path then led him to Arup in London (UK) and Werner Sobek AG, opens an external URL in a new window in Stuttgart (D). From 2010 to 2017 he was a university professor for the subject 'Building Construction' at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Graz University of Technology. He was then drawn back into business: to Waagner-Biro, opens an external URL in a new window, to Buro Happold, opens an external URL in a new window (as director for "Structures, Facades & Circular Construction") and he set up his office andstructures GmbH in Munich. Since 2021 he has also been a lecturer at the TU Wien again.

The scientific home of Oliver Englhardt is the Research Unit of Building Construction and Building Preservation, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute, which he also heads. There he deals with the development of new building constructions for load-bearing structures and building envelopes under the premise of a "Circular Building Construction" and an integral linking of digital planning and manufacturing processes for a future "Design to Manufacturing, Assembling, Disassembling and End-of-Life".

Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Philipp Haslinger , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics (E141) at the Faculty of Physics at TU Wien since February 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Atomic Interferometry”.

Philipp Haslinger comes from Großkrut in Weinviertel (Lower Austria). He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna, where he received his doctorate with distinction in 2013 with a dissertation on "A universal matter-wave interferometer with optical gratings, opens an external URL in a new window". From 2014 to 2017 he completed a PostDoc stay at the University of California in Berkeley (California, USA) and was also involved in several projects at Stanford University, also in California. Since 2018 he has been connected to the Atomic Institute of TU Wien, where he - as a START award winner in 2018 [list of TUW - START award winners, opens in new window, newspaper article , opens an external URL in a new windowof the NÖN] - was able to secure a career position with the topic "Atomic Interferometry". In January 2022 he obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Experimental Physics" with a habilitation thesis on "Atoms, electrons and phonons: improvements in high precision metrology, opens an external URL in a new window". In addition, he successfully completed his career with the qualification to associate professor.

The scientific home of Philipp Haslinger is the Research Unit of Atom Physics and Quantum Optics| TU Wien, opens in new window at the named institute. There he deals with...

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Univ. Prof. Dr. Heike Oevermann , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Monument Preservation and Building within Existing Structures at TU Wien with effect from January 9, 2023. She is assigned to the Institute of History of Art, Building Archaeology and Restoration (E251), opens an external URL in a new window at the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window.

Heike Oevermann completed her architecture studies at TU Braunschweig in 1996 and then worked in various planning and architecture offices in Berlin. In the period of 2001-2004 she also completed the World Heritage Studies, opens an external URL in a new window course at TU Cottbus-Senftenberg. From 2007 she was co-owner of the architecture firm aR+ architectureRelated, opens an external URL in a new window. In addition, she has held relevant teaching positions at various universities in Italy, Scandinavia and at the Humboldt University in Berlin. She received her doctorate in 2012 at the Technical University of Berlin with a dissertation on the topic "About dealing with industrial heritage: a discourse-analytical investigation of urban transformation processes using the example of the Zeche Zollverein, opens an external URL in a new window". From 2016-2021 she was deputy director at the Georg Simmel Center (GSZ), opens an external URL in a new window of the Humboldt University in Berlin. She finally obtained her Venia Docendi in 2020 at the Bauhaus University Weimar with a habilitation on "Historical industrial complexes in the city, opens an external URL in a new window". She then held a one-year deputy professorship for monument preservation at the Friedrich Otto University in Bamberg.

Heike Oevermann's academic home at TU Wien is now the Research Unit of Monument Preservation and Building within Existing Structures , opens an external URL in a new windowat the aforementioned institute.

Univ.Prof. Henderik Proper, PhD , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Enterprise and Process Engineering at TU Wien with effect from January 1, 2023. He is assigned to the Institute of Information Systems Engineering , opens an external URL in a new window(E194) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Henderik Proper studied computer science at the Radboud University Nijmegen, opens an external URL in a new window in the eastern German border region of the Netherlands (he also comes from the Netherlands) and received his doctorate there in 1994 with a dissertation on "A Theory for Conceptual Modeling of Evolving Application Domains, opens an external URL in a new window" with distinction . A PostDoc stay as a "senior research fellow" brought him to the University of Queensland, opens an external URL in a new window in Brisbane, Australia, until 1997, later as a lecturer at the Queensland University of Technology. Back in the Netherlands he switched to business, starting in 1998 for a year at Origin (Amsterdam) and then at the Ordina Institute, opens an external URL in a new window in Gouda. In 2001 he returned to his scientific roots - now as a full professor - at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In 2008 he switched back to business, namely to Capgemini , opens an external URL in a new windowin Utrecht, while remaining connected to his home university as an adjunct professor. In 2010 there was another change of location, this time to the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology,, opens an external URL in a new window where he worked as Senior Research Manager until 2022. He also had a "Professor Affiliate" at the University of Luxembourg since 2017.

Henderik Proper's academic home at TU wien is now the Research Unit of Business Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute. Here he devotes himself to the basics and applications of domain modeling, especially (in terms of applications) in the context of (sustainable) companies.

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Bernhard Hofko, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for  Pavement Engineering at TU Wien with effect from December 1, 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Transportation (E230), opens in new window at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window., opens an external URL in a new window

Bernhard Hofko studied Civil Engineering at TU Wien, where he was awarded his doctorate in 2011 for his thesis on "Towards an enhanced characterisation of the behaviour of hot mix asphalt under cyclic dynamic compressive loading, opens an external URL in a new window". Since 2011, he has been Head of the Highways Laboratory at the Institute of Transportation. In 2015, he began his tenure-track position as Assistant Professor. After spending time abroad as a Max Kade Fellow at the University of California, Davis, he obtained his venia docendi in 2017, thus qualifying him to teach "road construction", with his habilitation on "Characterization of bituminous bound material, opens an external URL in a new window". In April 2019 he successfully completed his tenure-track position with the qualification as Associate Professor.

He currently works in the Research Unit of Straßenwesen, opens an external URL in a new window (E230-03). Since 2020 he is also Vice Dean of Academic Affairs, opens an external URL in a new window within the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the TU Wien.

Univ.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Lulei, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for  Construction and Construction Management at TU Wien with effect from December 1, 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Construction Process and Construction Economics, opens in new window (E235) at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering., opens an external URL in a new window

Frank Lulei initially studied Physics and Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart (intermediate diploma), but ultimately decided to study Civil Engineering: His dissertation on the topic "Micromechanically motivated models for the description of finite deformations of rubbery polymers: physical modeling and numerical simulation", opens an external URL in a new window was carried out at the Institute for Mechanics of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart, where he received his doctorate in 2002. Already during his studies he worked in various engineering offices in Stuttgart. This experience enabled him to set up his own engineering office in 2002 after completing his doctorate. In 2005 he finally switched to the private sector, namely to Bilfinger Berger AG, opens an external URL in a new window, where he oversaw several major projects in Africa, Europe (Bulgaria, etc.) and the USA. In 2010, Frank Lulei relocated to Strabag AG Vienna, opens an external URL in a new window in Austria as Business Unit Manager for "Contract and Risk Management", where he also coordinated a wide variety of large-scale projects around the world (including India, Israel, Europe) and also research projects in Austria.

Frank Lulei's scientific home now is the Research Unit of Construction Economics and Management , opens an external URL in a new window(E235-02), which he also heads.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Math. Dr.rer.nat. Kevin Sturm , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing (E101), opens an external URL in a new window at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation at TU Wien since December 1, 2022 as Associate Professor for “Optimization with PDEs”.

Kevin Sturm comes from Rathenow in Brandenburg and studied mathematics at the Universitaet Goettingen and the TU Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 2014 on the topic "On shape optimization with non-linear partial differential equations, opens an external URL in a new window". After a stopover at the University of Duisburg-Essen and at the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) in Linz, he was able to get a career position at the TU Wien in 2017 on the subject of "Optimization with PDEs (partial differential equation)", which he has now successfully completed with the qualification to Associate Professor. In 2021 he also habilitated with a habilitation thesis on "Lagrangian techniques in topology optimization with the topological derivative, opens an external URL in a new window".

Kevin Sturm's scientific home is the Research Unit of Numerical Analysis, opens an external URL in a new window, where he heads the Numerical Optimization research group. There he deals with theoretical and applied questions of shape and topology optimization with various applications in engineering.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Michael Feischl , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Computational Partial Differential Equations at TU Wien with effect from November 1, 2022. He ist assigned to the Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing, opens an external URL in a new window (E101) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Michael Feischl studied Technical Mathematics at TU Wien and completed his studies in 2012. In 2015, he was awarded a doctorate for his thesis on "Rate optimality of adaptive algorithms, opens an external URL in a new window" (Supervisor: Prof. Praetorius). He then moved abroad: first to Australia as Postdoctoral Research Fellow (University of New South Wales, Sydney) and afterwards - holding a position as Junior Research Group leader at the KIT Karlsruhe - to Germany. From 2018 on he had a W2 professorship at the University of Bonn. Since March 2019 he is back at the TU Wien, holding the position of a Associate Professor.

His scientific home at TU Wien is the Research Unit Numerical Analysis (E101-02) and here the Research Group on Computational PDEs, opens an external URL in a new window, where he is the head of since January 1, 2022. His research specialises in numerical methods for partial differential equations.

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Univ.Prof. Dr.sc. Alexander Grüneis , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Optoelectronic Materials at TU Wien with effect from November 2, 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Solid State Electronics, opens in new window (E362) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology., opens in new window

Alexander Grüneis studied physics at TU Wien. However, he completed his dissertation on "Resonance Raman spectroscopy of single wall carbon nanotubes, opens an external URL in a new window" at Tohoku University in Sendai (Japan), where he also received his doctorate in 2004. A PostDoc stay then led him to IFW Dresden, opens an external URL in a new window until 2008. A Marie Curie Integration Grant then enabled him to return to the University of Vienna. An APART Fellowship, opens an external URL in a new window from the Academy of Sciences supported his further scientific career in Austria. In 2014 he received a W1 professorship at the University of Cologne, opens an external URL in a new window and thus moved to Germany. In 2015 he was able to win an ERC Consolidator Grant on "Many-body physics and superconductivity in 2D materials". Also since 2015 he has held a W2 professorship at the Physics II Institute , opens an external URL in a new windowof the University of Cologne.

His scientific home is the Research Unit of Optoelectronic Materials (E362-01) in the aforementioned institute, which he also heads.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Allan Hanbury , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Data Intelligence at TU Wien with effect from November 1, 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Information Systems Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Allan Hanburry - he comes from George in South Africa - studied physics and applied mathematics at the University of Cape Town. For his doctorate he went to Europe, namely to MINES ParisTech, opens an external URL in a new window, where he wrote a dissertation on "Morphologie Mathématique sur le Cercle Unité : avec applications aux teintes et aux textures orientées , opens an external URL in a new window(Mathematical Morphology on the Unit Circle: with applications to hues and to directional textures)". He obtained his Venia Docendi for the Department of Practical Computer Science in 2008 with a habilitation on "Morphological processing and segmentation of color images, opens an external URL in a new window" at TU Wien and has been associated with the TU Wien since then. Since November 1st, 2017 he has held a temporary professorship for data intelligence.

His scientific home is the Research Unit of Data Science, opens an external URL in a new window (E194-04), which he also heads. Furthermore he is the Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the Institute of Informatics.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Franz Winter , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Thermochemical Process Engineering at TU Wien with effect from November 1, 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering (E166) , opens in new windowat the Faculty of Technical Chemistry., opens in new window

Franz Winter studied technical chemistry at TU Wien and received his doctorate there in 1995 with a dissertation on "Single fuel particle and NOx/N2O-emission characteristics under (circulating) fluidized bed combustor conditions, opens an external URL in a new window". He received his Venia Docendi for the subject "Process Engineering" in March 2000 with a habilitation on "The concept of chemical similarity for optimization and design of gas-solid processes, opens an external URL in a new window" and from October 2000 he was one of the ao. Professors at TU Wien. He was also able to acquire the CD laboratory for process engineering at high temperatures, opens an external URL in a new window in 2000 (duration 01/01/2001 to 06/30/2008; Standard article, opens an external URL in a new window). In 2009 he declined an offer for a W3 professorship at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.

Franz Winter is head of Research Unit of Chemical Process Engineering and Energy Technology, opens in new window (E166-03) at the institute mentioned, as well as head of the Research Group for Chemical Reaction Engineering and Combustion (E166-03-2). There he deals with the topic of energy storage , opens an external URL in a new window(video).

Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.techn. Georg Steinhauser, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Applied Radiochemistry at TU Wien with effect from October 1. 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E163) at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry as well as to the TRIGA Center Atominstitut, opens in new window (E057-14).

Georg Steinhauser studied chemistry at the University of Vienna and did his doctorate in 2005 at TU Wien on the topic "Neutron activation analytical study of surface reactions on volcanic glass particles", opens an external URL in a new window. As a PostDoc, he remained connected to the Atomic Institute of TU Wien until 2013 (from 2011-2013 even as a group leader of the then radiochemistry laboratory), whereby a one-year research stay in 2007 brought him to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He moved to Colorado State University as an assistant professor in 2013, but he obtained his Venia Docendi in 2015 at TU Wien with a habilitation on the topic "Anthropogenic radionuclides in the environment : from ultra-trace monitoring to nuclear forensics", opens an external URL in a new window. Since October 2015 he has held a W2 professorship at Leibniz Universität Hannover.

Georg Steinhauser's scientific home is the Research Group for Organometal Chemistry and Catalysis., opens an external URL in a new window

Univ.Prof. Dr. Maria Christakis, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University professor for Software Engineering at TU Wien with effect from 1 September 2022. She is assigned to the Institute for Information Systems Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194) at the Faculty of Informatics., opens an external URL in a new window

Maria Christakis comes from Crete (Greece). She studied computer science at the National Technical University of Athens, where she worked as a researcher until 2011. She conducted her dissertation at ETH Zurich (CH) and received her PhD there in 2015 with a thesis on "Narrowing the gap between verification and systematic testing, opens an external URL in a new window" under Prof. Peter Müller. A subsequent post-doctoral stay took her to the USA to Microsoft Research Redmond near Seattle (Washington State). In 2016/17, she was a Lecturer and Assistant Professor at the University of Kent (UK). From October 2017, she held a tenure-track position at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems in Kaiserslautern (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) as a research group leader for "Practical Formal Methods".

Maria Christakis' scientific home is the Research Unit Software Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194-01), which she also heads. There, she is engaged in the goal of developing theoretical foundations and practical tools to create more reliable and user-friendly software and to increase developer productivity.

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Univ.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manuel Garcia-Villalba Navaridas , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Numerical Fluid Mechanics at TU Wien with effect from September 1. 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, opens an external URL in a new window (E322) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window.

Manuel Garcia-Villalba Navaridas is from Murcia (Spain). He studied aeronautics and aerospace at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). From 2002 he worked on his dissertation on the topic "Large eddy simulation of turbulent swirling jets, opens an external URL in a new window" at the University of Karlsruhe - the KIT (Karlsruher Institute for Technology) - where he received his doctorate in 2006. He remained connected to the Institute of Hydromechanics at KIT until 2010, but then switched back to Spain at Carlos III University in Madrid, first as a visiting professor and later as an associate professor.

Manuel Garcia-Villalba Navaridas' scientific home is now the Research Unit of Numerical Fluid Mechanics , opens an external URL in a new window(E322-02) at the aforementioned institute, which he also heads. There he deals with numerical fluid mechanics and its applications in mechanical engineering (e.g. the aerodynamics of bio-inspired aircraft) and biomedical technology (including the blood flow in the human heart).

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Thomas Konegger, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the I, opens in new windownstitute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics , opens in new window(E164) at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry , opens in new windowat TU Wien since August 1, 2022 as Associate Professor for "Structural Ceramics".

Thomas Konegger comes from Carinthia. He studied Technical Chemistry at TU Wien and received his doctorate in 2010 with a dissertation on the topic "Polysilazane-derived ceramics with oxide-ceramic fillers, opens an external URL in a new window". From August 2013 to October 2014, an Erwin Schrödinger Scholarship enabled him to do research at Clemson University in South Carolina (USA). In 2017 he applied for a Tenure-Track position on the subject of "Structural Ceramics", which he has now successfully completed with the qualification as Associate Prof. In 2022 he also habilitated with a habilitation thesis on the topic "Pores with a Purpose – Pore Tailoring Strategies in Polymer-Derived Ceramic Materials, opens an external URL in a new window" and thus obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Chemical Technology of Inorganic Materials".

The scientific home of Thomas Konegger is the Research Group for Inorganic Materials (E164-03-1). Here, he and his Advanced Ceramics Team, opens in new window conduct research on chemical-technological issues for the production of high-performance ceramic materials.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. techn. Thomas Müller , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University professor for Two-dimensional optoelectronics at TU Wien with effect from 1 August 2022. He is assigned to the Photonics Institute, opens in new window (E387) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology., opens in new window

Thomas Müller studied electrical engineering at TU Wien and received his doctorate in 2004 with a dissertation on the topic "Ultrafast terahertz response of optically excited quantum semiconductor structures, opens an external URL in a new window" with Prof. Unterrainer. Between 2007-2009 he worked and researched as a PostDoc at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, New York (USA). In 2011 he successfully submitted a START Project to the FWF, opens an external URL in a new window. This enabled him to successfully start the Tenure-Track position in "Graphene Photonics", which he completed in April 2017 with the qualification to an Associate Professor. Before that, also in 2017, he obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Nanophotonics" with a habilitation thesis on the topic "Optoelectronics with two-dimensional atomic crystals, opens an external URL in a new window".

Thomas Müller's scientific home is the Müller Group Lab, opens an external URL in a new window in the "Nanoscale (Opto-)Electronics" department at the Institute of Photonics. There he researches the development and characterization of 2D materials for the use in electronic and opto-electronic applications.

Associate Prof. Robert Ganian PhD, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation, opens an external URL in a new window (E192) at the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since July 1, 2022 as Associate Professor for "Algorithms and Complexity in Artificial Intelligence".

Robert Ganian studied Computer Science at the Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) and received his doctorate there in 2012 with a dissertation on the topic "Parameterized Algorithms on Width Parameters of Graphs, opens an external URL in a new window", for which he also received a prize. In 2013 he moved to TU Wien. In 2019 he obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Computer Science" with a habilitation thesis on the topic "Measuring and exploiting structure to solve hard problems, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2020 he was also able to successfully submit the FWF START project "Parameterized Analysis in Artificial Intelligence, opens an external URL in a new window". This enabled him to successfully take up the Tenure-Track position "Algorithms and Complexity in Artificial Intelligence", which he has now completed with the qualification as Associate Professor.

Robert Ganian's scientific home is the Research Unit for Algorithms and Complexity, opens an external URL in a new window. There he conducts research on topics such as parameterized algorithms and complexity paradigms with a focus on applications of these paradigms to artificial intelligence topics.

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.Ing. Dr.techn. Christian Gierl-Mayer, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University professor for Chemical technology of Metals at TU Wien with effect from 1 July 2022. He is assigned to the Institute for Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens in new window (164) at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry., opens in new window

Christian Gierl-Mayer studied Technical Chemistry at TU Wien, where he was awarded his doctorate in 2000 for his thesis on "Production of PM moulded parts through optimised sintering, opens an external URL in a new window". From 2000 to 2003, he worked at the ofi (Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology), returning to TU Wien in 2003. In 2015, he applied for a tenure-track position on the topic of "Metallic sintering materials", which he successfully completed as Associate Professor in 2019. Prior to this, also in 2019, he obtained his venia docendi for "Powder Metallurgy" during the course of his tenure-track position with the habilitation "Thermoanalytical investigation of interactions between powder metallurgy steels and the atmosphere during sintering, opens an external URL in a new window".

Since September 2021 he is Head of the Research Unit Chemical Technologies, opens an external URL in a new window (E164-01) and is appointed to the Research Group for Powder Metallurgy, opens an external URL in a new window which he also leads.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.Josef Weinbub,BSc, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute for Microelectronics, opens an external URL in a new window (E360) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens in new window at TU Wien since June 1, 2022 as Associate Professor for "High-performance simulations in micro- and nanoelectronics".

Josef Weinbub comes from Lower Austria. He studied electrical engineering at the TU Wien and received his doctorate there in 2014 with a dissertation on the topic "Frameworks for Micro- and Nanoelectronics Device Simulation, opens an external URL in a new window" with Prof. Selberherr. During this time, stays abroad brought him to the University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow (both in Scotland, UK) and to the headquarters of Silvaco Inc. in Santa Clara, California. In 2015 he was able to successfully acquire the "CD Laboratory for High Performance TCAD, opens an external URL in a new window", which was followed by other research projects at national and European level. In 2018 he applied just as successfully for the career position "High-performance simulations in micro- and nanoelectronics", which he has now completed with the qualification to associate professor. In 2018 he also founded the working group for the introduction of the inter-faculty Master's Programme "Computational Science and Engineering, opens in new window", which was introduced in the winter semester of 2019 and whose main organization he is now responsible for. He is also involved in the organization and holding of numerous scientific conferences and workshops and acts as a reviewer for various scientific media. In 2020 he also obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Micro- and Nanoelectronics" ("Micro- and Nanoelectronics") with a habilitation thesis on the topic "High Performance Simulation of Microelectronic Devices with Nanometer Dimensions, opens an external URL in a new window”.

Josef Weinbub's scientific home is the Research Unit of Microelectronics, opens an external URL in a new window, where he is involved in the development and adaptation of new computer-based simulation technologies for micro- and nanoelectronics. He is also a substitute member of the TU Wien Senate.

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Associate Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.rer.nat. Victor Weiss , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens an external URL in a new window at the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E164) at TU Wien since June 1, 2022 as Associate Professor for "Electrophoretic separation techniques in nanoanalysis".

Victor Weiss comes from Vienna. He studied chemistry at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate there at the end of 2009 with the topic "Chip electrophoresis of human Rhinovirus and receptor decorated liposomes as model membranes for the analysis of key steps in the viral infection pathway, opens an external URL in a new window" with Prof Kenndler. In 2010 he moved to TU Wien to work with Prof. Allmaier. In 2016 he successfully applied for the career position "Electrophoretic Separation Techniques in Nanoanalysis", which he has now completed with the qualification to associate professor. In addition, in 2021 he obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Instrumental Analytical Chemistry" ("Instrumental Analytical Chemistry") with a habilitation thesis on "Gas-phase electrophoresis of (bio-)nanoparticles on a nEs GEMMA instrumentation: hyphenation to orthogonal analysis techniques, opens an external URL in a new window". Victor Weiss received the Theodor Körner Prize, opens an external URL in a new window for young scientists in 2017, as well as the Fritz Feigl Prize of the Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry (ASAC). In 2020 he also received the Advancement Award for Natural Sciences from the City of Vienna, as well as the "Monatshefte der Chemie - Habilitationspreis".

The scientific home of Victor Weiss is the Research Group for Mass Spectrometric Bio- and Polymer Analysis, where he works on new analytical methods for medical and environmental technology to characterize (bio)nanoparticles.

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Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.techn. Hannes Kaufmann, opens an external URL in a new window was confirmed pemanently as University Professor of Virtual and Augmented Reality at TU Wien with effect from 1 June 2022. He is assigned to the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centred Technology, opens an external URL in a new window (E193) in the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Hannes Kaufmann studied Mathematics and Descriptive Geometry (teacher training) at TU Wien, graduating with distinction in 1999. In 2004, he was awarded his doctorate – also with distinction – in the field of Computer Sciences with his thesis "Geometry Education with Augmented Reality, opens an external URL in a new window", under the supervision of Prof. Schmalstieg. Since 2005, he has been Research Group Leader of the "Virtual and Augmented Reality Group".  After being granted authorisation to teach (venia docendi) in "Applied Computer Science" with his habilitiation "Applications of mixed reality, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2010, he was also appointed to the role of Adviser for "Insider Navigation, opens an external URL in a new window" and Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, alongside his research and teaching activities at TU Wien. Hannes Kaufmann has won several awards including the IEEE 3D User Interfaces 2027 Best Paper Award for his publication "Towards Efficient Spatial Compression in Self-Overlapping Virtual Environments, opens an external URL in a new window" and the INiTS Award 2013.
Since October 2020 Hannes Kaufmann had a temporary professorship for Virtual and Augmented Reality at TU Wien. 

Since September 2021 he is the Head of the "Research Unit for Virtual and Augmented Reality, opens an external URL in a new window" (E193-03).

Univ.Prof. Elisa Davoli, PhD , opens an external URL in a new windowwas appointed as University Professor for Multiscale Calculus of Variations at TU Wien with effect from 1 March 2022. She is assigned to the Institute of Analysis and Scientific Computing, opens an external URL in a new window (E101) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Elisa Davoli is born in Ancona (Italy), where she completed a Bachelor's degree on "Computer Engineering and Automation" at the Università Politecnica delle Marche. She then changed to the University Triest, where she completed her Master's degree with distinction. She then completed her doctorate in Applied Mathematics - also with distinction - at the SISSA/ISAS in Triest. The topic of her dissertation from 2012 was  "Thin structures in nonlinear elasticity and in plasticity: a variational approach, opens an external URL in a new window". Subsequent post-doctoral stays took her first to the USA to the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and from 2015 on to Austria to the University of Vienna. In 2019 she was granted an Elise-Richter Stipendia and also in 2019 she obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying her to teach in the area of Mathematics with her habilitation on "Multiscale problems in mechanics of materials, opens an external URL in a new window". 2020 she changed to TU Wien. 2020 she received a START-Prize, opens an external URL in a new window of the FWF with the topic "Tunable Materials: Geometry, Nonlocality, Chirality" and successfully applied for a tenure-track position on "Multiscale Calculus of Variations", which she completed in July 2021.

Elisa Davolis scientific home at TU Wien is the Research Unit of Analysis (E101-1) at the Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing, where she is Head of the Research Group for Multiscale Calculus of Variations, opens an external URL in a new window (E101-01-3). Besides she is member of the Young Academy, opens an external URL in a new window of the Austrian Academy of Science. 

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Univ.Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Wouter Arnoud Dorigo, opens an external URL in a new window was confirmed permanently as University Professor for Climate and Environmental Remote Sensing at TU Wien with effect from 1 March 2022. He is assigned to the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window (E120) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Wouter Dorigo was born in Arnhem (Netherlands) and studied geography with a focus on "physical geography" at the University of Utrecht (Netherlands). From 2002-2006 he worked at the German Remote Sensing Data Center of the DLR (German Aerospace Center) near Munich. In 2008 he did his doctorate on the topic "Retrieving canopy variables by radiative transfer model inversion, opens an external URL in a new window" at the Technical University of Munich. Before that, in 2007, he moved to  TU Wien, where he worked first as a university assistant, later as a postdoc at the Institute for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and from 2012 to April 2017 as a Senior Scientist in the Remote Sensing research group of the Institute for Geodesy and Geoinformation (GEO). Since May 2017 he had a temporary professorship for Climate and Environmental Remote Sensing at TU Wien and has since headed the research group "Climate and Environmental Remote Sensing, opens an external URL in a new window" (CLIMERS, E120-01- 2) within the Remote Sensing research area.

Since September 2022 he is the Head of the Research Unit Climate and Environmental Remote Sensing, opens an external URL in a new window (E120-8).
As project coordinator and scientist, Wouter Dorigo played a leading role in the development and construction of the ESA CCI (http://www.esa-soilmoisture-cci.org/, opens an external URL in a new window) multi-decadal global soil moisture dataset of the International Soil Moisture Network (http://ismn.geo.tuwien.ac.at/, opens an external URL in a new window). In addition, he received the TU Wien Science Prize, opens an external URL in a new window in 2015.

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Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Hametner , opens an external URL in a new windowhas been assigned to the Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics (E325), opens an external URL in a new window at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Management Sciences , opens in new windowat TU Wien since February 1, 2022 as Associate Professor for "Control and Monitoring of Automotive Systems".

Christoph Hametner studied mechanical engineering at TU Wien and received his doctorate in 2007 with the topic "Nonlinear dynamic system identification using local model architectures, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2014 he obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Control Theory and System Dynamics" with a habilitation thesis on "Data driven methodologies for calibration of automotive system, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2017, Christoph Hametner was able to successfully acquire the CD laboratory "Innovative control and monitoring of drive systems", opens an external URL in a new window (also: TU Wien website POWERTRAIN, opens an external URL in a new window). Then, in 2019, he applied just as successfully for the career position "Control and Monitoring of Automotive Systems", which he now completed with the qualification as Associate Professor.

Christoph Hametner's scientific home is the Research Unit of Control and Process Automation, where he is head of the research group control methods - drive systems (E325-04-2).

Associate Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.techn. Christian Müller, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry (E104) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since February 1, 2022 as Associate Professor for "Discrete Differential Geometry and Geometry Processing".

Christian Müller studied descriptive geometry and mathematics for a teaching profession at Graz University of Technology and received his doctorate in 2010 with the topic "Hexagonal meshes as discrete minimal surfaces, opens an external URL in a new window". Working on the FWF project "Applications of Higher Geometries, opens an external URL in a new window" brought him to Prof. Pottmann at TU Wien, where he has been a researcher at the Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry since 2011. Since then, research stays have taken him to various research institutions in the USA, Japan and Germany. In 2017 he successfully applied for the career position "Discrete Differential Geometry and Geometry Processing", which he has now completed with the qualification Associate Professor. In 2022 he also obtained the necessary Venia Docendi for the subject "Geometrie (Geometry)" with a habilitation thesis on "Structures in discrete differential geometry".

Christian Müller's scientific home is the research unit of Applied Geometry,, opens an external URL in a new window which he also heads. He is also a faculty member at the Center for Geometry and Computational Design research center (E057-16), opens an external URL in a new window.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Alexander Karl Opitz, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens an external URL in a new window (E164) of the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since February 1st, 2022 as Associate Professor for "Solid State Electrochemistry".

Alexander Opitz studied technical chemistry at the TU Wien. In 2011 he received his PhD (with distinction) for a dissertation on "Oxygen Exchange Pathways of Platinum Model Electrodes on Yttria-stabilized Zirconia, opens an external URL in a new window". He then remained connected as a researcher at the TU Wien. He was able to gain experience abroad in 2017 during a research stay as a guest scientist at the "Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering" at MIT (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA). In 2018 he successfully applied for a career in "Solid Electrochemistry", which he now holds as a Associated Professor The necessary Venia Docendi for the subject "Electrochemistry" was awarded to him in January 2022 on the basis of a habilitation thesis on "Electrochemical model experiments for an in-depth understanding of electrode reactions in solid oxide cells".

The scientific home of Alexander Opitz is the Research Unit of Technical Electrochemistry, where he has headed the Research Group for Electrochemical Energy Conversion, opens an external URL in a new window (E164-04-1) since 2014. His scientific interest is primarily in understanding electrode reactions in solid-state electrochemistry, as they are relevant in high-temperature electrolysis cells, for example.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christian Schranz, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute for Interdisciplinary Construction Process Management (E234) till end of August 2022 and afterwards to the new Institute of Construction Process and Construction Economics (E235) of the Faculty of Civil- and Environmental Engineering , opens an external URL in a new windowat TU Wien since January 1 2022 as Associate Professor for "Modeling of Building Constructions and Building Processes".

Christian Schranz studied civil engineering at the TU Wien (graduating in 1999 with distinction). He spent the last two years of his studies at the University of Illinois (USA) and was also able to complete a Master of Science there - also with distinction. His dissertation period brought him back to the TU Wien, where in 2005 he was awarded his doctorate - again with distinction - for the topic "Conversion from imperfection-sensitive into imperfection-insensitive elastic structures = conversion of imperfection-sensitive into imperfection-insensitive elastic structures, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2018 he was able to secure a career position on the subject of "Modeling of building constructions and building processes", which he successfully completed in 2022 with the qualification of an Associate Professor. He obtained the necessary Venia Docendi for the subject "Building Construction" in 2017 with a habilitation thesis on the topic "Modeling and optimization of building constructions from the point of view of life cycle consideration = Modeling and optimization of building constructions from the point of view of life cycle assessment", opens an external URL in a new window.

The scientific home of Christian Schranz is the Research Unit of Digital Building Process (E235-03), where he is the Head of. He is also Head of the Service Unit of Civil Engineering Computer Laboratory , opens in new windowand Chairman of the Study Committee for Civil Engineering.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Astrid Mach-Aigner, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E166) of the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien since December 1st, 2021 as Associate Professor for "Synthetic Biology".

Astrid Mach-Aigner (formerly Stricker) comes from Scheibbs (Lower Austria) and studied technical chemistry at the TU Wien, where she wrote her dissertation “Investigations on key players in the xyn1 and xyn2 (xylanase I and II encoding) transcriptosome of Hypocrea jecorina (Trichoderma reesei”, opens an external URL in a new window. Then she worked at Boehringer Ingelheim and was also able to gain international experience during a postdoc stay at Wageningen University (Netherlands). In 2011 she returned to the TU Wien, where in 2015 she obtained the Venia docendi for the subject of Synthetic Biology with the habilitation thesis "Usage of Trichoderma reesei as an expression platform", opens an external URL in a new window. In 2019 she was also able to secure a career in the field of "synthetic biology", which she has now successfully completed as an associate professor.

Astrid Mach-Aigner's scientific home is the research group for "Synthetic Biology and Molecular Biotechnology, opens an external URL in a new window" at the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, of which she is also the head.

Univ.Prof. Mag. Dr. Yury Vetyukov, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Mechanics of Solids at TU Wien with effect from 1 December 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics, opens an external URL in a new window (E325) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window at TU Wien.

Yury Vetyukov was born in St. Petersburg (Russia) and studied Applied Mechanics at the Peter the Great Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg. In 2004 he was awarded his doctorate and subsequently remained associated to the Peter the Great Polytechnic University of Sankt Petersburg. In 2008 he moved to Austria. As a senior researcher he worked first at the "Linz Center of Mechatronics", later directly at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz. In 2015 he moved to TU Wien, where he obtained his Venia Docendi in the subject "Applied Mechanics" with the habilitation thesis ", opens an external URL in a new windowDeformable rods, plates and shells: from basic theory to applications, opens an external URL in a new window", opens an external URL in a new window in 2018.

Yury Vetyukov's scientific home is the Research Unit of Mechanics of Solids, opens an external URL in a new window, which he has been heading since 2019. Here he deals e.g. with the mechanics of axially moving structures. He is the author of the book "Nonlinear Mechanics of Thin-Walled Structures", opens an external URL in a new window and was also the winner of a Best Distance Learning Award , opens an external URL in a new windowin 2020 for his VU Stochastics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Amela Ajanovic, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, opens an external URL in a new window (E370) within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology,, opens an external URL in a new window assuming her post as Associate Professor for Energy Management in Traffic, with effect from 1 November 2021.

Amela Ajanovic was born in Sarajevo (today's Bosnia and Herzegovina). She was awarded her doctorate in 2006 with the topic "On the economics of hydrogen from renewable energy sources, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2019 she was able to achieve a career position on the subject of "Energy Management in Transport", which she successfully completed in 2021 with the qualification of an Associate professor. In addition, she obtained her Venia Docendi for the department "Energy Economics" in 2016 with a habilitation thesis on "On energy economics in passenger car transport, opens an external URL in a new window".

The scientific home of Amelia Ajanovic is the Research Unit of Energy Economics and Energy Efficiency, opens an external URL in a new window. Her current focus is on sustainable energy systems, modeling, scenario creation, economic and ecological evaluation of alternative fuels and drive systems. She has published more than 50 papers on these topics in international journals and proceedings.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Wolfgang Kastner, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Industrial Internet of Things at TU Wien with effect from 1 November 2021. He is assigned to the Institut for Computer Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window  (E191) in the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Wolfgang Kastner studied Computer Science at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate in 1997 (topic of the dissertation: "Specification and verification of a time-based protocol, opens an external URL in a new window"). In 2001 he obtained the Venia Docendi for the subject "Technical Computer Science" with a habilitation thesis on "Dynamic internet connectivity of automation systems, opens an external URL in a new window" and was a lecturer / ao. Professor in the Faculty of Computer Science until 2021. He is the scientific director of the "Research Lab for Safety and Security in Industry, opens an external URL in a new window" (#SafeSecLab) and a member of the Dean's Team of the Faculty of Computer Science, opens an external URL in a new window.

Wolfgang Kastner's scientific home is the Research Unit of Automation Systems, opens an external URL in a new window, that he is also heading since 2010. There he deals with industrial communication systems as well as decentralized automation systems and their integration in Internet-based infrastructures with special consideration of security aspects and the representation of knowledge. Applications of these approaches can be found in industrial automation (Industry 4.0), the energy sector (Smart Energy) and in building technology (Internet of Buildings).

Univ.Prof. Dr. Aris Daniilidis, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Operations Research at TU Wien with effect from 1 October 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, opens an external URL in a new window (E105) in the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window.

Aris Daniilidis, born in Athens (Greece), studied Physics (Bachelor) at the University of Athens and obtained his doctorate in Mathematics 1997 at the University of the Aegean in Greece with a dissertation on "Applications of Generalized Convexity and Monotonicity to Variational Inequalities and Vector Optimization, opens an external URL in a new window [in Greek]". He then obtained the European post-doctorate fellowship Marie-Curie and moved to France, where he remained several years, working as PostDoc at Talence (CNRS), at INRIA Rhone-Alpes (Grenoble) and as Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Applied Mathematics of the University of Pau. In 2002 he obtained his habilitation on "Convex and Quasiconvex analysis. Applications in Optimization, opens an external URL in a new window" [in French] and a Qualification at the level of University Professor (equivalent to Venia Docendi) in the field of Applied Mathematics. In 2004 he moved forward to Spain, working first as Tenure-track researcher and later - from 2007-2013 - as Associate Professor at the University Autonomous of Barcelona. In 2013 he was appointed Full Professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematical Engineering of the University of Chile, where between 2014-2016 he was Head of the Department School (Teaching coordinator) and between 2017-2021 Deputy Director at the Center for Mathematical Modelling, located in the Campus of the Faculty of Engineering at Santiago, Chile.

Aris Daniilidis scientific home at TU Wien is the Research Unit of Operations Research and Control Systems, opens an external URL in a new window (ORCOS; E105-04), where he is the Head of.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Gachot, opens an external URL in a new window was confirmed permanently as University Professor for Tribology at TU Wien with effect from 1 October 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development , opens an external URL in a new window(E307) at the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window at TU Wien.

Carsten Gachot comes from Saarland in Germany, where he also studied materials science and technology at the Saarland University and was awarded his doctorate by Prof. F. Mücklich in 2012 for his thesis on "Laser Interference Metallurgy of Metallic Surfaces for Tribological Applications", opens an external URL in a new window. He established himself there as the Head of the Research Unit for "Advanced Surfaces". From 2009 to 2016 he was also Principal Investigator at the Steinbeis Research Center Material Engineering Center Saarland (MECS) in Saarbrücken. A research stay abroad in 2016 took him to Imperial College London. Also in 2016, he successfully applied for an temporary professorship for tribology at the TU Wien, which was confirmed permanently in 2021.

Carsten Gachot heads the Research Group for Tribology, opens an external URL in a new window, which is anchored in the Research Unit of Machine Elements and Transmissions for Aviation of the institute mentioned. He is also Chief Editor of the peer-reviewed journal "Industrial Lubrication and Tribology”, opens an external URL in a new window of the Emerald Publishing Group.

Univ.Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Peter Rabl , opens an external URL in a new windowwas University Professor for Theoretische Quantenoptik mit Hybrid- und Festkörpersystemen at TU Wien from October 1, 2021 to the end if Janurary 2023. He was assigned to the Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, opens an external URL in a new window , opens an external URL in a new window (E141) at the Faculty for Physics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Peter Rabl studied Physics at the University of Innsbruck, where he was awarded his doctorate in 2006 for his dissertation on the topic "Towards hybrid quantum processors: interfacing quantum optical and solid state qubits", opens an external URL in a new window. A PostDoc took him to Vienna to the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and afterweards - until 2010  - to the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge (USA). He then returned as a Senior Scientist to the Austrian Academy of Sciences, but was able to win a START prize from the FWF, opens an external URL in a new window in 2011, which brought him to TU Wien. In 2018 he obtained his Venia Docendi for the subject "Theoretical Physics" with a habilitation thesis on "Control and applications of nanomechanical systems in the quantum regime", opens an external URL in a new window. From 2018  on he was assigned to the Institute of Atomics and Subatomic Physics as an Associate Professor. Since February 2023 he has been a university professor at the Technical University of Munich and one of the three directors of the Walther Meißner Institute (WMI), opens an external URL in a new window of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences.

Peter Rabl took over the management of the Atomic Institute on July 1, 2021 and handed it over in January 2023. His scientific home was there in the Research Unit of Theoretical Quantum Optics, which he also headed.

Univ.Prof. Dr. Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Chemical Process Engineering at TU Wien with effect from 1 Ocotber 2021. She is assigned to the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E166) at the Faculty for Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez  has studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Granada and and was awarded her doctorate (summa cum laude) in 2008 at the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry in Madrid for her thesis on "Development of Ni catalysts for hydrogen production by ethanol steam reforming. Influence of the nature of support and the addition of Pt, opens an external URL in a new window". After one year as PostDoc in Madrid she moved in 2010 - also as PostDoc - to Berlin (Germany) at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Gesellschaft, where she worked in metal oxide catalysts for the selective oxidation of short hydrocarbons. In 2012 she joined the Technical University of Munich, working from 2013 on as Assistant Professor in the area of heterogenous catalysis at the Department of Technical Chemistry II. She was awarded the Jochen Block Prize [Press release], opens an external URL in a new window in 2017 of the German Catalysis Society. In 2020 she obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifying her to teach in the field of Technical Chemistry with a habilitation on "Structure-activity relationships in heterogeneous catalysts for hydrocarbon conversions".

The scientific home of Maricruz Sanchez-Sanchez at TU Wien is the Research Unit of Chemical Process Engineering and Energy Technology, opens an external URL in a new window,

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Stefan Schwarz, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute of Telecommunications, opens an external URL in a new window (E389) within the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens an external URL in a new window, assuming his post as Associate Professor for "Wireless Technologies for a Mobile Society", with effect from 1 October 2021 .

Stefan Schwarz studied Electrical Engineering at TU Wien (his diploma thesis was awarded the BMWFW's award "State Prize for the best diploma and master's degrees" in 2010) and was awarded his doctorate in 2013 for his dissertation on the subject of "Limited feedback transceiver design for downlink MIMO OFDM cellular networks”, opens an external URL in a new window. He remained connected to TU Wien, whereby a research stay in 2012 brought him to the University of Texas (USA). In 2016 he was able to advertise the "CD Laboratory for Reliable Wireless Connectivity for a Society on the Move”, opens an external URL in a new window, which enabled him to get a tenure-track position at TU Wien. In 2019 he obtained his venia docendi for the subject "Mobile Communication" with a habilitation on "Mobile wireless communications for a society in motion", opens an external URL in a new window. Stefan Schwarz's scientific home is in the Wireless Communications research area of the Institute for Telecommunications, where he deals with the topics of wireless communication, signal processing and channel modeling.

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