New Professors since 2019

Susann Ahn studied Landscape Architectre and Landscape Planning at TU München and was awarded her doctorate in 2019 at ETH Zürich with the theme "Cultural Laboratory Seoul. Emergence, Narrative and Impact of Culturally Related Landscape Meanings, opens an external URL in a new window". She was coordinating international projects in various landscape architecture offices for several years, starting her own business in the area of landscape architecture and mediation in 2013 („Ahn Landschaftsarchitektur Mediation, opens an external URL in a new window“). Moreoever she is Co-Founder of „amedida group, opens an external URL in a new window". Besides she worked at the TU Munich and ETH Zurich from 2011-2021, doing research and teaching. Her research focuses at the nexus of planning and communication using as well artisitic-participative, process-oriented and conflict-resolving planning and design methods.

Thomas E. Hauck has studied Landscape Architectrue at the University of Hannover and at the Edinburgh College of Art and was awarded his doctorate 2013 at TU München with the theme „Landschaft und Gestaltung – Die Vergegenständlichung ästhetischer Ideen am Beispiel von Landschaft, opens an external URL in a new window“. He was conducting research and teaching from 2005 to 2014 at TU  München and from 2014 on at the University of Kassel. Besides he is Co-Partner at "Polinna Hauck Landscape+Urbanism“ und Managing Director of „Studio Animal-Aided Desig, opens an external URL in a new windown“. His research focuses at the design of Urban Landscapes, where self-dynamic processes are possible and on the development of concepts linking Urban Planning and Co-Habitation.

Susann Ahn und Thomas E. Hauck share together the professorship for Landscape Architecture and are based within the Research Unit of Landscape Architecture, opens an external URL in a new window.

Associate Prof. Dr. 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.

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.

Publications by Sabine Andergasse 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. Aaron Maxwell Andrews, PhD, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute of Solid State Electronics, opens an external URL in a new window (E362) in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien, assuming his post as Associate Professor with effect from 1 February 2020.

Aaron Maxwell Andrews studied Materials Science at the University of California Los Angeles and went on to study at the University of California Santa Barbara, where he was awarded his doctorate in 2003 for his thesis on "Cross surface morphology and lateral oxidation in lattice-mismatched thin films,, opens an external URL in a new window". He began working at TU Wien in 2004, in the Photonics Institute, and moved to the Institute of Solid State Electronics in 2009. In 2015, he successfully applied for the tenure-track position in "Epitaxy of advanced optoelectronic nanostructures", which he successfully completed in 2020. In 2019, he also obtained his venia docendi, and thus his qualification to teach in the area of "Semiconductor Technology" with a habilitation on "Growth of intersubband optoelectronic devices, opens an external URL in a new window".

Assigned to the Research Unit for Solid State Electronics, opens an external URL in a new window, he focuses on the development, analysis and characterisation of nanomaterials and structures.

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. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Johann Auer, 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 at TU Wien, assuming his post as Associate Professor for "Economy and Regulation of the Energy Markets", with effect from 1 March 2021.

Johannn Auer has studied Electrical engineering at TU Wien was awarded his doctorate in the year 2000 for his thesis "Conditions for real competition in a european electricity market, opens an external URL in a new window". At the time of writing his thesis he could gain experience abroad at the University of California/Berkeley, (USA) as well as at the TU Berlin. Johann Auer remained loyal to TU Wien starting here his further scientific career. In the year 2012 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Energy Economy" with a habilitation about "Grid regulation in competitive electricity markets : methods, implementation, experience, and requirements for the future, opens an external URL in a new window", opens an external URL in a new window. In the year 2019 he successfully applied for a tenure-track position at TU Wien, which he completed in 2021.

His scientific base is the Research Unit of Energy Economics and Efficiency, opens an external URL in a new window (also known as Energy Economics Group). Here he works since more then 20 years on the topic of "energy markets" and in specific "on the integration of renewable energy sources into those markets" and is thus an essential member of the specific scientific community, also through the coordination and participation in important national and international research projects. 

[Website Johan Auer, opens an external URL in a new window] 

Univ.Prof. Dr. Ezio Bartocci, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Formal Methods in Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering at TU Wien with effect from 1 December 2020. He is assigned to the Institute of  Computer Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E191) in the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Ezio Bartocci has studied informatics at the University of Camerino, opens an external URL in a new window in Italy focusing in bioinformatics and was awarded his doctorate for the thesis "A Formal Framework for Modeling, Simulating and Analyzing Networks of Excitable Cells" in the year 2009. After doing postdoctoral research at the New York State University at Stony Brook ("Department of Computer Science" ) he moved to TU Wien in the year 2012, working as an university assistant. In the year 2015 he successfully applied for a tenure-track position on the subject of "Medical Cyber-Physical Systems", which he succeeded in completing in 2019, thus qualifying as Associate Professor from 1/7/2019 on. In addition he was being awarded his authorisation to teach (venia docendi) in 2018 in "Computer Science" for his habilitation theses "Formal analysis of cyber-physical systems, opens an external URL in a new window". 

He leads the Research Group on "Trustworthy cyber-physical systems" (TrustCPS, opens an external URL in a new window) at the Research Unit of Cyber-Physical Systems (E191-01) and is a principal member of the Faculty Council of Informatics. Moreover he is an advisory board member of the Docotoral College on Resilient Embedded Systems, opens an external URL in a new window . He is also the scientific coordinator of the ICT Project “ProbInG: Distribution Recovery for Invariant Generation of Probabilistic Programs, opens an external URL in a new window”  funded by the. Vienna Science and Technology Fund.

Associate Prof. Dipl.Ing. Mag. Dr.techn. Ekaterina Benavente-Fokina PhD, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry , opens an external URL in a new window(E104) in the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window, assuming her post as Associate Professor for Computational Logic, with effect from 1 October 2019.

Ekaterina Fokina, born in Novosibirsk - Akademgorodok (Russia), studied Mathematics at the State University of Novosibirsk. As a doctoral student, she spent one year at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, USA. After graduating in 2008, she moved to Vienna and began working at the Kurt Gödel Research Center for Mathematical Logic of the University of Vienna. In 2013, she obtained her venia docendi, thus became qualified to teach "Mathematics", with her habilitaiton on "Complexity of equivalence relations, opens an external URL in a new window". She also received support for her research under the Elise-Richter programme, opens an external URL in a new window. She has been at TU Wien since 2015. In 2016 she submitted here her thesis (recognition-related) on the topic of "Algorithmic properties of equivalence relations".

She is based in the Research Unit for Computational Logic, opens an external URL in a new window (E104-02). Her main research focus is the analysis of algorthmic characteristics of mathematical structures.

Univ.Prof. Dr. Martin Berens, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Aircraft Design at TU Wien with effect from 1 May 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development, opens an external URL in a new window (E307) in the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window. 

Martin Berens studied Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering at TU Berlin. As part of his studies, he was also able to complete postgraduate training at Cranfield University (formerly "College of Aeronautics") - a university specialising in aeronautics north of London with its own airfield - which he completed with a Master of Science (Aerodynamics) in 1997. After his graduation he stayed at TU Berlin working as research assistant and was awarded his doctorate in the year 2008 with the topic "Potential of Multi-Winglet Systems to Improve Aircraft Performance, opens an external URL in a new window", opens an external URL in a new window. In 2006 he changed to Airbus, opens an external URL in a new window where he has since held a variety of project manager/engineer positions. Since 2016, e.g. he has been the "Technical Skill Leader" for engine simulation and since 2014 he has been the Head of the transnational, cross-departmental, multidisciplinary "Propulsion Simulation Network".

Martin Berens´ scientific base is the Research Unit of Machine Elements and Transmissions for Aviation where he is the Head of the Research Group for Aircraft Systems, opens an external URL in a new window,

Univ.Prof. Dr. Ruth Birner-Grünberger, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as Professor of Multimodal Analytical Chemistry at TU Wien with effect from 1 July 2019. She is 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.

Ruth Birner-Grünberger received her doctorate in "Phosphatidylethanolamine - a key lipid of yeast mitochondria, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2002 at the Graz University of Technology and obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifying her to teach in the field of "Biochemistry"  in the year 2007. She became Associate Professor there in 2011 and Coordinator of the Omics Cente Graz, opens an external URL in a new window in 2013. Between 2016 and 2018, she was a visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, at UC Berkeley, USA and at ETH Zürich, Switzerland.

She is Head of the Research Unit of Instrumental and Imaging Analytical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E164-01). Her research focuses on proteomes, in particular the lipid metabolism, as well as the application of mass spectrometry in this research area. She has also the Chair of Faculty Council., opens an external URL in a new window

Univ.Prof. Mag.rer.soc.oec. Dr.rer.soc.oec. Ivona Brandic, opens an external URL in a new window was confirmed permanently as University Professor for "High Performance Computing" with effect from 1 July 2021. She is assigned to the Institute of Information Systems Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194) within the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien, 

Ivona Brandic, born in what is now Bosnia-Herzegovina, came to Austria as a secondary school student in 1992 and studied Business Informatics at the University of Vienna and TU Wien. She finished her doctoral studies in 2007 with a dissertation on "Specification and planning of grid workflows with multiple constraints, opens an external URL in a new window" and subsequently worked as a post-doc since then at the Institute of Information Systems of TU Wien. In 2008 she was a visiting researcher at the University of Melbourne, Australia. In 2013 she obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying her to teach in the area of Practical Informatics with her habilitation on "Autonomic cloud computing, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2015 she won a START-Preis, opens an external URL in a new window of the FWF with the topic "Rucon - Runtime Control on Multi Clouds", which enabled her form February 2016 on a temporary professorship for High Performance Computing Systems at the TU Wien.

Ivona Brandic is working on Cloud-Computing, in specific with runtime optimisation of ultra-scale systems. Since 2016 she is member of the Young Academy, opens an external URL in a new window of the Austrian Academy of Science. Her scientific base is the Research Unit of E-Commerce, opens an external URL in a new window (E194-04) at the Institute for Information Systems Engineering.

[Website Ivona Brandic, opens an external URL in a new window on Wikipedia]

Univ.Prof. PhD Pavol Cerny, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Computer Aided Verification at TU Wien with effect from 2 Setember 2019. He is assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation, opens an external URL in a new window (E192) of the Faculty of Informatics , opens an external URL in a new windowat TU Wien.

Pavol Cerny received his DEA Diplom at the École normale supérieure (ENS) in Paris. After some research stays abroad  e.g. at NEC Laboratories America or Microsoft Research India, he received his doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania (USA) on the subject of "Software Model Checking for Confidentiality, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2009. Afterwards he moved to Austria, doing PostDoc research at the IST Austria (2009 - 2012). In 2013, he moved back to the USA and became an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA for Computer Science.

He is professor at the Research Unit for Formal Methods in Systems Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E192-04). His research focuses on computer-aided verification and here, program synthesis.

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.

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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. 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 under Prof. Konstantinos Sagonas 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, opens an external URL in a new window" under Prof. Christian 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 career 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 Area 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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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)

Publications by Ernst Csencsics in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowand Dimensions , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabases

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

Univ.Prof. Mag.iur. , opens an external URL in a new windowDr.iur. Dragana Damjanovic, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Public Economic Law at the TU Wien with effect from 1 March 2020. She is assigned to the Institute of Spatial Planning, opens an external URL in a new window (E280) in the Faculty of Architecture and Planning, opens an external URL in a new window.

Dragana Damjanovic studied law at the University of Vienna and achieved a PhD 2001 with the theme “Regulierung der Kommunikationsmärkteunter Konvergenzbedingungen, opens an external URL in a new window“. Soon afterwards she completed a postgraduate study (LL.M.) at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law and was lecturer and later assistant professor in the Department of Public Law and Tax Law of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien). In 2015 she obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifying her to teach in the field of "Public and European Law"  for her habilitation on “Legal structure of the EU social market economy, opens an external URL in a new window“. From March 2018 on she was Deputy Head of the Institute of Law at BOKU Wien.

She is currently Head of the Research Unit of Law., opens an external URL in a new window Her research focuses on public economic law and in particular its societal and ecological aspects: economic constitution, law of the network industries and services of general economic interest; sustainable housing; social, ecological and innovative procurement; environmental law.

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. 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.

[Webpage Wouter Dorigo, 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

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Johannes Edelmann, opens an external URL in a new window was apointed University Professor for Technical Dynamics with effect from 1 August 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics, opens an external URL in a new window (E325) within the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window at the TU Wien.

Johannes Edelmann studied Mechanical Engineering at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate in 2008 for his thesis on "Driver models in vehicle dynamics simulation, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2012 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifying him to teach in the field of Technical Dynamics with a habilitaiton on "Consistent modelling in vehicle dynamics, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2014, he successfully applied for a tenure-track position on the topic of "Angewandte Mehrkörpersystemdynamik", which he successfully completed in 2018. From 2018 on he was therefore assigned to the Institute of Mechanics and Mechatronics as Associated Professor.

From Ocotober 2021 on he will be Head of the Resarch Unit Technical Dynamics and Vehicle System Dynamics, opens an external URL in a new window at the Institute of Mechanics and Mecahtronics. In addition he is the Data Protection Coordinator of the whole faculty.

Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Julia Eisenberg, opens an external URL in a new window has been assigned to the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, opens an external URL in a new window (E105) at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation at TU Wien since April 1, 2023 as Associate Professor for “Actuarial Science”.

Julia Eisenberg comes from Düsseldorf. After studying Mathematics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, she moved to the University of Cologne to do her doctorate (dissertation "Optimal Control of Capital Injections by Reinsurance and Investments, opens an external URL in a new window"). In 2010 she moved to Vienna and has been associated with the TU Wien ever since. As part of her Elise-Richter project "Actuarial control problems under stochastic interest calculation, opens an external URL in a new window", she received the Venia Docendi for "Applied Mathematics" in 2019 with a habilitation thesis on "The time-value of money in actuarial control problems, opens an external URL in a new window". Since 2021 she was an “honorary fellow" at the University of Liverpool, where she worked for some time as a lecturer. All this made it possible for her to get a career at the TU Wien, which she has now successfully completed with a qualification as an associate professor.

Julia Eisenberg's scientific home is the Research Unit of Risk Management in Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, opens an external URL in a new window at the aforementioned institute, where she deals with control problems in actuarial issues.

Publications by Julia Eisenberg in the Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window and Web of Science databases.

Univ.Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefanie Elgeti, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Lightweight Design at TU Wien with effect from 1 October 2019. She is assigned to the Institute for Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, opens an external URL in a new window (E317) of the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window at TU Wien.

Stefanie Elgeti studied Mechanical Engineering, specialising in Manufacturing Techniques for Microsystems. She received her doctorate for the thesis "Free-Surface Flows in Shape Optimization of Extrusion Dies, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2011 and obtained her venia docendi, thus qualifying her to teach in the area of "Lightweight Design", with the habilitation, opens an external URL in a new window on "CAD-Conforming Finite Element Methods in Engineering Design" in 2016. Since the completion of her PhD thesis she was Head of the Research Group for "Production techniques" at CATS (Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems) and later Deputy Head. She is still lecturer at CATS.

She is the Head of the Research Unit of Lightweight Design, opens an external URL in a new window (E317-01) at TU Wien. Her current research field is modelling, simulation and numerical design of components and production processes.

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".

Univ.Prof. Dr. Peter Ertl, opens an external URL in a new window was confirmed permanently as University Professor for Lab-on-a-Chip Systems in Bioscience Technologies at TU Wien with effect from 1 April 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E163) and the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens an external URL in a new window (E164) in the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window.

Peter Ertl has studied Food Science and Biotechnology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Vienna. He then moved to Canada where he conducted his scientific work for his docotoral theses at the University of Waterloo (Toronto) and was awarded his doctorate in 2001 for his thesis on "Development of an electrochemical biosensor for the rapid identification and quantitation of microorganisms, opens an external URL in a new window". Subsequently he did a PostDoc at the University of California, Berkeley (San Francisco, USA) 2003-2004. In addition he was Co-founder of a Biotech Start-up during this period. 2005 he moved back to Austria to AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology), working there as a senior researcher. 2011 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Nanobiotechnology", with his habilitation "Development of biosensors and microsystems for biomedical applications, opens an external URL in a new window" at the BOKU. Due to a Fulbright Stipendia he could spent another PostDoc at the University of California, Berkeley,  as well as doing research at the Center of Biomimetic Sensor Science of the Nanyang Technological University, opens an external URL in a new window in Singapore and - again back in the USA - at the UCSF Health. In 2016 Peter Ertl was able to achieve a temporary professorship for "Lab-on-a-Chip Systems in Bioscience Technologies" at TU Wien. In 2019 he was a Visiting Researcher at the Imperial College London.

Peter Ertl is Head of the Research Group for Cell Chip, opens an external URL in a new window, within the Research Unit of Organic and Biological Chemistry (E163-03) as well as within the Research Unit of Environmental Analytics, Process Analytics and Sensors (E164-02). Moreover he is Chief Technology Officer of the Start-Up SAICO, opens an external URL in a new window, which was founded 2017.

[Webseite Peter Ertl, opens an external URL in a new window]

Univ.Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Andreas FARNLEITNER, MSc.Tox., opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for "Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics" at TU Wien with effect from 1 June 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E166) within the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien,.

Andreas Farnleitner has studied Microbiology and Ecology at the University of Vienna. He then changed to TU Wien to work on his Doctoral Theses, which he completed 1999 on "Development, adaptation and optimisation of molecular biological and physiological solutions for environmental analytical problems in the field of aquatic microbiology, opens an external URL in a new window". In addition he completed a postgraduate study in toxicology at the MedUni Vienna (Msc.Tox.). 2007 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Environmental Microbiology" with a habilitation about "Neue Ansätze zur Analyse der mikrobiologischen Wasserqualität: vom Biomolekül zum Ökosystem, opens an external URL in a new window". After gaining experience abroad e.g. at the University of Bangor (UK), TU Berlin and the Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, he succsefully apllied for a tenure-track position at TU Wien on "Microbiology and Toxicology in Water and Health", which he completed as Associate Professor in April 2019.  

He is Head of the Research Group for Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, opens an external URL in a new window within the Research Unit of Biochemical Technology (E166-05) and also Head of the Service Unit of Research Center Water and Health, opens an external URL in a new window. In addition he is heading the Research Unit Water Quality and Health, opens an external URL in a new window at the Department Pharmacology, Physiology and Microbiology of the Karl Landsteiner Universität in Krems and one of the TU Wien members of the Interuniversity Cooperation Center Water & Health. , opens an external URL in a new window

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. 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.

[Website: Michael Feischl, 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 comes from ?? in Spain and studied physics at the University of Zaragoza. There he also received 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". He then began his almost 10-year stay abroad in the UK: in 2010, first as a postdoc at Imperial College London (UK), then until 2018 at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge (first again as a postdoc through a Marie Curie Fellowship and from 2014 as a group leader an "EPSRC and Winton Research Fellowship"). In 2018 he moved to the University of Glasgow (UK), where he was employed as an associate professor from 2019. In 2019 he moved back to Spain as a research group leader at the “Spanish National Research Council” in Zaragoza. In 2021 he was able to obtain the ERC Consolidator Grant “3DNANOMAG, opens an external URL in a new window”.

Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco Chicon's scientific home is now the Research Unit of Physics of three-dimensional Nanomaterials, opens in new window, which he also heads. There he is working on 3-dimensional magnetic nanostructures, which will be used particularly for future "green" computer technologies.

[Webpage Amalio Fernandez-Pacheco Chicon, 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 [mergen?] and Dimensions, opens an external URL in a new window databases.

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]

Publications by Lado Filipovic in the Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window and Web of Science, opens an external URL in a new window databases.

Associate Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Adrian Flores-Orozco, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window (E120) in the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien assuming his post as Associate Professor of "Geophysics" with effect from 1 July 2020.

Born in Mexico, Adrian Flores-Orozco studied Geophysics at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) until 2004. In 2004, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the four-semester course in "Applied Environmental Geoscience" at the University of Tübingen in Germany. From 2008 to 2012, he was a Research Associate of the "Applied Geophysics" group at the University of Bonn, where he was awarded his doctorate in 2012 for his thesis "Characterization of contaminated sites and monitoring of processes accompanying bioremediation using spectral induced polarization imaging, opens an external URL in a new window". Since 2013, he has been with TU Wien in the Department of Geodesy and Geoinformation. In 2015, Adrian Flores-Orozco was appointed to a tenure-track position for his work on "Geophysics", which he successfully completed in 2020, thus qualifying as an Associate Professor. In 2020, he was also granted the authorisation to teach (venia docendi) in the field of "Geophysics". His habilitation is entitled "Imaging of biogeochemical processes at the field scale – advancing the application of geophysical electrical methods for environmental applications".

Adrian Flores-Orozco is the Head of the Research Unit of Geophysics, opens an external URL in a new window (E120-03). His research and teaching focus primarily on the field of electrical imaging processes, particularly spectral induced polarisation (SIP) for the characterisation of hydrogeological processes and natural hazards and innovative applications of geophysical methods for the characterisation of geochemical and microbiological processes in the subsoil.

Associate Prof. Docteur Georg Fuchsbauer, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as Associate Professor for Cryptography at the TU Wien with effect from 1 January 2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation, opens an external URL in a new window (E192) in the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Univ.Prof. Dr. Josef Füssl, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Structure simulation and Timber Engineering at TU Wien with effect from 1 March 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Mechanics of Materials and Structures, opens an external URL in a new window (E202) in the Faculty of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window.

Josef Füssl studied Civil Engineering at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate with the thesis „Multiscale fracture modeling of bituminous mixtures - from fatigue behavior to ultimate strength properties of asphalt concrete, opens an external URL in a new window“. After a research stay abroad at the University of Oxford he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Material simulation and structural mechanics" with the habilitation „Novel computational mechanics approaches for wood, asphalt concrete, and paving block constructions, opens an external URL in a new window“ in the year 2017. In addition he successfully applied for a tenure-track position on the subject of "Material simulation and structural mechanics" in the same year and since April 2019 he was Associate Professor at the Institute of Mechanics of Materials and Structures. In the year 2018 he received the START Preis, opens an external URL in a new window (one of the most prestigious grants for young scientists) [only in German] for the project "Making wood predictable through computational methods, opens an external URL in a new window".

Josef Füssl is Head of the Research Unit of Simulation of Materials and Structures, opens an external URL in a new window (E202-02) and is Faculty Member of the TU Wien Research Center "Geometry and Computational Design“ (E057-16). There he is Head of the Research group „Mechanics of Materials and Structures, opens an external URL in a new window“. 

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.

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.

[Website Robert Ganian, opens an external URL in a new window]

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).

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing.(BA) Dr.rer.nat. Thomas Gärtner, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Machine Learning at TU Wien with effect from 1 October 2019. He is assigned to the Institute of Information Systems Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194) of the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Thomas Gärtner studied at the University of Bonn and received his doctorate there for the thesis "Kernels for structured data, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2005. In addition he holds a MSc from the University of Bristol (2000), and a Diplom (1999) as well as a degree as a certified engineering assistant (1998) from the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim. After having received his PhD he then led a Research Group at the Fraunhofer Institute and the University of Bonn for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems IAIS. From July 2015 to September 2019 he was Professor of Data Science at the University of Nottingham.

He is Head of the Research Unit for Machine Learning, opens an external URL in a new window (E194-06). His current research field is efficient and effective machine learning and data mining algorithms.

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".

[Webpage Emanuel Gasteiger, opens an external URL in a new window]

Dimensions: List of publications Emanuel Gasteiger, opens an external URL in a new window Scopus: List of publications Emanuel Gasteiger, opens an external URL in a new window

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.

[Webpage Mate Gerencser, opens an external URL in a new window]

Publications by Mate Gerencser in the databases Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window and Web of Science, opens an external URL in a new window.

Univ.Prof. Dr. Stefan Gerold, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Mathematics at TU Wien with effect from 1 March 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.

Stefan Gerhold has studied Technical Mathematics at the Johannes Kepler University Linz and was awarded his doctorate 2005 with the thesis "Combinatorial sequences: non-holonomicity and inequalitie, opens an external URL in a new window, opens an external URL in a new windows, opens an external URL in a new window". In the year 2006 he moved to TU Wien and  - after a short research visit at the Joint Centre Microsoft Research/INRIA (Orsay close to Paris, F) -  he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Mathematics" with the habilitation about "Special functions : from Lindelöf integrals to volatility smiles, opens an external URL in a new window" in the year 2011. Since 2015 he was Associate Professor for "Finance- and Actuarial Mathematics" at the Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, He is the recipient of the Cardinal Innitzer Promotion Prize for Natural Sciences (2012).

His scientific base is the Research Unit of Risk Management in Financial and Actuarial Mathematics, opens an external URL in a new window. His focus are asymptotic methods in the area of financial mathematics.

[Webpage Stefan Gerhold, opens an external URL in a new window]

Univ.Prof. Dr. Marta Gibert, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Topologische und Komplexe Materialien at TU Wien with effect from 1 September 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Solid State Physics, opens an external URL in a new window (E138) at the Faculty for Physics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Marta Gibert studied Physics at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and was awarded her doctorate in 2009 for his thesis "Self-assembled strain-induced oxide nanostructures grown by chemical solutions"., opens an external URL in a new window During her dissertation, she was already doing research at the IFW-Dresden (Germany), the University of Cambridge (UK) and the Los Alamos National Lab (USA). In 2010 she moved to Switzerland to the University of Geneva with Prof. Triscone, first as a PostDoc, later as "maître assistante". In 2014 she was able to win an "Excellence Research Fellowship" from the University of Geneva, in 2016 she received the "IBM-Condensed Matter Physics prize", opens an external URL in a new window from the Swiss Physical Society for the study "Unique magnetic coupling at oxide interfaces ”. In 2018, she received a professorship from the SNSF, opens an external URL in a new window and moved to the University of Zurich.

Marta Gibert's research focuses on the interface physics of oxides and the production of high quality functional heterogeneous structures.

Associate 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 "?".

Since September 2021 he is Head of the Research Unit Chemical Technologies (E164-03) , opens an external URL in a new windowand is appointed to the Research Group for Powder Metallurgy, opens an external URL in a new window which he also leads.

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Univ.Prof. Dr. Martin Goldstern, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Mathematics at TU Wien with effect from 1 March 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, opens an external URL in a new window (E104) in the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window.

Martin Goldstern has studied Informatics and Technical Mathematics at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate 1986 with the thesis "Asymptotische Verteilung spezieller Folge, opens an external URL in a new window", supervised by Robert F. Tichy. Besides he is author of an additional thesis with the theme "Sets of reals and countable support iteration, opens an external URL in a new window", which he was finalising 1991 under the supervision of Jack Silver und Haim Judah during his research stay at the University of California (Berkley, USA). During this time, he also worked as a PostDoc at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Bar Ilan University (both in Israel), as well as at the Free University of Berlin. Since 1993 he is working at TU Wien where he also obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Mathematical Logic" in the year 1993 with the habliltaiton "Tools for your forcing construction, opens an external URL in a new window", opens an external URL in a new window. Further research stays then took him again to the Free University of Berlin and again to the USA (Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh and Rutgers University, NJ).

Martin Goldstern is Head of the Research Unit of Algebra, opens an external URL in a new window (E104-01). His scientific focus is mathematical logics and universal algebra.

[Webpage Martin Goldstern, opens an external URL in a new window] 

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]

Univ.Prof. Dr. Eduard Gröller, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Visualization at TU Wien with effect from 1 January 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Visual Computing and Human-Centered Technology, opens an external URL in a new window (E193) in the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Eduard Gröller studied Computer Science at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate also by TU Wien based on a dissertation about "Coherence in computer graphics, opens an external URL in a new window" in 1993 (Promotio sub auspiciis | TU Wien, opens in new window). Subsequently he gained internationla experience at the University of Kansas, USA (Fulbright Grant).  1996 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Practical Computer Science", with his habilitation "Visualization of nonlinear dynamical systems, opens an external URL in a new window". Since 1997 he was extraordinary university professor (außerordentlicher Universitätsprofessor) at the former Institute for Computergraphcis and Algorithms and was involved in the development of VRVis, opens an external URL in a new window (Zentrum für Virtual Reality und Visualisierung Forschungs-GmbH), where he is still working as Key Researcher.

Eduard Gröller is heading the Research Unit of Computer Graphics, opens an external URL in a new window (E193-02). His research interests are Visual Computing, Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization, Information Visualization and Volume Visualization, as well as Visual Analytics. 

[more information on Wikipedia in GERMAN: Eduard Gröller, opens an external URL in a new window]

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Chem. Dr.rer.nat. Hinrich Grothe, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed University Professor for Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere at TU Wien with effect of 1 May 2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Materials Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E165) in the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window.

Hinrich Grothe studied Chemistry at the TU Dresden and the Leibniz Universität Hannover and was awarded his doctorate in 1996 for his thesis on "Fragmentierung thermolabiler Verbindungen in neue Radikale (ClO3 und ClO4)". His works have even been supported by the „Fonds der Chemischen Industrie (VCI)” in 1996. For his Postdoc he had chosen a stay at the Universitetet i Oslo. In 1996 he moved to Austria and is - since winter 1996 - employed at TU Wien, where he was was honoured with an award from the Wirtschaftskammer Wien for an industrial- related project in the year 2005. 2006 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Physical Chemistry of the Atmosphere", with his habilitation "Physicochemical laboratory models of metastable atmospheric aerosols, opens an external URL in a new window" and since 2007 he was Associate professor (ao. Univ.-Prof.) for Physical Chemistry. Since then he is Visiting Professor at the Universität of Bayreuth, the University of Hawai‘i at Mãnoa as well as at the Virginia Tech.

He is Head of the Research Group for Physical Chemistry of Aerosol Particles, opens an external URL in a new window at the Research Unit of Physical Chemistry (E165-01). Besides he is president of the Chemical-Physical Society (CPG).

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. MMag. Dr. Wolfgang Güttel, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Human Resources and Corporate Governance at TU Wien with effect from 01/09/2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Management Science, opens an external URL in a new window (E330) in the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window. He is also Head of the TU Wien Academy for Continuing Education at TU Wien.

Wolfgang Güttel studied Economics and Social Sciences at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) and Political Science at the University of Vienna. In 2002, he was awarded his doctorate (summa cum laude) from WU for his thesis "The Identification of Strategic Intangible Assets in the Post-Merger Integration Process: Resource and Knowledge Management in Mergers and Acquisitions, opens an external URL in a new window". After some years as a management consultant, he became an Assistant in the Department of Management at WU in 2002. Periods abroad at this time took him to the University of Liverpool and the University of Padua. In 2008, he was awarded authorisation to teach (venia docendi) with his postdoctoral thesis "Dynamic capabilities: The Evolution of the Organisational Knowledge and Competence Base, opens an external URL in a new window". In the period from 2007-2009, he was also (temporarily) a W3 Professor at the University of Hamburg and University of Kassel. In 2009, Wolfgang Güttel became a full Professor at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (JKU) and head of the Institute of Leadership and Change Management. From 2011 to 2015 he was also Head and Management Director of the LIMAK Austrian Business School, opens an external URL in a new window at JKU, where he was appointed to the position of a Dean in 2019. In 2016 and 2017 he was also a visiting professor at the Ruhr University Bochum and at the University of Geneva.

At TU Wien he is  - besides being Head of the CEC - assigned to the Research Unit Leadership & Strategy, opens an external URL in a new window (E330-01).

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, opens an external URL in a new window (E325) 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).

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.

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...

[Website Philipp Haslinger Lab, opens an external URL in a new window]

Susann Ahn studied Landscape Architectre and Landscape Planning at TU München and was awarded her doctorate in 2019 at ETH Zürich with the theme "Cultural Laboratory Seoul. Emergence, Narrative and Impact of Culturally Related Landscape Meanings, opens an external URL in a new window". She was coordinating international projects in various landscape architecture offices for several years, starting her own business in the area of landscape architecture and mediation in 2013 („Ahn Landschaftsarchitektur Mediation, opens an external URL in a new window“). Moreoever she is Co-Founder of „amedida group, opens an external URL in a new window". Besides she worked at the TU Munich and ETH Zurich from 2011-2021, doing research and teaching. Her research focuses at the nexus of planning and communication using as well artisitic-participative, process-oriented and conflict-resolving planning and design methods.

Thomas E. Hauck has studied Landscape Architectrue at the University of Hannover and at the Edinburgh College of Art and was awarded his doctorate 2013 at TU München with the theme „Landschaft und Gestaltung – Die Vergegenständlichung ästhetischer Ideen am Beispiel von Landschaft, opens an external URL in a new window“. He was conducting research and teaching from 2005 to 2014 at TU  München and from 2014 on at the University of Kassel. Besides he is Co-Partner at "Polinna Hauck Landscape+Urbanism“ und Managing Director of „Studio Animal-Aided Desig, opens an external URL in a new windown“. His research focuses at the design of Urban Landscapes, where self-dynamic processes are possible and on the development of concepts linking Urban Planning and Co-Habitation.

Susann Ahn und Thomas E. Hauck share together the professorship for Landscape Architecture and are based within the Research Unit of Landscape Architecture, opens an external URL in a new window.

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. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Rene Hofmann, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor Industrial Energy Systems at TU Wien with effect from 1 May 2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Energy Systems and Thermodynamics, opens an external URL in a new window (E302) in the Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, opens in new window.

Rene Hofmann studied Mechanical Engineering at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate in 2009 for his thesis on “Experimental and Numerical Gas-Side Performance Evaluation of FinnedTube Heat Exchangers, opens an external URL in a new window" with distinction. Between 2009-2015 he gained industrial work experience at the Josef Bertsch GmbH & Co KG.  From 2015 on he got an endowed professorship for Industrial Energy Systems at both, TU Wien and at AIT (Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH). In 2019 he obtained his habilitation, thus qualifying him to teach in the field of Industrial Energy systems, with his habilitation on „Aspects of Design Optimization and Operational Optimization for Industrial Energy Systems“.

Since 2015 he has been Head of the Research Group for Industrial Energy Systems, opens an external URL in a new window within the Research Unit of Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering (E302-01). He leads also the Doctoral School "Smart Industrial Concept (SIC), opens an external URL in a new window" (E056-06).

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.

Dimensions: List of publications Katja Hose, opens an external URL in a new window Scopus: List of publications Katja Hose , opens an external URL in a new windowWeb of Science: List of publications Katja Hose, opens an external URL in a new window

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.

Publications by Marcus Huber 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.-Inform. Dr.rer.nat. Sascha Hunold was assigned to the Institute of Computer Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E191) within the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window, assuming his post as Associate Professor for "Run-time systems and scheduling for High-Performance Computing" with effect from 1 March 2021.

Sascha Hunold originates from Merseburg (Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany) and has studied Informactics at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. In 2009 he was awarded his doctorate at the University of Bayreuth (Germany) with the thesis "Evaluation der Leistungsfähigkeit von gemischt-parallelen Programmen in homogenen und heterogenen Umgebungen unter Berücksichtigung effizienter Schedulingstrategien, opens an external URL in a new window" [in German]. In the year 2015 he successfully applied for a tenure-track position at TU Wien. In 2019 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Informatics" with the habilitaiton "Benchmarking and scheduling on parallel machines, opens an external URL in a new window".

The scientific base of Sascha Hunold is the Research Unit of Parallel Computing, opens an external URL in a new window (E191-04). His research focuses on topics about reproducible research, benchmarking Parallel Hardware and Software etc.

[Website Sascha Hunold, opens an external URL in a new window]

Associate Prof. Dr. Albana Ilo, opens an external URL in a new window is 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 at TU Wien, assuming her post as Associate Professor for "Electrical Energy Systems" with effect from 1 May 2021.

Albana Ilo originates from Tirana (Albania) where she studied electrical engineering at Tirana University. In the year 1991 she moved to Austria and later received her doctorate from TU Wien with the topic "Flux distribution and power loss in transformer cores as a function of joint design, opens an external URL in a new window" in the year 1998. She then switched to industry (Siemens AG Austria), where she was working on many projects worldwide as a recognised expert and later as a Prinicipal Key Expert Consultant in the field of power supply systems. In 2013 she moved back to TU Wien and successfully applied for a tenure-track position. In 2020, she obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifying her to teach in the area of "Electrical Energy Systems" with a habilitation on "LINK-based holistic architecture for future power systems, opens an external URL in a new window".

Albana Ilo´s scientific base is the Research Unit of Energy Systems and Networks, opens an external URL in a new window. There she works on topics related to tintegrating distributed generation or smart grids and their impact on transmission and distribution networks. Her merit is the LINK Paradigm and the holistic solution for smart grids derived from it, that enables the decarbonisation of the economy (Sector Coupling) and the democratisation of the electricity industry (Energy Communities) for which she received the "50 most impactful green LEADERS (global listing)" award. She is the author of 3 international patents.

[Website Ilo Albana, opens an external URL in a new window]

Univ.Prof. Dr. Ivan Izmestiev, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed University Professor of Differential Geometry at TU Wien with effect from 1 July 2019. He is assigned to the Institute of Discrete Mathematics and Geometry, opens an external URL in a new window (E104) of the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien.

Ivan Izmestiev received his doctorate in "Geometry of manifolds with regular torus action, opens an external URL in a new window" at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (Victor M. Buchstaber) in 2001. Between 2005 and 2015, he worked at the Freie Universität Berlin and TU Berlin as a postdoctoral researcher and in 2011 he obtained his venia docenid with the habilitation "Discrete Hilbert-Einstein functional and rigidity, opens an external URL in a new window". Between 2015 and 2019, he worked as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland.

He is Head of the Research Unit of Differential Geometry and Geometric Structures, opens an external URL in a new window (E104-03). His research topics are questions on differential geometry, hyperbolic geometry and discrete curvature.

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. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.techn. Hannes Kaufmann, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Virtual and Augmented Reality at TU Wien with effect from 01/10/2020. 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. At TU Wien, he is assigned to the "Research Unit for Computer Graphics", opens an external URL in a new window (E193-02), heading the "Virtual Reality Group, opens an external URL in a new window".

Associate Prof. Mag.rer.nat. Dr.techn. Golta Khatibi Damavandi, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as Associate Professor of Werkstoffkunde at the TU Wien with effect from 1 March 2020. She is assigned to the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens an external URL in a new window (E164) in the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Karl Kirchner, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Base Metal Catalysis at TU Wien with effect from 1 April 2020. He is assigned to the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window (E163) in the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window.

Karl Kirchner studied Technical Chemistry at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate in 1987 for his thesis on "Outer-sphere redoxkinetics substitutionally unstable iron complexes in acetonitrile, opens an external URL in a new window". Between 1988 and 1991, he spent the years abroad at Washington State University (USA) and then at Stanford University (USA), working with the Nobel Prize winner, Henry Tauber. In 1994, he obtained his habilitation, thus qualifying him to teach in the n the field of "Organometallic Chemistry", with his habilitation on "Synthesis and reactivity of 4-cyclopentadienone ruthenium complexes, opens an external URL in a new window".

Since January 2020, he has been the Head of the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien as well as the Head of the Research Unit Inorganic Chemistry (E163-01). His scientific home is based in the Research Group for Organometal Chemistry and Catalysis, opens an external URL in a new window, where he is also Head of.

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.

Dimensions: list of publications Bernd Klöckl, opens an external URL in a new window Scopus: list of publications Bernd Klöckl, opens an external URL in a new window

Associate Prof. Dipl.Ing. Dr.techn. Peter Knees, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute of Information Systems Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E194) within the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window at the TU Wien, assuming his post as Associate Professor for "Information Retrieval", with effect from 1 August 2021.

Peter Knees has studied Informatics at TU Wien and then moved to the University Linz, where he completed his doctorate in 2010 with a dissertation on "Text-based description of music for indexing, retrieval, and browsing, opens an external URL in a new window". After another 6 years as a university assistant at the University of Linz he successfully applied for a tenure-track position at TU Wien, which he completed successfully in 2021 as Associate Professor. In addition, in 2021 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of "Informatics", with his habilitation on "Information retrieval and recommender systems for music listening and creation, opens an external URL in a new window".

Peter Knees scientific base is the Research Unit of Information and Software Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window. There he is doing research in the area of Music Information Retrieval (MIR), Web Information Retrieval, Multimedia Retrieval, Recommender Systems and Digital Media Arts.

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 window at 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" (high-performance ceramic building materials). 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" 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. Azra Korjenic, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Ecological Construction Technologies at TU Wien with effect from 1 February 2019. She is part of the Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology, opens an external URL in a new window (E207) in the Faculty of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window.

Azra Korjenic, born in Sarajevo (Bosnien and Herzegowina), studied Civil Engineering at TU Wien and was awarded her doctorate in 2003 for her thesis on "Application of building simulation for the evaluation of renovation concepts, opens an external URL in a new window" at the Institute of Building Construction and Technology. In 2012, she obtained her qualification to teach (venia docendi) in the field of "Building Physics" with her habilitation on "Methodical approaches to improving energy efficiency in the building sector - further development of the calculation rules, validation and practical implementation, opens an external URL in a new window". Since 2013, she has been Associate Professor in the Institute of Building Construction and Technology in the Research Unit for Building Physics and Sound Insulation. She is (together with Univ. Prof. Thomas Bednar und Sebastian Zilles) winner of the Best Lecture Award 2018, opens an external URL in a new window for the course "Building Physics".

At the Institute of Material Technology, Building Physics and Building Ecology, she is Head of the Research Unit for Ecological Building Technologies, opens an external URL in a new window (E207-03). She is also a member of the Committee on Equal Treatment at TU Wien.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Iva Kovacic, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor of Integral Planning at TU Wien with effect from 1 March 2019. She was assigned to the Institute of Interdisciplinary Construction Process Management, opens an external URL in a new window (E234) in the Faculty of Civil and Enviromental Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window.

Iva Kovacic studied Architecture at TU Wien and was employed as architct at various architectural offices in Vienna and Munich. In part-time she completed her postgraduate studies in Construction Project Management at the Bauhaus University, Weimar. After finishing her studies, she has been associated with the Institute of Interdisciplinary Construction Process Management since 2002, where she was awarded her doctorate in 2005 for her thesis on "Developing strategies for sustainable planning: building as a dynamic system, opens an external URL in a new window". In 2016, she obtained the venia docendi, thus qualifying her to teach in the area of "Integral Planning" with her habilitation on "Advances in integrated building design and planning methodology: exploratory studies for the optimisation of people - process - technology interaction in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, opens an external URL in a new window".

Till 31.8.2022 she was Head of the Research Unit for Integral Construction Planning and Industrial Building (E324- 02). From 1.9.2022 on she is the Head of the new Institute of Building- and Industrial Construction (E210). There, her scientific home is the Research Unit of Integrated Planning and Industrial Building (E210-01), where she is also the Head of. She is also member and Principal Investigator within the Coooperation Centre at GCD - The Center for Geometry and Computational Design, opens an external URL in a new window and leading researcher of the FWF Special Research Programmes (SRP) “Advanced Computational Design“. She is also the spokesperson for the group of professors in the Senate, opens an external URL in a new window for the period 2019-2022.

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Laura Kovacs, opens an external URL in a new window was confirmed permanently as University Professor of Automated Program Reasoning at TU Wien with effect from 1 April 2020. She is assigned to the Institute of Logic and Computation, opens an external URL in a new window (E192) in the Faculty of Informatics, opens an external URL in a new window.

Laura Kovacs - born in Resita, Romania - studied at the West University of Timişoara, opens an external URL in a new window. She subsequently moved to Austria, studying at the University of Linz, where she was awarded her doctorate in 2007 for her thesis on "Automated invariant generation by algebraic techniques for imperative program verification in Theorema, opens an external URL in a new window". After spending time abroad at ETH Zurich and EPFL Lausanne, she was employed at TU Wien in 2010 (due to a Hertha-Firnberg scholarship). In 2012, she obtained her Venia Docendi, thus qualifying her to teach "Applied and Theoretical Computer Science", for her habilitation on "Symbol elimination in program analysis", opens an external URL in a new window. In 2013 she moved to Sweden, acting as Associate Prof. at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, (she is still Visiting Professor there). 2014, she received an ERC Starting Grant, 2018 she was awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant and 2020 an ERC Consolidator Grant., opens an external URL in a new window Since April 2016 she has been back at TU Wien where she held a temporary professorship for Automated Program Reasoning.

She is Head of the Research Unit for Formal Methods in Systems Engineering, 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 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. Dongheui Lee, PhD, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University professor for Autonomous Systems at TU Wien with effect from 1 April 2022. She is assigned to the Institute of Computer Technology, opens an external URL in a new window (E384) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology., opens in new window

Dongheui Lee was born in Gimcheon (S-Korea). She studied Mechanical Engineering at Kyung Hee University in Seoul (S-Korea) and graduated in 2003 with an M.S. Until 2004 she was also employed as a researcher at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). In 2004 she moved to the University of Tokyo in Japan, where she received her doctorate in 2007 on the topic "Statistical Mimesis from Partial Observation and its Application to Humanoid Robots", opens an external URL in a new window. She then continued to work as an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo. In 2009 there was another move, this time to Europe, to the Technical University of Munich (TUM, Germany), again in the position of Junior Professor (Assistant Prof.) for "Dynamic-Human-Robot-Interaction for Automation Systems". She has been an associate professor there since 2017, as well as a group leader at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics at the DLR (German Aerospace Center) in Munich.

Dongheui Lee is Head of the Research Unit of Autonomous Systems, opens an external URL in a new window (E384-03). She deals with topics such as "Human-Robot Collaboration" and "Machine Learning for (Humanoid) Robots".

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

Associate Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Florian Libisch, opens an external URL in a new window was assigned to the Institute of Theoretical Physics, opens an external URL in a new window (E136) in the Faculty of Physics, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien, assuming his post as Associate Professor, with effect from 1 April 2020.

Florian Libisch studied Physics at TU Wien and was awarded his doctorate (summa cum laude) in 2008 for his thesis on "Electronic structure and transport in mesoscopic devices, opens an external URL in a new window" under supervision of Univ. Prof. Burgdörfer. Since 2009, he has worked as an assistant at the Institute of Theoretical Physics. From 2011 to 2013, he was a Max Kade Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University (USA), and later became a Postdoctoral Research Associate. In 2016, he successfully applied for a tenure-track position on the topic of "Theoretical solid state physics". In 2018, he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifying him to teach "Solid State Physics", with a habilitation on the topic of ", opens an external URL in a new windowElectronic structure of nanoscale devices", opens an external URL in a new window.

He is also Head of the Doctoral School Unravelling Advanced 2D Materials, opens an external URL in a new window (TU-D).

Univ.Prof. Dr. Andreas Limbeck, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Analytical Chemistry of Materials at TU Wien with effect from 1 February 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics, opens an external URL in a new window (E164) in the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window.

Andreas Limbeck studied Technical Chemistry at TU Wien an was awarded his doctorate in the year 2001 with the thesis "Investigation of the atmospheric behavior of dicarboxylic acids and other polar organic aerosol constituents, opens an external URL in a new window" under the supervision of Prof. Hans Puxbaum. 2009 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifying him to teach in the area of "Instrumental Analytical Chemistry", with his habilitation "I, opens an external URL in a new windowmprovements in the element specific analysis of environmental samples through development and application of new sample preparation techniques, opens an external URL in a new window". Since 2013 he successfully applied for a tenure-track position on the subject of "Atomic spectroscopy" and since February 2015 he was Associate professor at the Institute of Chemical Technologies and Analytics.

His scientific home is the Research Unit of Instrumental and Imaging Analytical Chemistry (E164-01), where he is Head of the Research Group for Surface Analytics, Trace Analytics and Chemometry, opens an external URL in a new window focusing on inorganic trace analysis (composition of materials, distribution analysis – Imaging and Measurement of depth profiles).

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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Publications by Martina Lindorfer in the Scopus , opens an external URL in a new windowand Dimensions , opens an external URL in a new windowdatabases

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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Publications by Stefan Löffler in the databases Scopus, opens an external URL in a new window, Repositum, opens an external URL in a new window, Web of Science , opens an external URL in a new windowand Dimensions, opens an external URL in a new window

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Inf. Dr.rer.nat. Thomas Lukasiewicz, opens an external URL in a new window was appointed as University Professor for Artificial Intelligence Techniques at TU Wien with effect from April 1 2022. He is assigned to the Institute for 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.

Thomas Lukasiewicz studied computer science at the TU Clausthal and then did his doctorate in 1996 at the TU Augsburg with a dissertation on "Precision of probabilistic deduction under taxonomic knowledge. After working as an assistant at the University of Gießen, he came to the TU Wien as part of a DFG habilitation grant from 1999 - 2001, where he specialized in "Practical and Theoretical Computer Science, opens an external URL in a new window" in 2001 with a habilitation thesis on "Databases and logic programming under probabilistic uncertainty, opens an external URL in a new window” habilitated. Further scholarships followed (Marie-Curie, Heisenberg, Yahoo!), which brought him to the Sapienza University in Rome and later to the University of Oxford. In 2010 he received a professorship at the University of Oxford. From 2016-20 he was a Turing Fellow at the Allan Turing Institute in London.

The scientific home of Thomas Lukasiewicz is now the Research Unit of Artificial Intelligence Techniques at the aforementioned institute, which he also heads. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research.

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.-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. 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 UR