Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

1994 MSc. in Petrology from Graz University.

1995 Fulbright scholarship, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

1997 PhD. in Metamorphic Petrology at Graz University

1998–1999 Post-Doc, Graz: East African Granulites

1999–2001 Lecturer at the University of Mainz, Germany (“C1-Assistent”)

2001–2003 Lecturer at the University of Graz, Austria

since 2004 Ao.Univ.-Prof. for Mineralogy and Petrology at University of Graz.

2008–2011 several visiting professorships at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

PUBLICATIONS

About 100 scientific publications in peer reviewed journals as well as numerous

conference contributions.

TEACHING

8-12 hours per week per semester of undergraduate and graduate courses (Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry, Geology)

LABORATORY RESPONSIBILITIES

(1) XRF (major and trace elements); (2) Chemical laboratory; (3) Clean room facility incl. Sr, Pb, Nd isotope separation; (4) LA-ICPMS (trace elements and REE on single minerals); (5) MC-ICP-MS (analysis of Sr, Pb, Nd isotopes; zircon U/Pb age dating)

RESEACH INTERESTS

* Thermodynamic modelling of petrological problems * Geothermobarometry * Metamorphic Petrology (PTt-evolution) * Granulites * Mantle Xenoliths * Isotope Geochemistry * Solubility of minerals at elevated PT * Archeometry *