People

Associate Professor

Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Qualifications

• 2017: Universitätsprofessor
  Berufstitel
• 2010: Habilitation (Venia docendi): Medical Biochemistry
  Medical University of Vienna, Austria
• 2002: PhD (Dr. techn.)
  Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
• 2001: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  Vienna University of Technology, Vienna and Danube University, Krems, Austria
• 2000: PhD (Dr. nat. techn.)
  University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences (Boku), Vienna, Austria

Research grants (principal investigator)

• 2023-2026: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Molecular evolution of skin appendages
  Role: Grant applicant and project leader
  Funding: 294,315 Euro
• 2019-2024: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Evolution of epidermal transglutamination
  Role: Grant applicant and project leader
  Funding: 379,743 Euro
• 2015-2019: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Evolution of epidermal cornification proteins
  Role: Grant applicant and project leader
  Funding: 317,656 Euro
• 2015-2016: Herzfelder’sche Familienstiftung, Project: Characterization of age-related protein accumulation in autophagy-deficient neurons
  Role: Grant applicant and project leader
  Funding: 35.000 Euro
• 2011-2015: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: Molecular evolution of the epidermis in amniotes
  Role: Grant applicant and project leader
  Funding: 184.768 Euro
• 2008-2010: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: The role of DNase1L2 in the epidermis and in epidermal appendages
  Role: Grant applicant and project leader
  Funding: 138.448 Euro
• 2007-2008: Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project: DNA breakdown in epidermal keratinocytes
  Role: Grant applicant and project leader
  Funding: 137.976 Euro

Leadership roles in scientific societies

• 2017-2022: Member of the Board, European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)       
• 2021: Chair of the Scientific Program Committee, 50^th Anniversary Annual Meeting, European Society for Dermatological Research (ESDR)        
• 2017-ongoing: Leader of the Working Group: Skin Barrier, Arbeitsgemeinschaft dermatologischer Forschung (ADF)
• 2016-2020: Member of the Management Committee, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action CA15138: European Network of Multidisciplinary Research and Translation of Autophagy knowledge
• 2009-2013: Member of the Management Committee, European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action BM0903: Skin Barrier and Atopic Diseases

Membership in scientific societies

• ESDR, European Society for Dermatological Research     
• ADF, Arbeitsgemeinschaft dermatologischer Forschung
• ÖGDV, Austrian Society for Dermatology and Venereology
• ÖGMBT, Austrian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
• European Epidermal Barrier Research Network (http://www.e2brn.net/)
• Evolvienna (http://www.evolvienna.at/)

Editorial activities

• Associate Editor: Journal of Investigative Dermatology; Frontiers in Immunology
• Editorial Board: Experimental Dermatology; Scientific Reports

Publications

more than 140 papers in peer-reviewed international journals

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5645-2036