People

Current position:

Professor for Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna
Adjunct Principal Investigator at CeMM (Research Center for Molecular Medicine)
Deputy Chair, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna

Education and Academic Career:

2019 – 2023: Co-Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases

2018: Adjunct Principal Investigator, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases (LBI-RUD) and CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

2016: Associate Professor in Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

2015: Assistant Professor in Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

2010–2014: Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

2013: Austrian Board Examination in Dermatology and Venereology, Austrian Medical Association

2012: Venia Docendi (Habilitation) in Dermatology (PhD Equivalent), Medical University of Vienna
Thesis: “Cutaneous Dendritic Cells at the Interface of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases – Potential Targets of Therapeutic Interventions”

2005–2010: Residency in Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, DIAID, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

2003: Research fellowship, Harvard Skin Disease Research Center, Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

1999–2004: Medical graduate studies, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

Publications:

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Awards (selected):

2022: Ferdinand von Hebra Price for academic achivements, Austrian Society for Dermatology and Venereology

2017: Oscar-Gans Prize for the best publication in Dermatovenereology, German Society of Dermatology

2014: Keystone Symposium Scholarship for an oral presentation at the Keystone symposium on Tissue-Resident Memory T Cells

2012: Invited Trainee Talk, Microbiology Retreat, Harvard Medical School

2010: AESCA-Award for the best publication in basic research in Dermatology, Austrian Society for Dermatology and Venereology

2009: Unilever-Award for the best therapy-related publication in Dermatology, Austrian Society for Dermatology and Venereology

2008: Researcher of the Month, Medical University of Vienna

2007: Heinrich-Auspitz-Award for the best publication in Immunodermatology, Austrian Society for Dermatology and Venereology

2005: Anton-Luger-Award for the best doctoral thesis, Austrian Society of Dermatology and Venereology