ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag.Dr.rer.nat.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2833-3224
Academic career history:
1986 Master of Sciences.
1990 PhD defense, summa cum laude.
1998 Tenure in Medical Physics.
1998 Associate professor.
2000 Medical Physicist.
2003 Co-opted professor of Medical Informatics at the Private University for Medical Informatics and Technology Tirol (UMIT).
2004-18 Coordinator of the PhD Program "Image-Guided Diagnosis and Therapy" at the Medical University of Innsbruck.
2006 Supervisor of bachelor and master theses at the Institutes of Applied Mathematics and Informatics at the Leopold Franzens University Innsbruck.
2015 Postgradual training "Performance of Clinical Trials" of the Austrian and Tyrolean Medical Association and the Medical University of Innsbruck.
Professional
1986 Industry project "infrared hardening of coatings", Herberts corp., Germany, qualification as a radiation protection specialist.
1990 Research assistant at the Institute of Ion Physics (part time).
1992 Max Kade Fellow University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
1993 Research assistant at the Institute of Ion Physics (part time)
1994 Volunteer work at the Institute of Ion Physics.
1994 Academic trainee for electrophysiology and computer assisted surgery at the Univ.-Hospital for Ear-, Nose-, and Throat- Diseases.
1995 Assistant at the Univ.-Hospital for Ear-, Nose- and Throat_ Diseases, Prof. Thumfart.
1998 Associate professor at the Univ.-Hospital for Ear-, Nose- and Throat- Diseases.
2016 Head of the works coucil of scientific staff at the Medical University Innsbruck.
Research visits
1989 Dipartimento di Fisica, University of Trento, Italy.
1990 Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, Belarus Academy of Sciences
, Republic of Belarus.
1990 Department of Electronics and Vacuum Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
1991 Department of Electronics and Vacuum Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
1992 Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, Belarus Academy of Sciences, Republic of Belarus.
1993 Department of Chemistry der University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
2005 GKSS (
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Hamburg, Germany.
2006 SLS (Synchrotron Light Source), Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland.
Research projects
"Theoretic description of vibrational relaxation of N
2+, O
2+" and "NO
+ in collisions with He. Publication of new experimental and quantum mechanic 1D results"
"IMAGOS: Interactive Medical Advanced Guiding and Orientation System"
"A positioning and holding robot in ENT surgery"
"A new portable navigation system"
"Mobile 3D-navigation with live-video"
"Telepresence in ENT surgery"
"Continuous measurements of spatial positions of the bony skull for computer-assisted surgery"
"Micro-tomography of the vascular structure of the human inner ear"
"Three-dimensional high-resolution imaging of the vascular structure of the inner ear"
"Quality Assurance Tools for Intraoperative 3D-Navigation in Ear-, Nose- and Throat Surgery"
"Naviscope: contact-less 3D-navigation for paranasal sinus surgery"
"aws prize 2009: Rhinospider"
"CI Guide"
"Real-time resection control during navigated surgeries in the lateral skull base"
"navABI" development of a proof of concept for navigation guidance for the implantation of auditory brain stem implants
ACMIT [Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology]
Over all acquired peer-review grants: 2.217.981€
Varia, Member of scientific societies, Prize, Awards, Honors, Teaching,Development of curricular teaching, Congress organization, Reviewing, Invitations to hearings and ranks for chairs (pdf)