Education:

1978 - 1984  Graz University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering with focus on Internal Combustion Engines and Vehicle Engineering, finished with Dipl.-Ing. (Master)

1989             Doctorate Degree (PhD) at TU Graz Thesis: "Heat Transfer and Components Stress in Two-Stroke SI Engines", finished with distinction

Career:

Dec. 1984     Simulation Engineer in AVL Graz; Focus on stress-, thermal- and acoustic calculations on IC engines with Finite-Element-Method

1985 - 1990  University Assistant at "Institute for IC engines and Thermodynamics"

TU Graz (Head: Prof. R. Pischinger)

Sept. 1990    BMW´s Diesel Development, Steyr; Development engineer in department “mixture preparation, combustion and supercharging”

Nov. 1991     Head of Department „predevelopment – new technologies"

1993-1997    Head of Department "combustion development Diesel" with focus on: combustion system, injection system, turbo charging and aftertreatment, new DI Diesel engine family of 4, 6 and 8 cylinder

Sept. 1997    BMW Munich Head of Departments “Alternative Combustion Systems” and then „Direct Injection SI Combustion Systems" in Gasoline development; concept- and function development SI-DI engine V12 for 760i and Rolls Royce Phantom

Apr. 2001      Univ.-Prof. for Internal Combustion Engines at TU Graz, since Oct. 2002              Head of the Institute of ICE and Thermodynamics, TU Graz,

2012             Additional Head of TU Graz Field of Expertise “Mobility and Production”

-        Since 2001 Intense Research work in the field of Hydrogen ICE

-        Co-Founder of the HyCentA, the Hydrogen Center Austria