1985
Graduate engineer at Graz University of Technology, thesis on “Phospholipid transfer in yeast”

1988
Doctor of Technical Sciences at Graz University of Technology, dissertation on “Cloning, sequencing, interruption, and overexpression of the structural gene of aldolase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae”

1986 – 1988
Contract assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry at Graz University of Technology (Prof. Fritz Paltauf)

1989 – 1991
Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, USA, on the topic of “Initiation of protein synthesis in eukaryotic cells”

1992 – 2002
University assistant at the Laboratory for Theoretical Surgery at the Second University Clinic for Surgery at the University of Innsbruck

2002
Habilitation in molecular biology at the University of Innsbruck on “Structure and function of diamine oxidase”

2003 – 2007
University lecturer in the Laboratory for Theoretical Surgery at the University Clinic for General and Transplant Surgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck

2008
University lecturer and head of the Molecular Biology Laboratory at the University Clinic for Visceral, Transplant, and Thoracic Surgery at the Medical University of Innsbruck

Molecular and cell biology of yeast

Regulation of gene expression and protein biosynthesis

Structure and function of amino oxidases

Histamine and polyamine metabolism

Histamine intolerance and food allergy

Inflammatory and neoplastic intestinal diseases

Tumor biology, carcinogenesis, and apoptosis

Ischemia/reperfusion injury in organ transplants

79 original papers, 2 reviews, 10 book contributions, over 200 presentations at scientific conferences