Doctors degree in Technical Sciences at Vienna University of Technology in 1995 with special subject on Robotics; Teaching Assistant at the „Institute for Handling Devices and Robotics“ at the Vienna University of Technology until 2000; until 2010 employed with Austrian extra-university research center AIT – working on robotics for medical and rehab applications; since 2010: Scientific Director of the  “Austrian Center for Medical Innovation and Technology”; More than 250 papers and presentations at scientific conferences.