1974 – 1982	Bundesrealgymnasium Villach
1983 – 1993	University study of Chemical Engineering at the Graz University of Technology – branch of study: process engineering; diploma thesis: ”EDV-gestützte Bilanzierung und Bewertung von Biomasseheizwerken”
1994 – 1998	Scientific assistant at the Institute for Resource Efficient and Sustainable Systems, Graz University of Technology
1995 - 1998	Freelancer at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
since 1999	Project manager at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
2001	PhD thesis on "Fractionated Heavy Metal Separation in Biomass Combustion Plants" at the Graz University of Technology (graduated with distinction)
since 2001	Share holder at BIOS BIOENERGIESYSTEME GmbH
since 2003	Project manager at the Austrian Bioenergy Centre, Area: Biomass combustion and energy utilisation – medium and large-scale combustion systems

• Product development (combustion technologies, heat recovery and dust precipitation systems - small to medium scale systems)
• Development of small-scale pellet furnaces (focus: furnace design, dust reduction, heat recovery)
• Development of small-scale biomass CHP technologies
• Planning, implementation and evaluation of field test runs
• Development of applied software programmes (heat and mass balances of biomass combustion plants, dimensioning of biomass combustion and CHP plants)
• National and international training courses on the topic “design and implementation of biomass combustion plants”
• CFD-Modelling of biomass combustion systems (Computational Fluid Dynamics)