University education
1979–1983 — Geology, Paleontology, Mineralogy and Petrography at the University of Graz
1983–1985 — Economic Geology at the Montanuniversität Leoben
1985 — Master´s thesis: Petrographic invesitgations of coal from the Lower Seam, Wölfing 18, Trimmelkam, Upper Austria
1987 — PhD thesis: Facies and maturation of Alpine coals in eastern Austria
1994 — Habilitation thesis: Integrated study of the Styrian Basin: Basin analysis, organic geochemsitry and hydrocarbon potential.
Positions
01.08.1985–31.10.1985 — Engineer at VOEST-ALPINE in Linz
01.11.1985–30.06.2008 — Lecturer at the Depart of Geological Sciences (University of Leoben)
01.01.1992–30.06.1993 — Humboldt-Fellow at the Institute of Petroleum and Organic Geochemistry, Research Center Jülich, Germany (Prof. D.H. Welte)
04–05.1995 — Research stay at the Institut of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands (Prof. S. Cloetingh)
09.2003–11.2003 — Visiting Professor at Donetsk State Technical University, Ukraine.
Since 01.07.2008 — Full Professor for Petroleum Geology at the University of Leoben
Since 2010 — Honorary Guest Professor, Jilin University, Changchun, China
Member of the Editorial Board
International Journal of Coal Geology
Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences
Geologica Pannonica
Memberships
Austrian Geological Society (member of the board 1999–2002)
International Committee for Coal and Organic Petrology
European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE)
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
Research Interests
Petroleum Systems Analysis
Basin Analysis
Source rocks
Unconventional hydrocarbons
Shale gas
Coal geology
Contacts