| education | |
| 1982-1986 | primary school, vienna |
| 1990-1995 | HBLVA für chemische Industrie, Abt. Biochemie, Biotechnologie und Gentechnik, vienna |
| 20.6.1995 | Matura |
| 15.10.1998 | Ingenieur |
| study | |
| 10/1999-04/2004 | biology (genetics) university of vienna |
| 04/2003-05/2004 | diploma thesis "Genomewide Surveys for RNA Genes" inst. for theoretical chemistry (TBI), univ. of vienna |
| 13.5. 2004 | MSc (mag. rer. nat) |
| since May 2004 | PhD "Genomic Evolution of ncRNAs" |