Curriculum vitae [pdf]

Principal research interests

• IR spectroscopic investigation of trace hydrogen in minerals and inorganic materials
• IR spectroscopic characterisation of mullite-type compounds and their precursor phases (studies of advanced ceramics)
• Mineralogical studies of raw materials on the basis of analytical methods (mineralogy of ore deposits)
• Optical properties of opaque mineral phases (reflected-light microscopy)
• Gemmological investigations (synthesis, treatment)

Awards

• 1996, Fellow Mineral. Soc. Amer.
• 1999, Correspondent Geol. Survey Austria

Affiliations

• Österreichische Mineralogische Gesellschaft (ÖMG)
• Österreichische Gemmologische Gesellschaft (ÖGEMG)
• Österreichische Geologische Gesellschaft (ÖGG)
• Deutsche Mineralogische Gesellschaft (DMG)
• Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA)
• Mineralogical Society of America