CV

Formation

  • 03/2023 PhD in Materials Science (Scienze e tecnologia dei materiali), University of Genoa, Italy. 
  • 04/2017 and 06/2023 Habilitation in archaeology in Italy (Abilitazione Scientifico Nazionale per II Fascia, settore concorsuale 10/A1, archeologia; Bando D. D. 1532/2016; Bando D.D. 553/2021)
  • 06/2007 Dr. phil. in Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria; passed with honours. Thesis: ‘Manufacture and Use of Austrian Bronze Age Swords – a Study of Bronze Age Weaponry and Social Structure’.
  • 11/2002 Mag. phil. in Prehistoric and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria; passed with honours. Thesis: ‘Metallographic Analyses of an early medieval Trove of a Smith´s Findings of Buschberg, Lower Austria’.

Positions 

  • 12/2022 – University of Genoa, Italy: Postdoctoral research associate and PI of the project ‘Cu-As-(Sb, Ni) systems: Determination of phase diagrams’, Marie Skłodowska-Curie IEF Fellowship
  • 01/2023 – 06/2025 University of Innsbruck, Austria: Head of the research project ‚Electrochemical Age Determination of archaeological bronzes, funded by the Austrian FWF (P 34960-G). 
  • 01/2022 – 06/2025 University of Salzburg, Austria: Head of the research project Gates to Paradise: Creating metal doors for 11th-12th century churches, funded by the Austrian FWF (P 34477-G).
  • 11/2017 – 10/2020 Universities of Innsbruck and Krems, Austria: Postdoctoral research fellow (part-time), responsible for metal analyses for the FWF project no. P-30289 (head of the project ‘Life and Work at the Bronze Age Mine of Prigglitz’: Dr. P. Trebsche).
  • 09/2017 – 10/2017 TOPOI-Exzellenzcluster, DAI, Berlin: Postdoctoral research associate (full-time), Research group D-6, Atlas of Innovation
  • 07/2015 – 07/2017, Université Bordeaux Montaigne: Postdoctoral research associate (full-time) and PI of the project ‘Chemical and metallurgical aspects of arsenical bronze: the case of arsenic-loss in prehistoric metal production’, Marie Skłodowska-Curie IEF Fellowship
  • 09/2014 – 06/2015, University of Genoa, Italy: Associate (part-time): metallographic analyses of bronze objects.
  • 07/2011 – 06/2014, University of Vienna, Austria and University of Genoa, Italy: PI and Postdoctoral research associate (full-time): EU-funded Framework 7 Marie-Curie Action project, co-financed by the Austrian FWF ‘Development, technology and usage of Bronze Age armour’
  • 10/2008 – 03/2011, Landesmuseum Kärnten, Klagenfurt, Austria: Employee (full-time; break for a 4 month ‘MOEL-Plus’ fellowship in 2010, funded by the ÖFG, Austria): Studies on local Bronze and Iron Age finds.
  • 10/2007 – 06/2008, BMWFW and ÖFG, Vienna, Austria: Fellow (full time); BMWFW Austria (Forschungsstipendium Archäologie) and ÖFG, Austria (MOEL-Plus) on ‘Manufacture and Usage of Bronze Age arms and tools in the Baltic States’
  • 01/2005 – 12/2006, Department of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria: Fellow (full-time): Metallographic analyses of selected Bronze Age swords
  • 2005 and 2007, Department of Prehistory and Historical Archaeology, University of Vienna, Austria: Teaching and student advisor (part-time)
  • 01/1999 – 05/2004, Vienna Institute of Archaeological Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria: Employee (part-time): metallographic analyses of bronze objects.
  • 01/1999 – 11/2003, Stadtarchäologie Wien, University of Vienna, Austria: Employee (part-time): fieldwork and artefact studies (Austria, Slovenia).

Research projects, Fellowships and Grants

During my PhD studies I started to organise, manage and carry out my own research projects funded by Austrian research institutions and the European Union. The projects involved cooperation with museums, universities and research institutions in Europe and Russia. In all of these projects, I was the project leader/PI. I therefore have an extensive experience as a team leader in both archaeological and multidisciplinary projects. The total amount of funding I have obtained so far is more than € 2.180,000. Projects have been funded by Austrian research institutions and the European Union. I am the first Austrian archaeologist to be awarded a ‘Schrödinger Fellowship’, and have achieved the highest number of FP7-funded CHARISMA projects – and the modest number of three Marie Skłodowska-Curie IEF Fellowships.

Prizes and Awards

MA- and PhD-studies received the Academic Excellence award from the Vienna University three times (2000, 2003, and 2007). Also, the PhD achieved another award from the Schaumayer-foundation, Austria. I achieved further prizes and awards for my projects, including the Theodor-Körner-Prize (Arbeiterkammer Österreich) for the project on Baltic bronzes 2008/2009. In 2013, I was elected among the 35 most excellent Austrian Scientists under 35 years (alphabetical list: Austrian Science Fund FWF, together with the Austrian Newspaper Der Standard, issue ‚Forschung spezial‘, May 2013).