Prizes, Appointments

2024

• Dr. Douwe Jan Bonthuis was granted the authorisation to teach the subject "Theoretical physics" with effect from 4.11.2024.

• Dr. Christoph Heil was granted the authorisation to teach the subject "Theoretical physics and Computational physics" with effect from 29.08.2024 and was appointed Associate Professor with effect from 1.11.2024.

• Dr. Peter Woitke was granted the authorisation to teach the subject "Astrophysics" with effect from 5.6.2024.

2023

• Petr Siegl was appointed Associate Professor with effect from 01.12.2023.

• Dr. Philipp Sprüssel was granted the authorisation to teach the subject "Mathematics" with effect from 1.12.2023.

• Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Stephan Wagner was appointed full-time university professor for Discrete Mathematics and Stochastics at the Institute for Discrete Mathematics with effect from 1.12. 2023 for an indefinite period.

• Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Egbert Zojer was appointed full-time university professor for Physics at the Institute of Solid State Physics with effeckt from 1.7.2023 for an indefinite period.

• Assoc.Prof. Dr. Anna Maria Coclite was awarded the ERC Proof of Concept Grant.
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• Assoc.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Stefan Michael Thonhauser was appointed full-time university professor for Applied Mathematics at the Institute of Statistics with effect from 1.1.2023 for an indefinite period.
   
• Dr.rer.nat.habil. Tobias Bolch was appointed full-time Professor of Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geodesy with effect from 1.1.2023 for an indefinite period.

2022

• Petr Siegl, Ph.D. was granted the authorisation to teach the subject "Mathematics" with effect from 1.12.2022.

• Dr. Marcus Ossiander was awarded the ERC Starting Grant
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• Ms Dipl.-Phys.(Univ.) Dr.rer.nat. Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt was appointed full-time university professor for experimental physics at the institute of Experimental Physics with effect from 1. October 2022 for an indefinite period.

• Dr. Niclas Technau (Caltech) was awarded the ASciNA Award 2022
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• Dr. Marcus Ossiander was awarded the START Prize of FWF
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• Dr Karin Zojer was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Solid State Physics" with effect from 02.05.2022 and was appointed Associate Professor with effect from 1.9.2022.

2021

• Dr. Roland Perko was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Remote Sensing" with effect from 15.12.2021.

• New appointment: Prof. Dr. habil. Christiane Helling, Director of the Graz Institute for Space Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has been appointed University Professor of Space Sciences at the Institute of Theoretical Physics - Computational Physics effective from 15.10.2021.

• New appointment: Dr. Phillip Berglez is University Professor of Navigation at the Institute of Geodesy since 01.10.2021.

• Dr. Florian Lackner was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Experimental Physics" with effect from 01.09.2021.

• Dr. Ferdinand Plaschke was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Space Physics" with effect from 01.08.2021.

• Dr. Florian THOMAS was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Mathematics" with effect from 01.08.2021.

• Dr. Christopher Frei was appointed Associate Professor with effect from 01.08.2021.

• Dr Francesco Greco was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Experimental physics of materials" with effect from 01.07.2021.

• Dr. Cesar Ceballos Lopez was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Mathematics" with effect from 01.07.2021..

• Joshua Erde PhD was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Mathematics" with effect from 01.07.2021.

• Dr. Brigitta Schultze-Bernhardt was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Experimental Physics" with effect from 01.04.2021 and was appointed Associate Professor.

• Dr. Anton Tamtögl was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Experimental Physics" with effect from 01.04.2021.

• Ass.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christopher Frei was awarded the Edmund and Rosa Hlawka Prize 2020 of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
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•  Dr. Michael Wibmer was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Mathematics" with effect from 01.01.2021.

2020

• Dr Johannes Scholz was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Geoinformatics" with effect from 1.11.2020 and was appointed Associate Professor.

• Dr. Viktor Eisler was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject "Theoretical Physics" with effect from 1.9.2020.

• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Robert Tichy holds the Jean Morlet Chair at the University of Marseille in the 2nd semester 2020.
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• New appointment: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerald Kothleitner is University Professor for Electron Microscopy and Head of the Institute for Electron Microscopy and Nanoanalytics since 1.10.2020.

• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Harald Plank was awarded the Houska Prize 2020.
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• Dr. Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt received an ERC Starting Grant.
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• Dr. Oliver Cooley was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject „Mathematics“ with effect from 20.7.2020.

• Dr. Oliver Hofmann was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject „Computational Solid State Physics“ with effect from 1.7.2020 and was appointed Associate Professor.

• Dr. Birgitta Schultze-Bernhardt was awarded the START Prize of the FWF.
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• Univ. Prof. Dr. Jussi Behrndt held the Distinguished Visiting Austrian Chair at Stanford University (1-6/2020).
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• Appointment: Dr. Christoph Aistleitner is University Professor of Mathematics at the Institute of Analysis and Number Theory since 1-5/2020.

• Dr. Harald Plank was appointed Associate Professor with effect from 1.2 2020.

• Dr. Ecaterina Sava-Huss was awarded the authorisation to teach the subject „Mathematics“, with effect from 1.2.2020.

• Univ.-Prof. Dr. Werner Lienhart was appointed President of the Austrian Geodetic Commission for the functional period 2020 - 2023 by the Federal Ministry for Digitalisation and Economic Location.
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• Dr. Maria de Ujué Etayo Rodríguez received the Vicent Caselles Mathematical Research Award of the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society
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