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EDUCATION
Studies in Civil engineering and studies in ethnology ‐ history of art – philosophy,
graduated in both studies
Master of manufacturing systems, University of Clarkson, New York (USA)
Doctoral degree in Philosophy, University of Innsbruck
Doctoral degree in Technical Sciences, University of Innsbruck
Doctoral degree in Macro‐Economics, European University of Bratislava‐Vienna
EXPERIENCE
1990 founding of an civil engineering company
From autumn 1993 University Professor at the Institute of Structural Engineering, Vienna
1999 – 2006, Chief Engineer and Technical Director of the Brenner highway
2006 – 2019 CEO of Brenner Base Tunnel BBT SE
2010 – 2018 President Free University of Bozen‐Bolzano
1999 chief editor of the journal “Beton‐ und Stahlbetonbau”
(Concrete and Reinforced Concrete Structures)
2003 editor of the Betonkalender with Fingerloos, Wörner
Member of IABSE, of fib commissions and various national committees on structural engineering
Full member of the Berlin‐Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Full member of the National German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Full member of the European Academy of Science and Art
Honorary Professor of the Zhejiang Guangsha College of Technology, China
650 scientific publications, 5 books