Director at Austrian Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, Vienna, since 2019
Director at Austrian Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Vienna (2014-2018)
Member of the Cabinet of Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management responsible for agriculture (2012-2013)
Generally sworn and court certified expert (since 2017)
Consulting engineer for Agriculture and agricultural technology as well as a business consultancy (since 2008)
Research associate at Gregor Mendel University in Brno and at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Vienna (2004-2006)
Master of Science in Agricultural Economics (MSc.) University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna / Austria (2004)
Master of Science in Economics and Management (MSc.) at Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno / Czech Republic (2004)
Main fields of work:
- Management of the Federal Institute (research coordination and economic management)
- Agricultural policy
- Agricultural economics
Participation in committees:
- Expert in the §7 Commission under the Agriculture Act
- Rural Networks Assembly, European Commission
- Austrian Association for Agricultural, Life and Environmental Science Research (ÖFAV)
- Committee for Farm Accounting Data Network (FADN), European Commission
- High Level Group on Biosphere Economy
- Groupes de Bruges
- Association for European Life Science Universities, ICA
- AERIAS - the network of Agricultural Economics Research Institutes and Agencies