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Education
Dr. techn. degree (Ph. D.-equivalent)
Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria. The thesis title is “Design of a Zero-IF Receiver for UMTS.”
Dipl.-Ing. degree (M. Sc.-equivalent) in Electrical Engineering with Distinction
University of Technology, Graz, Austria. The thesis title is “Monolithic Integrated Down-Conversion Mixer
with High Linearity and Low Noise for the 1-GHz Band.”
Professional Experience
Full Professor, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Chair of Institute for Integrated Circuits and Quantum Computing
PRETL consult GmbH
Founder and general manager
Full Professor, Johannes Kepler University Linz
Head of the Integrated Circuits Group
Member of the JKU/SAL IWS Lab
Guest Researcher at IHP Microelectronics
Member of the core export group in the project FMD-QNC.
Co-Head of the LIT/SAL mmWave Lab
Co-lead of the joint mm-wave research laboratory between Linz Institute of Technology (LIT) and Silicon
Austria Labs (SAL).
Jobe role encompasses the definition and execution of the research roadmap in the mm-wave regime, and the
supervision of the Ph.D. students in the lab.
Cellular RF Architecture, Apple
Cellular RF group, Hardware Technologies (HWTech)
Sr. Principal Engineer, Intel Corp.
Cellular Radio and Connectivity Group (CRCG), Linz, Austria (DMCE GmbH & Co KG subsidiary)
Job role as Chief RF Technologist included working on definition and implementation of cellular (LTEAdvanced
and 5G NR) RF transceivers and radio subsystems in nm-CMOS as well as scouting and defining
future technology roadmap.
Sr. Principal Engineer, Infineon Technologies
RF Department, Linz, Austria (DICE GmbH & Co KG subsidiary)
Project manager and group leader working on single-chip RF transceivers for UMTS and GSM in BiCMOS
and CMOS technologies.
Researcher at the Institute for Communications Engineering, under supervision by Prof. Robert Weigel.
Professional Service
Associate Editor for Europa and Africa, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine
Expert reviewer for the Israel Science Foundation
Expert reviewer for German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
Member of the Silicon Austria Labs Program Advisory Board
Member of the IEEE SSCS technical committee for the open-source ecosystem (TC-OSE)
IEEE Joint Communication & Sensing Symposium TPC
Austrochip TPC
Expert reviewer for Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Austrochip 2021 Conference Chair
ANALOG TPC
IEEE NEWCAS Track Chair
Intel RF Summit Conference
ISSCC TPC (RF subcommittee)
Reviewer for IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters (MWCL), IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques (T-MTT), IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers (TCAS-I), IEEE Solid-State Circuits Letters (SSC-L), FREQUENZ (DeGruyter), IEEE ISCAS 2021–2023, IEEE NEWCAS 2021, IEEE JC&S 2022–2024, CAE 2023–2024
