Education and professional work history chart:
- Present: Head of subdivision "Animal Food and Nutrition", Vice head of Department of Food Science and Technology
- 2002: Full professorship (animal nutrition and feed science, BOKU Vienna, Austria)
- 1995: Habilitation (Agricultural/Animal Sciences, Technische Universität München, Germany)
- 1988: Doctorate (Agricultural/Animal Sciences, Technische Universität München, Germany)
- 1985: Master Diploma of Agricultural Science

Research expertise:
- key words:
nutrition physiology, animal nutrition, feed science, feed safety, essential trace elements, feed additives, energy and protein metabolism, experimental isotope techniques.

- Research topics:
Effect of prebiotics and of secondary plant constituents on digestive physiology and gut health;
Efficacy and safety aspects of antibiotics, organic acids, enzymes and minerals (macro and trace elements) in animals producing food for human consumption;
Metabolism of essential trace minerals (e.g. absorption, bioavailability, tissue transfer);
Experimental expertise for feeding and metabolism studies with laboratory animals and agricultural livestock (pig, poultry, beef, dairy);
Expertise on the environmental impact of feeding strategies (N, P, CH4, heavy metals);

Scientific memberships:
- Vice president of the Society of Minerals and Trace Elements, Germany (GMS)
- Member of the Society of Nutrition Physiology, Germany (GfE)
- Member of the Austrian Nutrition Society (ÖGE, ANS)
- Member of the Association of Food, Veterinary and Agriculture, Austria (ALVA)

International committees:
Member of the Panel on additives and products or substances used in animal feed [FEEDAP] at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

Scientific community services:
- Editorial board member: Archives of Animal Nutrition, Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Austrian Journal of Agricultural Research
- Advisory Board Member: Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
- Reviewing of articles to Agribiological Research, Agricultural and Food Science Finland, Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, Egyptian Journal of Nutrition and Feeds, European Journal of Clinical Investigation, European Journal of Nutrition, Journal of Nutrition
- Organization of various international scientific conferences (e.g. BOKU Symposium on Animal Nutrition 2002 to 2006, scientific annual conference of the society of trace elements and minerals, 2005)

The Department of Food Science and Technology (DFST) of the BOKU-University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna is organised in six divisions representing the total food supply chain (Animal Food and Nutrition, Food Technology, Food Biotechnology, Food Microbiology and Hygiene, Food Chemistry and Food Quality Assurance).

DFST is the major Austrian research institute for food technology and is an experienced and reliable partner with universities and industries. DFST is well equipped with analytical instruments and has a pilot plant and a laboratory for kitchen applications in connection with a computer-aided laboratory for sensory analysis. The pilot plant includes all necessary side rooms and equipment to realise the pilot scale processing of most unit operations and unit processes used in the industrial production of foods.

DFST is devoted to the food supply chain from primary agricultural products until consumption of food. The thematic scope includes: quality and safety aspects of primary products from agricultural livestock as affected by feeding, desired and undesired nutritional properties of food and feed, chemical, biochemical, physical, (micro)biological and sensory characterisation of food and feed, nature and properties of enzymes, microbiology and hygiene of foodstuff, interrelationships of foodstuff contents, with endogenous and exogenous parameters, pharmacological and toxicological aspects of food and feed, food processing; investigation, characterisation, development and optimisation of unit operations and unit processes, impact from production processes and storage on food properties and food quality, application of statistical methods and application of strategies and tools of quality management including information technologies.

Website: http://www.dlwt.boku.ac.at/