| 1987 – 1991 | Elementary school in Brunn am Gebirge |
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| 1991 – 1999 | Secondary school at Kollegium Kalksburg in Vienna |
| | with focus on languages and natural sciences |
| | Final examination |
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| 1999 – 2000 | Military service at the Federal Armed Forces of Austria |
| | at the antiaircraft defense academy staff division in Langenlebarn |
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| 2000 – 2006 | Academic studies of technical physics |
| | at the Vienna University of Technology |
| 2003 | Passed first diploma examination |
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| 2004 – 2005 | Two summer internships at Infineon Technologies AG, Villach |
| 2006 | Diploma thesis in applied physics at Infineon Technologies AG, Villach |
| | “Hot Carrier Stability of Trench Power MOSFETs under Avalanche Conditions” |
| | Passed second diploma examination and received degree of “Diplom-Ingenieur” |
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| 2007 – 2012 | PhD at the Institute for Microelectronics |
| | at the Vienna University of Technology |
| 2008 – 2012 | Assignment as teaching assistant |
| 2007 – 2010 | Several research stays at Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany |
| | in the group of Hans Reisinger |
| 2008 | Visting researcher at the Fudan University, Shanghai, China |
| | in the group of Prof. Ming-Fu Li at the School of Microelectronics |
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, 1980