| May 22nd, 1970 | Born in Aurolzmünster, Austria |
| September 1984 - June 1989 | HTBLA Braunau am Inn (Technical High School, |
| Communication Engineering); Graduation with Honors | |
| September 1989 | Enrolled in Electrical Engineering |
| at the Technical University of Vienna | |
| December 1991 | Passed 1. Diplomprüfung at the |
| Technical University of Vienna | |
| July 1992 - October 1993 | Campusbased Engineering Center (CEC), |
| Digital Equipment Corporation, Vienna | |
| (Development of a multigrid based diffusion simulator) | |
| March 1995 | Received degree of ``Diplomingenieur'' |
| in Communications Engineering | |
| from the Technical University of Vienna | |
| April 1995 | Entered Ph.D. program at the |
| Institute for Microelectronics, TU Vienna | |
| June 1996 - September 1996 | Visiting Researcher at the Advanced Products Development |
| Laboratory, Motorola, Austin/Texas |