Study of Biology and PhD at the University of Göttingen, Germany

Research Associate at the Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

Postdoc at the German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany

2000 - 2012, Head of the Tumor Virology Research Group at the Tyrolean Cancer Research Institute, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

2002, Habilitation and Assistant Professor at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

2005 - 2012, Head of a research group at the Institute for Biomedical Aging Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Innsbruck, Austria

Since 2012, Head of the Research Group Cell Metabolism and Differentiation Research at the Research Institute for Biomedical Aging Research of the University of Innsbruck, Austria

2014, Appointed University Professor

Since 2019, Full member of the Centre for Molecular Biosciences (CMBI) at the University of Innsbruck, Austria

The Gerontological Society of America

Österreichische Krebshilfe-Krebsgesellschaft

Österreichische Adipositas Gesellschaft

Since 2005     Editorial Board Member, Experimental Gerontology, Elsevier

2014-2023      Section Editor for Cell Biology, Experimental Gerontology, Elsevier

Since 2010     Editorial Board Member, The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences, Oxford Journals

Since 2025     Associate Editor, The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences, Oxford Journals

Since 2021     Editorial Board Member, Adipocyte, Taylor & Francis

More than 70 publications in peer-reviewed journals

Citations 3401 (Scopus)

h-index: 33 (Scopus)

Numerous invited lectures

Topics: Adipose Tissue Biology, Aging, Obesity, Caloric Restriction, Cancer

At the Molecular and Cellular Level: Signal Transduction, Cell Proliferation (Cell Cycle, Cell Growth), Quiescence, Differentiation, Senescence, Adipose Stem and Progenitor Cells, Adipocytes, Adipose Organoids