1990: M. Sc., University of Innsbruck, Austria: Diploma thesis: "Geology and Sedimentology of the Western Muttekopf Gosau Basin"
1996: Ph. D., University of Innsbruck, Austria: Ph.D. thesis: "Deformation and Diagenesis of the Lower Inn Valley Tertiary between Rattenberg and Durchholzen"
2003: Habilitation, University of Innsbruck, Austria, Habilitationsschrift "Deformation of the Northern Calcareous through Alpine Orogeny - Brittle Structures and Synorogenic Sediments"
current projects: Fault rocks and alluvial sedimentation in the Abbruzzi Apennines
past projects: Pilot study - early deformation in deep water sediments Geometry and sequence of thrusting in the Subalpine Molasse of western Austria and Bavaria
past projects: Large rotations in the Alps and their structural expression Rotation of segments of the Northern Calcareous Alps
Regional Geology: Tectonic evolution of the western part of the Eastern Alps
current projects: Geometry of thrust sheets of the western Northern Calcareous Alps, or, systematics of out-of-sequence thrusting Geological map of the Karwendel mountains for the Austrian Geologica Survey
past projects: ACoRE - B: Potential of deep Geothermics (alpS - GmbH) Geological map of the Reit im Winkl and Seegatterl sheets for the Bavarian Geological Survey Kinematics and Geochronology in the Rätikon mountains, Vorarlberg Tectonics and diagenesis in Tertiary sediments of the Inn Valley Geological map of the Brenner base tunnel north feeder: Triassic south of Inn valley
TectonicVB: A program for analysis of structural data (currently discontinued, last version running on MacOS 9.2; use SheepShaver to emulate MacOS 9 on the current MacOS X)