STAFF
CORE STAFF
Lukas K. Pokorny
Professor
Head of Department
Birgit Heller
Associate Professor
Deputy Head of Department
Dirk Schuster
Assistant Professor
Robert Wurzrainer
Departmental Coordinator
STUDENT ASSISTANTS
Maria Herbst
Student Assistant (2024–2025)
TEACHING FELLOWS
Almut-Barbara Renger
Professorial Teaching Fellow
University of Basel
Human-Friedrich Unterrainer
Professorial Teaching Fellow
POSTDOCTORAL & PROFESSORIAL RESEARCHERS
Karl Baier
Professorial Research Fellow (2020–2025)
Associate Professor Emeritus
Joseph Chadwin
FWF Fellow (2022–2025)
Ugo Dessì
FWF Professorial Fellow (2022–2025)
Hans Gerald Hödl
Professorial Research Fellow (2024–2025)
Assoiciate Professor Emeritus
Pavel Horák
MSCA-Fellow (2023–2026)
Ivana Ryška Vajdová
ESPRIT Fellow (2024–2027)
Samuel Thévoz
FWF Fellow (2024–2028)
DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Christoph Hammer
FWF Fellow (2025)
Cao Nhut Quang Huynh
Ernst Mach Fellow (2022–2025)
Alisha Saikia
Doctoral Assistant (2022–2025)
VISITING STAFF
Ursula Baatz
Research Fellow (2023–2025)
Daniel Berounský
Visiting Scholar
Hüseyin Çiçek
Senior Research Fellow (2023–2025)
Lulie El-Ashry
Senior Research Fellow (2022–2025)
Barbara Hendrischke
Senior Research Fellow (2021–2025)
Tao Thykier Makeeff
Research Fellow (2024–2026)
Davide Marino
Senior Research Fellow (2023–2025)
Moritz Maurer
Research Fellow (2024–2025)
Katarina Očková
Visiting Scholar
Marleen Thaler
Research Fellow (2025–2026)
ASSOCIATED STAFF
Johann Figl
Professor Emeritus
Sára Eszter Heidl
Associated Researcher (2024–2025)
Astrid Mattes
Tenure-Track Professor
Franz Winter
Professor
University of Graz
FORMER STAFF
