Dr. Albert ZINK Professor, Institut für Mumien und den Iceman, EURAC - Europäische Akademie Bozen

	Studies of biology
	Ph.D. thesis, "Kindersterblichkeit im frühen Mittelalter - Morphologische und paläopathologische Ergebnisse an der Skelettserie von Altenerding, Ldkr. Erding, Bayern", Institue of Anthropology and Human Genetics, University of Munich
1998-2002	Postdoctoral position, Institute of Pathology, München (Director: Prof. Dr. U. Löhrs), research focus (DFG research grant): Identification of pathological alterations in ancient
	Egyptian mummies with a major interest in the molecular detection of pathogens by extracting and amplifying ancient DNA
2002-2004	University Assistant, Division of Paleopathology, Institute of Pathology, Academic- Teaching Hospital München-Bogenhausen, continuation of the DFG research grant
2004-2007	Senior Researcher, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, AG Nanobiomed (group Prof. Dr. W.M. Heckl), research area: Application of nanotechnological methods for the study of
	biological sample, structural and mechanical properties of collagen fibrils in normal and pathological bone tissue
2005	Habilitation (= Assoc. Professor), " Paläopathologie von Krankheiten im alten Ägypten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung molekularer Untersuchungen zur
	Tuberkulose", Human Biology, Faculty of Medicine
since 2007	Scientific Director, Institute for Mummies and the Iceman, EURAC research, Bolzano

Construction and reality as seen from the perspective of various disciplines