| 1986-1993 | Expert, Unit Tourism Promotion, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs |
| 1993-1995 | Head, Unit Subsidy Coordination, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs |
| 1995-2000 | Head, Unit Technology & Innovation Policy, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs/ Economy and Labour |
| 2001-2005 | CEO, Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development |
| since 2005 | Director Strategy, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) |
| 1961-1966 | Student der Eisenhüttenkunde, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH), Abschluss: Dipl.-Ing. |
| 1966-1969 | Doktorand und wissenschaftlicher Assistent, Eisenhüttenkunde-Institut, Rheinisch-Westfaelische Technische Hochschule Aachen (RWTH Aachen), Abschluss: Dr.-Ing. |
| | Zur gleichen Zeit Student des Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Aufbaustudiums, RWTH Aachen und Uni-Köln, Abschluss: Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. |
| 1969-1989 | Beschäftigt in Firmen des Hoesch-Konzerns (später Estel-Hoesch-Hoogovens NV) in Dortmund (D) und Nimwegen (NL) |
| seit 1980 | Technisches Vorstandsmitglied, Hoesch Stahl AG |
| 1976-1984 | Mitglied, Technologie-Beirat des Bundesminister für Forschung und Technologie, Bonn (D) |
| 1980-1989 | Mitglied, Vorstände der technischen und wissenschaftlichen berufsständischen Verbände und Vereinigungen |
| 1989-1991 | Direktor, Strategie- und Technologieplanung, VA Stahl AG, Linz (A) |
| 1991 | Bestellung zum Vorstandsmitglied, Böhler-Uddeholm AG |
| 1997 | Erlangung der Österreichischen Staatsbürgerschaft |
| 2000 | Ernennung zum Vorsitzenden, Rat für Forschung und Technologieentwicklung der Österreichischen Bundesregierung |
| 2001-2005 | Vorsitzender, Eisenhütte Österreich/ASMET |
| 2005 | Wiederwahl zum Vorsitzenden, Rat für Forschung und Technologieentwicklung der Österreichischen Bundesregierung |
| 1948-1954 | Studied Chemistry at the University College Dublin, National University of Ireland |
| 1955-1956 | Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1956-1978 | Lecturer in Organic Chemistry, University College Dublin |
| 1971 | Research Fellow: Kunglia Tekniska Högskolän, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1978-1980 | Leader of the delegation to the CSCE meetings in Bonn and Hamburg to promote security and co-operation in Europe |
| 1978-1983 | Member of the National Board for Science and Technology (NBST) |
| 1979-1996 | Professor of Phytochemistry, University College Dublin |
| 1982-1984 | President of the Phytochemical Society of Europe |
| 1984 | Irish representative on the EEC Committee for Training in Science and Technology (ACPM-STT) |
| 1985-1990 | Chairman, European Science Research Councils, (ESRC) |
| 1989-1992 | Vice-Chairman of the Board of Governors and Guardians of the National Gallery of Ireland |
| President of the Royal Dublin Society |
| 1990-1991 | Senior Vice-President, Royal Irish Academy |
| 1994 | Chairman, National Education Convention |
| 1994-1996 | President, Institute of Chemistry of Ireland |
| 1997-1999 | Council Member, Royal Society of Chemistry |
| 1997-1998 | Senior Vice-President, Royal Irish Academy |
| 1998-2000 | Vice-President and Member of the Executive Council of the European Science Foundation |
| 1998 | Chairman, INTAS Evaluation group |
| Chairman, INCO 5 year evaluation |
| Chairman, Evaluation Committee OECD Programme "Megascience Forum" |
| 2001-2005 | Chairman, Commission for Assisted Human Reproduction |
| 2005 | Member of the Board of National Museum of Ireland and Chair of the Audit Committee |
| 2006 | Member of Council Royal Irish Academy |
| 1981 | M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from Lund Institute of Technology, Lund, Sweden and a D.Sc. degree in Biochemistry from Lund University, Lund, Sweden |
| 1983 | -86 Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden |
| 1984 | -86 consultant and visiting research fellow at BioInvent |
| 1987 | joined BioInvent Production AB |
| 1990 | -96 Vice President, Manufacturing and Business Development, BioInvent |
| 1998 | E*MBA from Scandinavian International Management Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1998 |
| 1954 | -61 University of Graz, Austria (Chemistry and Biochemistry) Ph.D. summa cum laude, 1961 |
| 1961 | -68 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 1964 | -66 Post-doctoral fellow with Dr. Efraim Racker at the Public Health Research Institute of the City of New York, USA |
| 1968 | -73 Associate Professor, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA |
| 1973 | -74 Professor, Section of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA |
| 1974 | -present Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland (emeritus as of October 30, 2000) |
| 1983-1985 | Chairman, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland |
| 2000-2003 | President, Swiss Science and Technology Council |
| 1964 | M.D. University of Helsinki |
| 1966 | Ph.D. University of Helsinki (in Medical Chemistry, Doctor Primus) |
| 1969 | Docent (Senior Lecturer) in Medical Chemistry, University of Helsinki |
| 1970 | Specialist Physician in Clinical Chemistry |
| 1979 | Specialist Physician in Endocrine Laboratory Investigations (subspeciality of clinical chemistry) |
| 1961 | -64 Instructor, Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Helsinki |
| 1964 | -66 Visiting Scientist; Steroid Laboratory (Head: Prof. J. Sjövall) at the Department I of Chemistry (Head: Prof. S. Bergström), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm |
| 1967 | -69 Assistant Professor in Medical Chemistry, University of Helsinki |
| 1970 | Acting Associate Professor and Acting Professor in Medical Chemistry, University of Helsinki |
| 1971 | Acting Associate Professor in Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, and Specialist in Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Central Hospital |
| 1972 | - Professor of Clinical Chemistry, University of Oulu |
| - Chief Physician, Laboratory, Oulu University Central Hospital |
| 1980 | -82 Acting Research Professor (presently Academy Professor), Academy of Finland |
| 1982 | -86 Research Professor (presently Academy Professor), Academy of Finland |
| 1988 | -96 Professor in Research, University of Oulu |
| 1989 | -96 Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research in Human Reproduction, University of Oulu |
| 1990 | -93 Dean of the Faculty Medicine, University of Oulu |
| 1996 | - President and Director General of the Academy of Finland |
| | Studium der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien; Mag. (1973) und Dr.rer.soc.oec. (1977) |
| 1973 | Eintritt in die Vereinigung Österreichischer Industrieller |
| 1981 | Leiter der Abteilung Bildungspolitik dann (1991) der Abteilung Bildungs- und Gesellschaftspolitik |
| 2000-2014 | Bereichsleiter Bildung, Innovation und Forschung der Industriellenvereinigung |
| seit 2008 | Obmann (Präsident) Verein zur Förderung von Forschung und Innovation (vffi) |
| seit 2011 | Stv.Vorsitzender der "Wissensfabrik - Unternehmen für Österreich" |
| Präsident der Foundation for International Business Administration Accreditation (FIBAA) |
| seit 2013 | Mitglied im Österreichischen Wissenschaftsrat |
