| 1995-1997 | Chairman, Austrian National Students Union, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 1997-2000 | Research Assistant, Vienna University of Economics and Business |
| 2000-2005 | Managing Director, legend Consulting GmbH |
| 2006-2010 | Founder and Managing Director, Pleon Publico Public Relations & Lobbying |
| 2011-2012 | Founder and Managing Director, cumclave Unternehmensberatung |
| 2011-2014 | Managing Director, Tauern Holding |
| 2014-2017 | State Secretary, Austrian Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy |
| since 2017 | Austrian Federal Minister of Science, Research and Economy |
| 1987 | Diploma, Chemistry, MLU - Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 1990 | Dissertation, Analytical Chemistry, MLU - Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 1994 | Post-Doc, Memorial University Newfoundland, St. John's |
| 1995 | Post-Doc, Earth Science Department, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich |
| 1998 | Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich |
| 2008 | Full Professor, Trace Element and Micro Analysis, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich |
| 2015 | Vice President, Research and Corporate Relation, ETH Zurich - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich |
| 1998-2013 | University Professor (C4), Faculty of Business Administration, and Director, Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich |
| 2001 | Visiting Professor, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Cambridge, MA |
| since 2007 | Director, Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship, LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich |
| 2010 | Visiting Professor, Stanford University, Stanford |
| since 2013 | Director, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich; Honorary Professor, Entrepreneurship and Innovation, LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich |
| since 2014 | Director, Research Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, LMU - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich |
| 1973 | MA in Physics, University of Vienna |
| 1977 | Ph.D. in Physics, King's College, Cambridge University |
| 1978-1984 | Co-founder (later Chairman); Lead, Research and Development team (BBC micro); Head, team ARM micro processor; Acorn Computers, Cambridge |
| 1986 | Vice President Research, Olivetti, Ivrea, Italy |
| Founder Director, Harlequin, Cambridge |
| 1987 | Helped with formation, a joint venture between Acorn and Apple Computers, ARM Ltd, Cambridge |
| 1988 | Founder, Active Book Company, Cambridge |
| 1991 | Co-Chairman and Chief Technology Officer - acquired Active Book Company, EO Incorporated, Mountain View, California |
| 1992 | Founder Director, Vocalis, Cambridge |
| 1993 | Founder and Chairman, Advanced Telecommunications Modules Ltd, Cambridge (changed name to Virata Corporation and merged with Globespan in 2003 and Conexant in 2004) |
| Founder Director, joint venture with E*Trade US. Sold to E*Trade US in 2000, Electronic Share Information Ltd, Cambridge |
| Founder Director - Acquired by CDT, Advanced Displays Ltd, Cambridge |
| Founder Director, SynGenix, Cambridge |
| 1996 | Founder, NetChannel, San Francisco, California (sold to AOL in 1998) |
| since 1997 | Co-founder and Partner, Amadeus Capital Partners Limited |
| 1998 | Co-founder, Cambridge Network Ltd, Cambridge |
| | Studies, Soviet Economics and Physics, LMU - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |
| | Praktikum (internship), Bundesamt fuer Eich- und Vermessungswesen, Vienna |
| | Bachelor Degree, Economics, Brown University, Providence |
| | MBA, Finance, Cornell University, Ithaca |
| | Ph.D., Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford |
| | Co-Founder, Space Angels Network |
| | Managing Director of Innovarium Ventures |
| | Advisor, Visegrad-4 Innovation Initiative, Silicon Valley |
| | Advisory Council, German Accelerator, Silicon Valley / New York |
| 1984-1989 | Scientific Employee, Institute of Material Engineering, TU Merseburg |
| 1989 | Doctorate |
| 1989-1996 | Postdoc, Institute of Materials Science, Martin-Luther-University Halle Wittenberg |
| 1991-1994 | Visiting Scientist at Ruhr-University Bochum, Institute of Experimental Mechanics |
| 1993-1994 | DFG, Habilitation scholarship |
| since 1996 | o.Univ.Prof. for Non-metallic Materials, TU Vienna |
| 1997 | Habilitation in Materials Science |
| 2000-2007 | Head of the Institute of Materials Science and Technology, TU Vienna |
| 2007-2011 | Vice President TU Vienna |
| since 2011 | Rector Vienna University of Technology |
| since 2012 | First female member of the board of directors, AMAG |
| since 2014 | Member of the board of directors, Helmholtz-Zentrums Berlin für Materialien und Energie GmbH |
| since 2016 | Member of the Board of Management, Österreichischer Gewerbeverein |
| 1995 | Diplom in Querflöte am Konservatorium "Claudio Monteverdi", Bozen |
| 1996-2004 | Diplomstudium Architektur, Leopold Franzens Universität Innsbruck |
| 2003 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für experimentelle Architektur, studio3, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck |
| 2004 | Freischaffende Architektin, Innsbruck |
| 2006 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Institut für experimentelle Architektur, Hochbau, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck |
| 2010 | Gründung und spinn off Einzelunternhemen superTEX, Telfs |
| seit 2011 | Geschäftsführung superTEX composites GmbH, Telfs |
| 1959 | Doctorate in Jurisprudence, University of Vienna |
| 1969 | Ph.D. in Sociology, Columbia University, New York |
| 1996-2002 | Professor of Philosophy and Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich |
| | Teaching and Research Positions at the Institute for Advanced Study, Vienna; King's College, Cambridge; University of Bielefeld; Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin; Ecole des Hautes Etudes et Sciences Sociales, Paris; Science Center for Social Sciences, Berlin; Collegium Budapest |
| 1998-2004 | Director, "Collegium Helveticum", ETH Zurich |
| 2001-2006 | Chair, EURAB - European Research Advisory Board of the European Commission |
| 2002-2004 | Director, Branco Weiss Fellowship Programme "Society in Science" |
| 2005-2011 | Chair, Scientific Advisory Board of the University of Vienna |
| 2007-2010 | Vice-President ERC - European Research Council |
| 2010-2013 | President, ERC - European Research Council |
| | Professor em., Science and Technology Studies, ETH Zurich |
