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| since 2019 |
Geneticist, bioinformatician, and molecular biologist at the Praxis für Humangentik, Vienna, Austria.
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| 2009 - 2019 |
Assistant Professor at the
Molecular Ecology Group, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
Involved in the whole field of Molecular Ecology, including next generation sequencing, the development and application of genetic markers,
evolution, phylogeography and population dynamics of European metazoan species, symbiosis research, and bioinformatics.
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| 1996 - 2013 |
Volunteer at the Vienna Red Cross. Emergency paramedic, commander and consultant scientist of the
CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats) recovery group.
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| 2006 - 2009 |
Research associate at the Department of Forest and
Soil Sciences, University of Natural Ressources and Life
Sciences (Boku), Vienna, Austria. Involved in the Austrian Science Fund project ´Multiple Wolbachia infection in
the Cherry Fruit Fly Rhagoletis cerasi and their potential application for biological pest control management´.
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| 2006 |
Staff scientist at the Department of Genetics, Federal Research and Training
Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape, Vienna, Austria. Development of molecular markers for forest seed certification.
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| 2003 - 2006 |
Research associate at the Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and
Forest Protection, Boku.
Development and application of a broad spectrum of molecular methods (e.g. DNA extraction, PCR, cloning, enriched libraries,
hybridization techniques, fragment analysis, SSCP) in entomology. Isolation of microsatellites, collection and analysis
of phylogenetic data.
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| 2003 |
Six months project assistant at the Austrian Red Cross head office, Department of Disaster Relief.
Evaluation of structural damages after the 2002 floods in Austria and development of mathematical models for the
distribution of relief funds.
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| 1996 - 2003 |
Staff scientist at the Plant Biotechnology Group, Institute of Applied Microbiology,
Boku. Establishment and maintainance of plant tissue cultures. In vitro, greenhouse, and field trials in plant virology, detection of viruses
and mycoplasmas by ELISA, tissue print, and PCR. Virus elimination by meristem culture. Development and implementation of the
working group's web presentation.
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| 1988 - 1996 |
Freelancing team member at the Plant Biotech Lab, Department of Life Sciences, Austrian Research Center
Seibersdorf. Virus detection and elimination in potato, study of plant-pathogen interactions using the chestnut blight fungus -
chestnut tree - system. Training and applied work with various radioisotopes.
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| 2011 |
Advanced RNA-Seq and ChIP-Seq Data Analysis Course at the European Bioinformatics
Institute, Cambridge, UK
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| 2009 |
Bioinformatics training "MMPG09: Molecular Markers and Population Genetics" at the
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2008 |
Bioinformatics training "MEPA08: Molecular Evolution, Phylogenetics and Adaptation" at the
Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Lisboa, Portugal
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| 2005 |
Ph.D. degree in Biotechnology at Boku, Vienna. Thesis "Mitochondrial and Nuclear Markers for Analyzing the Phylogeography
of Pityogenes chalcographus (Coleoptera, Scolytidae): Development, Applications and Pitfalls"
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| 2000 |
Accreditation as a trainer for on-job apprentices in Austria
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| 1998 |
Accreditation as emergency paramedic
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| 1994 |
Applied radiation safety training according to Austrian law §28 and §29 BGBl 47/1972
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| 1993 - 1999 |
Diplomstudium (MSc equivalent) in landscape ecology, Boku, Vienna
Master thesis "Investigations on biocontrol of chestnut blight"; practical work performed at ARCS under supervision of
Dr. Eva Wilhelm
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| 2014 - 2016 |
"Integrative taxonomy of the jumping-bristletail genus Machilis (Insecta, Microcoryphia): towards reconstructing the evolutionary
history of Alpine endemism." Research project funded by the Autonomous Province of South Tyrol
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| 2013 - 2014 |
"Resolving the phylogeny of alpine ground beetles of the genus Trechus: a pilot study." Research project funded by the
Aktion D. Swarovski
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| 2012 - 2014 |
Head of the organizing committee of the
8th International Wolbachia Conference, June 2014, Igls, Austria
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| 2013 |
"Development of a PCR-based single-tube universal test for bacterial endosymbionts of arthropod and nematod species."
Research project funded by the Hypo Tirol Bank Forschungsförderungspreis
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| 2012 - 2013 |
Member of the organizing committee of the
5th Central European Workshop of Myrmecology, September 2013, Innsbruck, Austria
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| 2012 |
"Development of a highly sensitive, strain specific diagnostic tool for Wolbachia in the field model species
Rhagoletis cerasi." Research project funded by the Aktion D. Swarovski
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| 2011 - 2012 |
"The Wolbachia status of a cryptic ant species complex and its implications for host species
evolution." Research project funded by the Tyrolian Science Fund
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| 2011 - 2012 |
"Parthenogenesis in Alpine jumping bristletails." Research project funded in frame of the Young scientists award of the University of Innsbruck
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| January 17, 2010 |
Birth of Jakob Arthofer |
| March 16, 2008 |
Birth of my first child Tobias Arthofer |
| since 2007 |
Married to Patrizia Arthofer-Peer |
| 1996 |
Practical training and certification for handling technical explosives according to Austrian law §7 BGBl 441/1975 |
| 1996 |
Federal accreditation as a lector for disaster relief and civil protection in courses held for participants of the alternative
civilian service |
| 1995 - 1996 |
11 months alternative civilian service at the Austrian Red Cross |
| 1988 |
Trainee at the Federal Biological Research Centre, Braunschweig, Germany |
| 1987 |
Trainee at the Federal Agency for Viticulture, Eisenstadt, Austria |
| 1984 |
Acquisition of my first computer, a Commodore 64. Since then I have
worked on various systems, including the VAX, PC's running the first versions of Microsoft Windows, and recent high-performance systems like the
VSC-3. My favourite programming languages are Python, PHP, Javascript,
Free Pascal, and R. |
| May 18, 1968 |
Born in Eisenstadt,
Austria |