Management & Heads of Centers

Seven specialized centers bundle selected strategic research topics in order to achieve a clear international positioning and play a leading role in these areas.

Chairman
DI Dr. Peter Schwab

Deputy Chairwoman
Mag.a Isabella Meran-Waldstein, Federation of Austrian Industries
Mag. Dr. Peter Walder-Wintersteiner, MBA, Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure

Supervisory Board
DI Harald Loos, Siemens AG Austria
Dr Beate El-Chichakli, Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Dr.in Verena Kugi, MBA, MPA
Mag.a Karin Tausz, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Mag. Anton Schantl, Magna Energy Storage Systems GesmbH
Henriette Spyra, B.A., M.A., Federal Ministry for Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure
Mag.a Eva Wildfellner, Federal Ministry for Housing, Arts, Culture, Media and Sport
Dr. Franz Zöchbauer, VERBUND Ventures GmbH

delegated by the employee representatives:
Dr.in Ursula Sauer, Chairwoman of the Works Council
Christian Gärtner MSc
Mag. Andrew Lindley
DI Hubert Umschaden
DI Bernhard Kubicek
DIin Dr.in Beatrix Wepner

The Strategic Research Advisory Board (SRAB) consists of six internationally recognized personalities from the fields of science and research. The term of office corresponds to that of the Supervisory Board (maximum of two periods). The main tasks of the SRAB include making statements and recommendations on the strategic direction of the AIT and the three-year research program. The committee also advises the Supervisory Board on current strategic research issues.

Members of the Strategic Research Advisory Board
Thomas F. Hofmann, Chair of SRAB, Technische Universität München
Iven Mareels, Federation University Australia
Lucy Pao, University of Colorado Boulder
Dawn Marie Tilbury, University of Michigan
Margot Weijnen, Delft University of Technology
Christian Wolfrum, Nanyang Technological University in Singapur