Date of birth: 28.5.1967 in Vienna (Austria)
Marital status: married, three children
Citizenship: austrian
Egyptological education
- 2008 Habilitation (Title of the habilitation thesis: „Fragmente der napatanischen Gesellschaft. Archäologisches Inventar und funeräre Praxis im Friedhof von Sanam – Perspektiven einer kulturhistorischen Interpretation“) at the Free University Berlin
- 1997 Doctorate (passed with distinction) (Title of the doctoral thesis: "Die Frauen der königlichen Familie von Kusch. 25. Dyn. bis zur Zeit des Nastasen") at the University of Vienna
- 1990 Magisterium (passed with distinction) (Title of the magisterial thesis: "Die Formel 'Öffnen des Gesichts'") at the University of Vienna
- 1985-1990 Studies at the University of Vienna
Main subject: Egyptology
Subsidiary subjects:
1. Africanistic research in Sudan
2. Special topics and auxiliary sciences of Archaeology and Prehistory
3. Arabic languages and writing
Education
- 1977-1985 Humanistsiches Gymnasium
- 1973-1977 Volksschule
Employments and Grants
- since 2009 full professorship in Egyptology at the Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie of the Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster
- 04.06.2009 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Prize
- 10/2008-03/2009 Guest Professor in the Egyptological Seminar at the Free University Berlin
- since 09/2009 Researcher in the project "The scarab in the 1st. Millenium BC"
- 01/2006-03/2008 Research Fellowship of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 01/2005-12/2005 Scholarship for writing the Habilitation at the Humboldt-University of Berlin
- 04/2001-04/2004 Scientific research assistant at the Institute of Archaeology and Cultural History of North-East-Africa of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
- 01/1998-06/2000 Scientific assistant at the Egyptian Museum Berlin (Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz), at that time teaching assignment at the Institute for Sudanarchaeology and Egyptology of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
- 09/1992-08/1997 Scientific assistant at the Institute for Sudanarchaeology and Egyptology of the Humboldt-University of Berlin (Dept. of Sudanarchaeology )
- 02/1991-08/1992 Scientific assistant in the CAA-Project at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Stelae of the Middle Kingdom II, Stelae of the New Kingdom I)
Experience
- Writing of scientific monographies and articles as well as popular articles, editor of the periodical "Der antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin"
- Teaching at the University
- Scientific lectures at conferences and workshops, popular lectures for associations
- Preparation of exhibitions (assistance at conception, organisation, installation and disassembly) of "Secret of the Mummies" (Kulturforum Berlin) and the new arrangement of the permanent installation in the Egyptian Museum in Charlottenburg, sole responsibility for the exhibition "Winding ways & A Phoenician bronze bowl in the Sudan".
- Archaeological fieldwork:
- Carnuntum (Austria), Austrian Archaeological Institute
- Gars/Kamp (Austria), Institute of Prehistory of the University of Vienna
- Musawwarat es Sufra (Sudan), Seminar for Sudanarchaeology and Egyptology of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
- Gebel Barkal (Sudan), Università La Sapienza, Rome - Organisation of the Colloquium "Gender Studies in the Sudanarchaeology and Egyptology" and editing of the proceedings in the internet
- Head of the Dept. "Members and public relations" of the Sudanarchaeological Society in Berlin, assistance in projects of the society, former honorary treasurer and honorary secretary.
- Guided tours in Egypt and Sudan, guided tours in exhibitions (Ancient Egypt in Vienna, Linz, Berlin); special tours in exhibitions on Ancient Sudan and Africa.