BIONANOTECHNOLOGY

Thomas Schalkhammer  o. Univ. Prof. Univ. Doz. Mag. Dr.

Publications, Patents and Contributions to Congresses see at www.attophotonics.com

Mail: Schalkhammer@attophotonics.com

Attophotonics Biosciences GmbH

Viktor Kaplan Strasse 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Tel: 0043-2622-23495 FAX: 0043-2622-23604
Schalkhammer@attophotonics.com

 

Schalkhammer KG

Klausenstrasse 129, 2534 Alland, Austria
Tel: 0043-2258-76190 FAX: 0043-2258-76290
Schalkhammer@bionanotec.org

 

Apotheke Alland

Klausenstrasse 129, 2534 Alland, Austria
Tel: 0043-2258-76190 FAX: 0043-2258-76290
Apotheke.Alland@AON.at

 

University

Vienna Biocenter, Department für Biochemie
Thomas.Schalkhammer@univie.ac.at

date of birth: 09-03-61
Citizenship: AUSTRIA
 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

Master of Science	Mag. rer. nat.
Ph.D.	Dr. rer. nat.
Habilitation	Assoc. Prof.
Professorship	o.Univ. Prof. (Analytical Biotechnology)

POSITION and REPUTATION

• Head of research groups at the TU-Delft & at the University of Vienna (thesis-, diploma students and post docs) ·
• Various industrial, FWF-(Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung), FFF-(Fonds zur Förderung der gewerblichen Wirtschaft), BM (ministry of science or BMVIT) projects and projects of the "Österreichische Nationalbank" and the LifeTech program.
• Co-founder and co-owner of Schalkhammer KG with Apotheke Alland, Austria
• Head of the Institute (ABT) and head of the LifeTech program at TUDELFT1999-2002
• Created the profile of the new study in CELL DIAGNOSIS in LST (Life science and technology)
• Managing editor and main author of the textbook : “Analytical biotechnology” by Springer-Birkhäuser (2002)
• Lifetime-member of the “Society of biomolecular recognition”
• Co-editor of scientific journals e.g. J. of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Plasmonics,...
• European Editor of the new journal of “J. of Biomedical Nanotechnology”

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986-94	University Vienna	Ass. Prof.	biochemistry and bioanalytical chemistry	AT
1994-95	Boehringer Ingelheim	Ass. Prof.	bioanalytical chemistry, biosensors	AT/GER
1996-97	Weizmann Institute of Science	Ass. Prof.	Dep. of Membr. Res. and Biophysics	Israel
1996-98	APART-Austrian Academy of Sciences	Assoc. Prof.	Biochips, thin film technology	AT
1998-	Institute for Biochemistry	Assoc. Prof.	Vienna Biocenter, Biochips	AT/GER
1998-02	Attophotonics-Bioscience Germany	CEO	Baden Württemberg, Biochips	GER
1999-05	ABT, TUDELFT, The Netherlands	o.Univ. Prof.	Analytical biotechnology and nanotechnology	NL
1999-	Schalkhammer KG	Komm.	Austria	AT
1999-	Apotheke Alland	Komm.	Austria	AT
2004-	Attophotonics Biosciences GmbH, Austria	CEO	Austria	AT

          

EDUCATION

- 1979	High school Kollegium Kalksburg, A-1237 Vienna
1979-80	Austrian military forces at the army laboratory (Amt für Wehrtechnik)
1980-88	University of Vienna - Biochemistry
1988-94	University of Vienna, Ass. Prof. - Biochemistry
1994-95	Boehringer Ingelheim, Ass. Prof.
1996-97	Weizmann Institute of Science, Dep. of Membrane Research and Biophysics
1996-98	Austrian Academy of Sciences, APART-award, Assoc. Prof. (habil.)
1999	o.Univ. Prof. TU-Delft  (NL)

 

Habilitation	Surface biochemistry and its application in new bioanalytical devices
Biochemistry	Immobilized enzymes and DNA, biochemical screening on microarrays, chemical and genetic engineering of proteins, up-scaling of enzymatic reactions up to m⊃3;, immobilized antibodies and DNA genetic engineering of antibodies via phage display techniques
Chemistry	Synthesis of modified polymers up to m3; high throughput synthesis of peptides, synthesis of large macromolecular rings and artificial lipids
Bioanalysis	Immobilized enzymes, antibodies and DNA and their application in new biomedical devices based on optical- and electro-transducers, Biosensors, ELISA, RIA, HPLC, GC, IR, Counter, electrochemical analysis, Surface enhanced techniques, fluorescence, quantum islands, SEF, metal nano clusters, laser, fiberoptic devices and single molecule detection
Thin film technology	CVD, sputter coating, e-beam evap., photo resist & mask technology,...
Biophysics	STM, AFM, patch-clamp, BLM, LB, supported biomembranes, ion channels
Computer	Windows 95,98,ME, Windows NT 4.0 & 2000, XP, LINUX with Winword, Excel, Corel-Draw, Isis, Alchemy, Raswin, WWW, Pmail, Internet-Software,..
Programming	Borland Delphi, Pascal, Visual Studio and Assembler
Electronics	Development of technical and analytical instruments with PC based data acquisition systems, circuit design, board setup and production, system development