Born 1945 in Vienna. Studies on Mineralogy - Petrology with a minor in Physics at the University of Vienna. PhD in 1973. With the Museum of Natural History in Vienna since 1971. Curator for the rock collection as well as the collection for building and decoration stones and the collection for ore deposits.

Fields of interest: Mineralogy and sedimentary petrology of cave and karst environments. Sedimentary petrology of Permo - Skythian series in the Alpine region. Cleft mineralisations and polymetallic ore deposits in metamorphic series of the Hohe Tauern.