Research
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is a cross-disciplinary research institution that combines basic science research with graduate education. Our scientists perform theoretical and experimental research in Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Information and System Sciences. They are organized in small to medium-size research groups that interact with each other across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each research group of ISTA is headed by a tenured or tenure-track professor. Below you can find a list of all our professors leading laboratories at ISTA.
Faculty
DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS AND SYSTEMS
Computer Science
Data Science
CONDENSED MATTER AND ULTRAFAST OPTICS
Physics
Data Science
Evolution & Ecology
Mathematics
ULTRAFAST QUANTUM PHASES AND SPECTROSCOPY
Chemistry
Physics
PLANT DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
Cell Biology
RNA-BASED GENE REGULATION
Biochemistry
COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND DIGITAL FABRICATION
Computer Science
Data Science
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Computer Science
Data Science
ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY AND ITS INTERFACES
Mathematics
ASTERICS – ASTEROSEISMOLOGY AND STELLAR DYNAMICS
Astronomy
Data Science
STARS AND COMPACT OBJECTS
Astronomy
COMPUTER-AIDED VERIFICATION, GAME THEORY
Computer Science
HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGING FOR BIOLOGY
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
Physics
GENES, CIRCUITS, AND BEHAVIOR
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
ALGORITHMS, COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY, AND COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY
Computer Science
Mathematics
MATHEMATICS OF DISORDERED QUANTUM SYSTEMS AND MATRICES
Mathematics
Physics
REPRODUCTIVE EPIGENETICS AND CELL BIOLOGY
Cell Biology
QUANTUM INTEGRATED DEVICES
Physics
THEORY OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, APPLIED AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS
Mathematics
MATERIALS ELECTROCHEMISTRY
Chemistry
Physics
DEVELOPMENTAL AND CELL BIOLOGY OF PLANTS
Cell Biology
THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SOFT MATTER
Physics
SYSTEMS AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY OF GENETIC NETWORKS
Cell Biology
Data Science
Evolution & Ecology
BLACK HOLE ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY
Astronomy
Data Science
Physics
PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Cell Biology
Data Science
Physics
GEOMETRY AND ITS INTERFACES
Mathematics
MORPHOGENESIS IN DEVELOPMENT
Cell Biology
DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF CONCURRENT AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS
Computer Science
PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS AND AGING
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
GENETIC DISSECTION OF CEREBRAL CORTEX DEVELOPMENT
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND TURBULENCE
Physics
QUANTUM SENSING WITH ATOMS AND LIGHT
Physics
INORGANIC MATERIALS FROM NANO TO MACRO SCALES
Chemistry
Physics
DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, CELESTIAL MECHANICS, AND SPECTRAL RIGIDITY
Mathematics
TISSUE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN FORMATION
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
COMBINATORICS AND PROBABILITY
Computer Science
Mathematics
MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTER VISION
Computer Science
Data Science
THEORETICAL ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS
Physics
CAUSAL LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Computer Science
Data Science
SELF-ORGANIZATION OF PROTEIN SYSTEMS
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
GENOME REGULATION AND BIOLOGICAL TIMEKEEPING
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Chemistry
THERMODYNAMICS OF QUANTUM MATERIALS AT THE MICROSCALE
Physics
DATA SCIENCE, MACHINE LEARNING, AND INFORMATION THEORY
Computer Science
Data Science
ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN DYNAMICS
Data Science
Earth Science
GENETIC AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Neuroscience
CRYOSPHERE AND MOUNTAIN HYDROSPHERE
Earth Science
CATALYSIS AND SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY
Chemistry
EMERGENT ELECTRONIC PHENOMENA IN 2D MATERIALS
Physics
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
GEOMETRIC COMPUTING AND DIGITAL FABRICATION
Computer Science
Data Science
Data Science
Evolution & Ecology
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND VERIFICATION
Computer Science
COMPUTATIONAL SOFT AND LIVING MATTER
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Physics
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN COMPLEXES
Biochemistry
BIOMOLECULAR MECHANISMS FROM INTEGRATED NMR SPECTROSCOPY
Biochemistry
Chemistry
STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF CELL MIGRATION AND VIRAL INFECTION
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
QUANTUM DYNAMICS AND CONDENSED MATTER THEORY
Physics
MICROGLIA-NEURON INTERACTION
Cell Biology
Neuroscience
EVOLUTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNCTION OF MOTOR CIRCUITS
Cell Biology
Evolution & Ecology
Neuroscience
INFORMATION PROCESSING IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Cell Biology
Data Science
Evolution & Ecology
Neuroscience
Physics
SINGLE-MOLECULE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY
Chemistry
Physics
SEX-CHROMOSOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
Data Science
Evolution & Ecology
COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROTHEORY
Data Science
Neuroscience
DISCRETE AND COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY
Computer Science
Mathematics
SOFT AND COMPLEX MATERIALS
Physics
COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND PHYSICS SIMULATION
Computer Science
Data Science
EPIGENETICS AND CHROMATIN
Cell Biology
Evolution & Ecology
Visiting Professors
Computational Materials Science