Alumni Stories
Lifelong friendships as well as a professional network of exceptional colleagues – this is what the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is about.
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Alumni Stories
Morris Brooks
University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
AREA OF WORK
Mathematics
Physics
AT ISTA
PhD 2023
Seiringer Group

Alexander Kolesnikov
Google Research, Zurich, Switzerland
AREA OF WORK
Computer Science
Machine Learning
AT ISTA
PhD 2018
Lampert Group

Janina Kowalski
University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
AREA OF WORK
Neuroscience
Psychiatry
AT ISTA
Postdoc 2013
Jonas Group

Harald Ringbauer
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany
AREA OF WORK
Population Genetics
Ancient DNA
AT ISTA
PHD 2018
Barton Group

Christine Moussion
Genentech, USA
AREA OF WORK
Research group leader
Basic Research, Drug discovery
AT ISTA
Postdoc 2016
Sixt Group

Michal Rolinek
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany
AREA OF WORK
Postdoc
Autonomous learning
AT ISTA
PHD 2017
Kolomgorov Group

Johannes Reiter
Standford University, Stanford, USA
AREA OF WORK
Computer Science
Biomedical Science
AT ISTA
PHD 2015
Chatterjee Group

Inma Sanchez Romero
Vienna, Austria
AREA OF WORK
Project Management
Technology Trannsfer
AT ISTA
Postdoc 2015
Edelsbrunner Group

Harold De Vladar
Vienna, Austria
AREA OF WORK
Evolutionary Genetics
CEO
AT ISTA
Postdoc 2013
Barton Group

Stefan Huber
Austria
AREA OF WORK
Mathematics
Industrial Automation
AT ISTA
Postdoc 2015
Edelsbrunner Group

Vicent Botella-Soler
Spain
AREA OF WORK
Data Science
Machine Learning
AT ISTA
Postdoc 2016
Tkacik Group

Arjun Radhakrishna
USA
AREA OF WORK
Computer Science
System design
AT ISTA
PHD 2014
Henzinger Group

Philipp Schönenberger
Basel, Switzerland
AREA OF WORK
Neuroscience
Optogentics
AT ISTA
Postdoc (2015)
Csicsvari Group

Stefan Jeschke
Klosterneuburg, Austria
AREA OF WORK
Computer Graphics
Physics Simulation
AT ISTA
Postdoc (2016)
Wojtan Group

Martin Chmelik
Vienna, Austria
AREA OF WORK
Research Engineer
Computer Science
AT ISTA
PHD (2016)
Chatterjee Group

Thorsten Tarrach
Vienna, Austria
AREA OF WORK
Contract Research
AT ISTA
PHD (2016)
Henzinger Group
