Boards
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is governed by a number of boards, each of them responsible for precisely defined tasks. The members of the boards are selected according to the basic principle of independence from any influence other than scientific or administrative excellence.
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Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees oversees the development of the Institute, while acting as its highest authority and ensuring that the Institute adheres to its founding principles and vision. It provides guidance to the management and—among other tasks—is responsible for approving:
- the statutes of the organization and its strategic direction,
- the budget and annual financial statements,
- the appointment of the President, the Scientific Board, and the Managing Director, and
- the procedures for academic appointments and the promotion of scientists.
The Board of Trustees consists of 16 members. Nine of them are internationally well-known scientists, four are appointed by the Federal Government, and three are appointed by the Government of Lower Austria.
Elisabeth Engelbrechtsmüller-Strauß
Chair
CEO/CFO, Fronius International GmbH, Pettenbach
Olaf Kübler
Vice-Chair
Former President of ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Peter Chen
Professor, Laboratorium für Organische Chemie and Former Vice President for Research, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Alice Dautry
Former President of Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
Peter Fratzl
Director, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
Michaela Fritz
Vice Rector for Research and Innovation, Medical University of Vienna
Alexander von Gabain
Former President of EIT, Budapest and Vice-President for Innovation of Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Alexander Hartig
CEO, Constantia Beteiligungsgesellschaft Austria, Vienna
Reinhard Jahn
Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
Iain Mattaj
Former Director, Human Technopole, Milano, Italy
Manfred Morari
Distinguished Faculty Fellow, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Patricia Neumann
Chief Executive Officer, Siemens AG Österreich
Pietro Perona
Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computation and Neural Systems, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
Heike Riel
IBM Fellow, Head Science & Technology, Lead IBM Research Quantum Europe, Zurich, Switzerland
Elisabeth Stadler
Former CEO of the Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna
Stefan Szyszkowitz
Spokesman of the EVN Executive Board
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee is a subcommittee of the Board of Trustees and has the following rights and duties, among others:
- Act on behalf of the Board of Trustees in all matters between the meetings of the Board of Trustees.
- Hold preliminary discussions on matters to be brought for approval to the Board of Trustees, e.g. the annual budget.
The Executive Committee consists of five members.
Iain Mattaj
Chair
Former Director, Human Technopole, Milano, Italy
Reinhard Jahn
Vice-Chair
Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany
Elisabeth Engelbrechtsmüller-Strauß
CEO/CFO, Fronius International GmbH, Pettenbach
Alexander Hartig
CEO, Constantia Beteiligungsgesellschaft Austria, Vienna
Heike Riel
IBM Fellow, Head Science & Technology, Lead IBM Research Quantum Europe, Zurich, Switzerland
Scientific Board
The Scientific Board prepares recommendations on scientific direction and on ensuring a high degree of scientific productivity. The Scientific Board consists of researchers who are internationally recognized at the highest level and an additional (non-voting) member with outstanding management experience. The members were appointed by the Board of Trustees for a term of 6 years.
Peter Fratzl
Chair
Director, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany
Maria J. Esteban
Vice-Chair
Research Director, CEREMADE (Mathematics), CNRS and Université Paris-Dauphine, France
Conny Aerts
Professor, Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium
Peer Bork
Director, EMBL Heidelberg
Ben Feringa
Professor, Stratingh Institute for Chemistry, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Véronique Garcon
CNRS Emeritus Senior Scientist, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France
Tony F. Heinz
Professor of Applied Physics and of Photon Science, Stanford University, USA
Kathryn Hess Bellwald
Professor, Laboratory for Topology and Neuroscience, EPFL, Switzerland
Hannah Monyer
Professor, Department of Clinical Neurobiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Andrew Murray
Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Bradley Nelson
Professor, Institute of Robotics and Intelligent Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Helen Saibil
Professor, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, London, UK
Max Welling
Professor, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Non-voting Member:
Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer
Chair of the ISTA Foundation Board and former CEO of OeMV
