Georg Haberhauer

Georg Franz Haberhauer (born October 1, 1969 in Klagenfurt ; † July 14, 2016 in Vienna ) was an Austrian chemist and professor at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and the Technical University of Vienna (TU).

Life

Georg Haberhauer was born on October 1, 1969 in Klagenfurt as the son of Franz and Heidrun Haberhauer. From 1975 to 1979 he attended the Hörzendorf elementary school in St. Veit an der Glan and then moved to the Bundesgymnasium I am Völkermarkter Ring in his native city of Klagenfurt in 1979. After graduating there in 1987, he immediately began a diploma course in technical chemistry in the field of organic chemistry at the Technical University of Vienna , which he completed after nine semesters on November 28, 1991. Subsequently, he began his doctoral studies , which he completed in 1994 with a dissertation with excellent success in the pharmaceutical field and obtained his doctorate in technical sciences at the Technical University of Vienna. His dissertation led to a patent application . He then did his basic military service in the Austrian Armed Forces in 1995 and, after being brought back to Austria by the ecologist and soil scientist Martin Gerzabek , began working as a research assistant, later project manager and then working group leader at the Seibersdorf research center . Before that, from 1991 to 1992 he was a study or contract assistant at the Institute for Organic Chemistry at the TU Vienna and temporarily from 1992 to 1995 research assistant at the Institute for Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in Germany .

In Seibersdorf he worked as an organic chemist in the field of humus chemistry and was primarily active in the field of methods. After his rapid career in Seibersdorf, from where he also took part in research stays in Naples and the University of California, San Diego , he made a short excursion into the private sector in 2003. In the previous year he had completed his habilitation (university lecturer) for the subject of analytical chemistry at the Vienna University of Technology, parallel to his work at the research center , and this year he also began an MBA at Webster University Vienna . The aforementioned detour into the private sector led him to the Austrian location of Baxter International , where he appeared as a manager and department head. After Martin Gerzabek was elected Vice Rector for Research at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), a management position in Seibersdorf became vacant. Haberhauer filled this position after Gerzabek's recommendation and appeared as a division manager in the field of biogenetics and authorized signatory at ARC Seibersdorf research GmbH . During this time he also successfully completed his MBA degree at Webster University in Vienna in 2005. He further developed his management skills in 2008 and 2009 by participating in programs at Insead in Fontainebleau and MIT Sloan in Boston , Massachusetts .

From 2006 to 2008 he appeared as a member of the management and as authorized signatory of Austrian Research Centers GmbH , the new company name from 2006, and head of the Health Technologies division . After another change of the company name to the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), he acted as their authorized signatory and Head of Department Health and Environment. As such, he was primarily responsible for the strategic direction, operational implementation and control of the department with around 200 employees. In 2010, Haberhauer moved to the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna on a further recommendation by Gerzabek, and from February 1, 2010, he appeared as Vice Rector for Personnel and Organizational Development. On May 19, 2015, at the request of the Vienna University of Technology, the then Federal President Heinz Fischer awarded him the professional title of university professor “for his teaching and research work in the field of analytical chemistry with a focus on environmental chemistry” .

In the course of his life, Haberhauer published 86 publications in peer-reviewed journals as an author and co-author and, according to Google Scholar, was cited around 3,200 times, with the h-index being 31. He was also a lecturer at several universities in Germany and abroad, supervisor of diploma theses and dissertations, member of numerous scientific and economic committees, and since 2002 Associate Editor of the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters . Haberhauer died on July 14, 2016 at the age of 46 in Vienna after a short, serious illness. He left behind his wife, with whom he had three children, and his parents.

Web links

• Georg Haberhauer's curriculum vitae on the official website of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (as of November 24, 2009)
• Vice Rector Georg Haberhauer has passed away (with the obituaries of the Rectorate, the University Council, the Senate and the Works Council)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ TU Vienna distinguishes Georg Haberhauer from , accessed on 13 January 2018
2. ↑ ^{a b} The Vienna University of Technology mourns the loss of Univ.Prof. Georg Haberhauer , accessed on January 13, 2018