Manfred Hochmeister

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Manfred Hochmeister (born August 22, 1957 in Vienna ) is an Austrian doctor (specialist in pathology , specialist in forensic medicine ) and university professor.

biography

education

Manfred Hochmeister graduated from the University of Vienna in 1981 with a doctorate in medicine. med. univ. from. In 1981 he became an assistant at the Pathological Institute Krems ad Donau and worked from 1981 to 1988 as a university assistant at the Institute for Pathological Anatomy at the University of Vienna. During these years he headed the section room of the General Hospital (Univ. Prof. Dr. JH Holzner) and built up a macropathological photo collection for student teaching. He also held macro- and histopathological courses and published two textbooks for students. In 1987 he received the title of specialist in pathological anatomy. Study visits took him to the Institute for Forensic Medicine in Hamburg and Freiburg im Breisgau.

Professional career

From 1988 Hochmeister was an assistant at the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University of Basel , Switzerland (Head: Univ.Prof. Dr. Richard Dirnhofer). Between 1988 and 1991 he set up the new department “Forensic DNA Analysis” in Basel. During this time he also took part in training at the Forensic Science and Research Center of the FBI Academy Quantico , USA. He was the first European participant there (Head DNA Unit. Dr. Bruce Budowle). In addition, he had study stays at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA, at the Crime Scene Unit New York (crime scene inspections and assessment) and at the Miami Dada Police Training Center with a focus on "Exhumation of Human Remains", "Blood Stain Pattern Analysis", " Fingerprint Workshop "and" Forensic Photography ". From 1991 to 2001 he was senior physician and head of the “Forensic DNA Analysis” department at the Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University of Bern .

In 1995, Hochmeister completed his habilitation with his work on The Practice and Importance of DNA Technology in Forensic Sciences . In 2001 he was appointed professor for forensic medicine at the University of Vienna. Between 2001 and 2004 he set up the DNA central laboratory in Vienna and was in charge of it. In April 2004 the DNA Central Laboratory in Vienna was accredited.

From January 2004, Hochmeister took over the management of the Department of Forensic Medicine. According to his own report, Hochmeister encountered "catastrophic conditions and massive resistance" there. In previous years, the department had been shaken by serious grievances and financial irregularities and was the subject of two audits by the Court of Auditors. After a short time he was removed from his position as head of the organizational unit after an anonymous complaint concerning the administration of an industrial donation. This was maintained even after the suspicion of infidelity had been completely dispelled. A parliamentary question dealt with the matter in 2005.

Hochmeister later focused on digitally recording the preparations in the historical collection of the Institute for Forensic Medicine. A documentation of the collection was written together with Ernst Hausner. Since then, his main fields of activity have been teaching, courses on death investigation for detectives and police students, training for hospitals, courses in securing evidence after sexual offenses and physics courses for public medical officers. He made significant contributions to raising public and institutional awareness of the importance of forensic research and investigative methods. The initial spark for the establishment of a DNA database in Austria was a lecture by Manfred Hochmeister in 1992 at the Austrian Federal Ministry of the Interior.

Scientific functions and activities

Hochmeister transcribed and documented with the zither player Cornelia Mayer Anton Karas ' zither music from the film The Third Man and his other compositions in the book A Zither Melody Conquered the World: The Viennese Heurigen Musician Anton Karas and his Zither.

He is also involved in charity events for the benefit of children, senior citizens and people with special needs in the context of events that prepared scientifically researched topics adapted for children. In addition, there was a scientific (historical and practice-oriented) study of old variety arts in the Viennese variety theater Vindobona and in 2016/2017 the collaboration on the project 250 years Vienna Prater .

Participation in numerous television programs (ORF) about Austrian criminal cases ("Tat-Matters"). Participation in documentaries such as "Jack Unterweger - The Serial Killer"

Awards

  • 1991: 1st prize from the International Society for Forensic Haemogentics for outstanding work in the field of forensic DNA analysis (first DNA typing of bones, first DNA typing of cigarette butts)

Publications

Publications (selection)

  • Typing of Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Extracted from Compact Bone from Human Remains (together with B. Budowle, U. Borer. Et al.). In: Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 36, No. 6, 1991, pp. 1649-1661, ISSN 0022-1198.
  • PCR-based Typing of DNA extracted from Cigarette Butts (together with B. Budowle, J. Jung. Et al). In: Int. J. Legal Med. 104, 1991, pp. 229-233.
  • Conversion of the parentage assessment to DNA analysis (together with U. Borer, R. Dirnhofer). In: Contributions for judicial medicine, Vol. L, 1991, pp. 89-94.
  • DNA Technology in Forensic Applications In: Molecular Aspects of Medicine, 1995, Vol. 16, pp. 315-437.
  • Forensic medicine for study and practice (together with Martin Grassberger and Thomas Stimpfl). Vienna 2007. ISBN 978-3851758597 .
  • Histopathological internship . Vienna 1989. ISBN 978-3-851755169 .
  • Pathological-anatomical internship (together with JH Holzner), 1984, Wilhelm Maudrich, Vienna-Munich-Bern.
  • Possible uses of forensic DNA technology in gynecological practice In: Gynäkologische-obstshilfliche Rundschau 649, 1994.
  • Tablet remains in the stomach? A polarization microscopic search method for quick statements at the section table (together with R. Dirnhofer). In: Journal of Forensic Medicine. 103, 1990, pp. 301-309.
  • Using Multiplex PCR Amplification and Typing Kits for the Analysis of DNA Evidence in a Serial Killer Case (zur. Mit B. Budowle, A. Eisenberg et al.). In: Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 41, No. 1, 1996, pp. 155-162, ISSN 0022-1198.
  • Evaluation of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Membrane Test Assays for the Forensic Identification of Seminal Fluid (together with B. Budowle, O. Budin, et al.). In: Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 44, No. 5, 1999, pp. 1057-1060, ISSN 0022-1198.
  • Validation Studies of an Immunochromatographic 1-Step Test for the Forensic Identification of Human Blood (together with B. Budowle, R. Sparkes et al.). In: Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 44, No. 3, 1999, pp. 597-602, ISSN 0022-1198.
  • Effects of Presumptive Test Reagents on the Ability to Obtain Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (RFLP) Patterns from Human Blood and Semen Stains (together with B. Budowle, F. Baechtel). In: Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 36, No. 3, 1991, pp. 656-661, ISSN 0022-1198.
  • Swiss population data on the loci HLA-DQα, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, Gc and D1S80 (together with B. Budowle, U. Borer, R. Dirnhofer). In: Forensic Science International, Vol. 67, Issue 3, 1994, pp 175-184.
  • Effects of Toluidine Blue and Destaining Reagents Used in Sexual Assault Examinations on the Ability to Obtain DNA Profiles from Postcoital Vaginal Swabs (together with M. Whelan, U. Borer et al.). In: Journal of Forensic Sciences, Vol. 42, No. 2, 1997, pp. 316-319, ISSN 0022-1198.
  • A zither melody conquers the world (together with Cornelia Mayer). Vienna 2014. ISBN 978-3200034464 .

Educational films for university teaching

  • Over 100 educational films on police picking of critical deaths

International educational films

  • M. Hochmeister, J. Ferrell: Sexual Assault - The Health Care Response A Complete Guide to the Evidence Collection of the Adult Sexual Assault Patient. ISBN 3-9521547-0-9
  • M. Hochmeister, H. Lee, B. Budowle: DNA Evidence - Guidelines for Collection, Packaging and Preservation. ISBN 3-9521547-2-5
  • M. Hochmeister, H. Lee, B. Budowle: Preuves par ADN - Directives de prelevement d'emballage et de conservation. ISBN 3-9521547-4-1
  • M. Hochmeister, H. Lee, B. Budowle: Evidence DNA - Guidelines for Securing, Packaging and Storage ISBN 3-9521547-3-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Institute for Pathological Anatomy at the University of Vienna
  2. ↑ General Hospital Vienna
  3. ^ Institute for Forensic Medicine Hamburg
  4. ^ Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University Medical Center Freiburg
  5. ^ Institute for Forensic Medicine at the University of Basel
  6. ↑ Bruce Budowle
  7. ↑ DNA parentage assessment .
  8. ↑ Miami-Dade Public Safety Training Institute: "About Us" .
  9. ^ Habilitation Manfred Hochmeister .
  10. ↑ DNA Central Laboratory Vienna .
  11. ^ Controversial debate about forensic medicine in the Court of Auditors' Committee. Respondents present their point of view. Retrieved December 25, 2018 .
  12. ↑ Chaos at the Institute of Forensic Medicine. Retrieved December 25, 2018 .
  13. ^ Forensic medicine: Searching for clues in the Augean stable. September 11, 2004, accessed December 25, 2018 .
  14. ↑ http://www.rechnungshof.gv.at/fileadmin/downloads/2009/berichte/teilberichte/bund/bund_2009_01/Bund_2009_01_Band4_7.pdf
  15. ↑ Ex-head Hochmeister remains deposed ( memento of February 10, 2018 in the Internet Archive ), derStandard, April 15, 2005.
  16. ↑ 3041 / AB (XXII. GP) - "Scandal about Viennese Forensic Medicine II". Retrieved December 25, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Ernst Hauser: The historical collection of the Institute for Forensic Medicine .
  18. ^ Forensic doctors without a scalpel .
  19. ↑ Cornelia Mayer, zither player from Vienna. Retrieved April 5, 2020 .
  20. ↑ A zither melody conquers the world (2014), DNB 1059713845
  21. ↑ Vindobona
  22. ↑ Circus and Clown Museum
  23. ^ Johann Jack Unterweger - Serial Killer Documentaries
personal data
SURNAME Grand Master, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian forensic doctor and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 22, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna