Rupert Wimmer

Career

• 2023 - 2023 Guest Scientist at the University of South Australia
• 2019 - 2019 Guest Professor at the University of Goettingen, Germany
• 2018 - 2019 International Expert and Group Leader at the Czech University of Life Science Prague
• 2018 Full Professor for Natural Materials Technology
• 2013 - 2016 Adjunct Professor at Mendel University Brno, Czech Republic (Department of Wood Science)
• 2012 - 2018 Leader of the Sustainable Biomaterials Group (SBG) at the Institute of Natural Materials Technology, IFA-Tulln
• 2009 - 2011 Full Professor und Head of the Wood technology and Wood-based Composites Unit at Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany
• 2003 - 2005 R&D Manager at Funder Industries Ltd.
• 2003 - 2008 Full Professor for Bio-based Fibre Materials
• 2002 - 2012 Key Researcher Wood K plus
• 1998 - 2001 APART Fellowship, Austrian Academy of Science
• 1997 Habilitation in wood science and technology
• 1993 - 1994 Schrödinger Fellowship, Oak Ridge Nat Lab, USA

Awards

• Year: 2019 Awards: Nominierung Rudolf Sallinger S&B Innovation Award;
• Year: 2018 Awards: Nominierung Rudolf Sallinger S&B Innovation Award
• Year: 2010 Awards: Deutschen Studienpreises für Holzwerkstoffforschung (als betreuender Professor)
• Year: 2005 Awards: Ernennung zum „Fellow” der International Academy of Wood Science
• Year: 2004 Awards: Josef-Umdasch Forschungspreis
• Year: 1998 Awards: Anschaffungspreis der Wiener Wirtschaftskammer
• Year: 1995 Awards: Preis der Stiftung 120 Jahre Universität für Bodenkultur