by Eleonora Windisch

President, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

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Shirley Ann Jackson is a woman of astonishing ‘firsts’. As the newly elected President of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), a function that Dr. Jackson took over from Mary Ellen Avery in February 2004, she is a pioneer not only among women in general but among African American women and minorities in particular.

by Eleonora Windisch

Member, U.S. House of Representatives (R-New Hartford, New York)
Chairman of the House Science Committee
Washington, D.C.
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United States House of Representative Member Sherwood Boehlert has led the House Science Committee since January 2001. Mr. Boehlert, a graduate of Utica College, served as chief of staff for area Congressmen Alexander Pirnie and Donald Mitchell before being elected to represent Central New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982.

by Eleonora Windisch

Administrative Director
Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP)
Vienna, Austria

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Harald Isemann was named Administrative Director of the privately-funded Institute of Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna in February 2004. IMP is a subsidiary of Boehringer Ingelheim, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Headed by Prof. Kim Nasmyth, the Institute is a basic biomedical research center and is located within the Campus Vienna BioCenter, a center for molecular biology and genetic research. “My experience working with Technologie Impulse Ltd. (TIG), enabled me to acquire the necessary expertise for my current position at IMP,” Mr. Isemann said, adding, “IMP’s reputation as one of Europe’s leading research institutions made the job offer particularly attractive for me.”

by Eleonora Windisch

Executive Director

Center for Innovation and Technology GmbH
Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie GmbH (ZIT)
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Edeltraud Stiftinger was appointed Executive Director of the Center for Innovation and Technology GmbH (ZIT) in 2000, a position she has held until she took a leave of absence in February 2004. She will resume her duties at ZIT again by the end of 2004.

by Eleonora Windisch

Chairman of the Austrian Science Board

Deputy Head of the Institute of Public Law, Political Science and Administrative Law,
Professor of Law,
University of Graz, Austria
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Prof. Wolfgang Mantl was elected Chairman of the newly-founded Austrian Science Board at its inaugural meeting in December 2003. The Science Board is one of the components of the University Reform Law (BGBl. I No. 120/2002), passed by the Austrian parliament in July 2002 which aims to reorganize Austrian universities.