Ilona F. Aberl works for the Montgomery County Fire/Rescue Service as the Office Services Coordinator for the Silver Spring Volunteer Fire Department in Silver Spring, MD.

She was formerly the Office Manager for the Office of Science & Technology from January 2003 through December 2006. In her free time, she serves as a volunteer EMT-B and Treasurer for the Sandy Spring Volunteer Fire Department in Olney, MD since 1999.

Aberl holds B.A. degrees in British and American Literature and German Language and Literature from the University of Maryland.

• Meet IIASA - A Global Effort Based in Austria (April 14, 2005)
• Running the EU Presidency: Opportunity Does Knock Twice for the Netherlands (April 14, 2005)

Pepita Adelmann studies communication sciences and French at the University of Vienna, Austria.

She gained international experience while living in England and has completed a series of internships in the field of PR and advertising. She was working as an intern at the Office of Science & Technology from January to March 2008.

Adelmann is working on her B.A. thesis at the University of Vienna.

• Introducing Walter Munk, or "The Old Man and the Sea" (April 28, 2008)

Caroline Adenberger joined the OST in July 2004 after graduating from law school; since 2005 she has been working as editor for bridges.

She holds a master's degree in law from the University of Vienna, Austria, and a master's degree in international public policy with a concentration in energy, resources, and environment from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC.

Adenberger participated in academic exchange programs with Brookes University in Oxford (GB) and the Université de Fribourg (CH), and completed a concentration in commercial law. She gained practical courtroom experience as a law clerk in Vienna and consulted for companies in the areas of public relations and communication management during her studies.

• Letter from the Editor (December 16, 2011)
• The Reinvention of the US Patent System – an Interview with David Kappos, USPTO (December 16, 2011)
• Letter from the Editor (July 20, 2011)
• Letter from the Editor (April 18, 2011)
• Letter from the Editor (December 21, 2010)
• Letter from the Editor (October 19, 2010)
• Letter from the Editor (July 14, 2010)
• Pyongyang University of Science & Technology: An Educational Experiment (April 21, 2010)
• Letter from the Editor (April 21, 2010)
• Letter from the Editor (December 21, 2009)
• Letter from the Editor (October 15, 2009)
• Letter from the Editor (July 17, 2009)
• People in the Spotlight: an Interview with Norman R. Augustine (July 17, 2009)
• Letter from the Editor (April 10, 2009)
• Focal Point Canada -- the S&T Policy of the United States' Northern Neighbor (April 10, 2009)
• The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada -- an Interview with Its President Chad Gaffield (April 10, 2009)
• Letter from the Editor (December 22, 2008)
• Diplomacy of Deeds: the Center for Science Diplomacy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (December 22, 2008)
• Letter from the Editor (October 16, 2008)
• Visions for a Place of Peace – Austrian Team Top Winner of MIT’s “Just Jerusalem Competition” (October 16, 2008)
• Letter from the Editor (July 1, 2008)
• NAFSA: Association of International Educators (July 1, 2008)
• Letter from the Editor (April 28, 2008)
• People in the Spotlight: Johannes Hahn, Austrian Minister for Science & Research (April 28, 2008)
• The Austrian Biofuels Institute- Competence Center for Liquid Biofuels (April 28, 2008)
• Letter from the Editor (December 17, 2007)
• The fFORTE Initiative - Austria's Strong Point for Women in Science and Technology (December 17, 2007)
• Letter from the Editor (September 28, 2007)
• A Tireless Advocate for Science - an Interview with the Former House Science Committee Chairman Sherwood Boehlert (September 28, 2007)
• Letter from the Editor (July 12, 2007)
• The Institute of Science & Technology Austria: an Interview with Scientific Director Olaf Kübler (July 12, 2007)
• Letter from the Editor (April 16, 2007)
• A(u)stronauts Are Taking the Lead on Manned Mission to Mars (September 28, 2006)
• The New State-of-the-Art Stem Cell Research Facility at UC Davis: an Interview with Austrian Lab Director Gerhard Bauer (September 28, 2006)
• Introducing Guenter Riegler: Reaching for the Stars During 40 Years with NASA (June 29, 2006)
• People in the Spotlight: Martin Bartenstein - Austrian Federal Minister of Economics and Labour (June 29, 2006)
• The Jefferson Science Fellowship Program: Integrating Science Into Diplomacy (June 29, 2006)
• The Max F. Perutz Laboratories - or How to Make a Successful Research Unit and the World a More Exciting Place (April 19, 2006)
• Introducing Brigitte Servatius: There’s No Such Thing as Can’t (December 6, 2005)
• “math.space” in Vienna – Where Numbers Come Alive (September 20, 2005)
• Introducing Gitta Honegger, Professor of Theater: An Austrian in the Desert of Arizona (September 20, 2005)
• Embryonic Stem Cell Research Policies: Focus Europe (July 13, 2005)
• IAP - The Institute of Adaptive and Spaceflight Physiology (July 13, 2005)
• Introducing Lukas Pezawas: Pioneering Research with “Imaging Genetics” on Genetic Factors in Depression (July 13, 2005)
• ASciNA 2005 “Mind Matters – Austrian Ingenuity Abroad” Conference in Vienna, April 27-29, 2005 (April 14, 2005)
• Astrid Schnetzer: Doing Research With “Alvin” – 5000 Feet Beneath the Ocean’s Surface (April 14, 2005)
• Embryonic Stem Cell Research Policy: the Continuing Controversy in the U.S. and its Consequences (April 14, 2005)
• A Collection of Contributions to Culture, Knowledge and Curiosity (December 7, 2004)
• Living in the Technological Age: The Public Understanding of Science (December 7, 2004)
• The Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Austria: Building a Center of Excellence in the Heart of Europe (December 7, 2004)
• From Balancing Acts in Education to The Nuclear Tipping Point (October 5, 2004)
• Sabine Frühstück, the Story of an Austrian Japanologist, or: How to Get into the Japanese Military as an Austrian Woman (October 5, 2004)
• From Climate Change on Earth to Moon, Mars and Beyond …. (July 20, 2004)
• Introducing Andrea Oberhuber: An Austrian’s New Sound of Music in French Canada (July 20, 2004)

Heimo Aichmaier is working at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and is in charge of developing national RTI (research, technology, and innovation) strategies and measures for electric mobility (the electrification of drive trains with alternative propulsion systems) as well as the initiation of bi- and multilateral cooperation. He has long experience in setting-up transnational collaboration activities between national transport technology policies and funding instruments of Austria and various European Member States.

He previously worked at the Institute for Urban and Regional Research of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW), has co-founded the "Austrian Agency for Alternative Propulsion" as a public-private partnership, and was head of department until being assigned to the Office of Science and Technology at the Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC.

Aichmaier holds a master's degree in urban and regional planning from the Vienna University of Technology - where he specialized in the field of regional development planning and European regional policies. He complemented his studies with courses at the Environmental Impact Assessment Centre (EIA) of the University of Manchester (UK). Furthermore, he has finished the postgraduate management program for executives at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

• Electric Mobility Policy Framing in the US and Europe - A snap shot (December 21, 2009)

Charlotte Alber is deputy head of division at the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). The FFG is the national funding institution for applied industrial research in Austria. As expert for promoting the mobility and career development of researchers, Alber has been with the FFG since 2004. She acts as deputy head of the division "Structural Programs" and is in charge of "brainpower austria". Since 2007 she is also acting as group leader for the program family "Human Potential". The group provides supporting and funding services for attracting, retaining and promoting researchers in Austria.

Before joining the FFG, she worked as project manager at the Austrian Post AG and participated in an international EU-funded project at the Department of Marketing at the University of Vienna. Since 2001 she has taught in the fields of marketing (University of Vienna, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration).

Alber studied Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. During her studies she worked for Austrian Lotteries and the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation Radio & Television (ORF).

• Brainpower Austria - Sailing against the prevailing winds (April 20, 2004)

Since 1984, Rudolf Albrecht has occupied various positions (data analysis group leader, deputy head, and later head/ST-ECF, now senior scientist) at the ESA/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility in Garching, Germany.

From 1972 to 1981, he was assistant professor at the Institute for Astronomy in Vienna. During this period Albrecht worked with numerous international collaborations, among them at ESO (Chile), Cerro Tololo (Chile), Mauna Kea (Hawaii, US), and DTM (Washington, DC, US). From 1976 to 1993, he was a member of the Investigation Definition Teams for the Faint Object Camera (the ESA contribution to the Hubble Space Telescope). He also headed Scientific Data Processing at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland (1981–1984).

Albrecht holds a Ph.D. in astronomy and physics from the University of Vienna, Austria. In 1970–1971 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

• Austria joins the European Southern Observatory – ad Astra per Aspera (July 1, 2008)

Jeffrey Alexander is a senior science & technology policy analyst in the Center for Science, Technology & Economic Development at SRI International.

He has over 15 years of experience in conducting in-depth analyses of high-technology markets, tracking and evaluating R&D strategies and policies, and advising on technology investments and program implementation. Alexander is an expert on corporate and government R&D management, science & technology policy, and collaborative innovation networks. He was previously chief knowledge officer at New Economy Strategies, an economic-development consulting firm. He earlier served as vice president & director of research at Washington CORE, which provided technology market research and policy analysis to numerous international clients.

Alexander received a B.A. in international relations from Stanford University, where he completed the honors program in science, technology and society. He holds a Ph.D. in management of science, technology and innovation from The George Washington University. His dissertation studied trends in public-private R&D alliances involving organizations in the US and the European Union.

• How the US Government’s Spending Data Transparency Benefits Regional Innovation Strategies (April 10, 2009)

Philip G. Altbach is Monan Professor of Higher Education and director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.

He is the author of Comparative Higher Education, co-editor of American Higher Education in the 21st Century, editor of The Decline of the Guru and other books. He has also been the editor of the Review of Higher Education. He has held fellowships from the German Academic Exchange Service, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and was the 2005-2006 Distinguished Scholar Leader of the Fulbright New Century Scholars program.

Altbach holds a B. A., M. A. and a Ph.D degree from the University of Chicago.

• America in the World: Higher Education and the Global Marketplace (July 14, 2010)
• The Dilemmas of Ranking (December 14, 2006)

Dorothea Altschul is a board-certified Interventional Vascular Neurologist. She joined Columbia Neurosurgery at their Ridgewood office location in August 2010.

She completed an Interventional Neuroradiology fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons. Prior to that she trained in Vascular and Critical Care Neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women's Hospital (Harvard Medical School) in Boston. She finished her neurology training at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in Neuroepidemiology at the National Institute on Aging (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Her clinical and research interests include minimally-invasive imaging-guided therapies for the treatment of vascular disorders of the brain and spinal cord.

Strozyk received her medical degree from the Medical University of Vienna in Austria.

Dan Amon works on a variety of energy efficiency and water conservation projects as the National Energy Manager for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

He has led a distinguished career in engineering and construction for more than 20 years. He has a wide range of experience in mechanical design and construction, including semiconductor facilities, pharmaceutical facilities, and other high technology industries.

Amon received his undergraduate degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology, and went on to earn a Master's degree in Engineering and Management from Stanford University. In addition, Amon has been a Registered Mechanical Engineer since 1988.

• Moving Laboratories into the 21st Century (September 20, 2005)

Vicki Arroyo has been the director of policy analysis for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change since 1998.  

She has had over 20 years of experience in the environmental field. Prior to joining the Pew Center, she practiced environmental law with the Washington, DC, office of Kilpatrick Stockton, where she represented clients on a variety of air quality, Superfund, and other  environmental issues. She served in two offices of the US Environmental Protection Agency-- overseeing development of air toxics standards in the Office of Air and Radiation from 1987 - 1988, and reviewing development of criteria air pollutant regulations in the Office of Research and Development from 1993 -1994.   In between her two stints at EPA, she served in Louisiana as Environmental Advisor to Governor Buddy Roemer and as Director of Policy Analysis for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (from 1988 - 1991). 

Arroyo holds a bachelor of science in biology, magna cum laude, from Emory University (double major in philosophy); a master's of public administration from Harvard University, and a Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center, where she served as editor-in-chief of the Georgetown International Environmental Law Review.

• Advancing an Agenda for Climate Action (April 19, 2006)

Philipp Asen has been studying business administration at the University of Innsbruck since 2005 and is currently writing his diploma thesis, which deals with the impact of cloud computing on small and medium-sized businesses.

The focus of Asen’s studies is business informatics, especially information systems management and enterprise resource planning systems.

• Skype was Yesterday – Welcome to JAJAH! How Two Austrian Entrepreneurs Revolutionize VoIP (July 17, 2009)

Christian Auchter is a public relations and communications management assistant for ICWE GmbH, Berlin. 

ICWE GmbH is a German-based international conference and event organizer. He has been working with ICWE since 2006.

Auchter is also a student of politics at the Freie Universität Berlin.

• Missing Links: the Future of Learning with Digital Technologies (September 28, 2006)