Stefan Kalt is currently a faculty member in the Core Curriculum at Boston University.

He specializes in the history of modern philosophy, especially the thought of David Hume. He also pursues an interest in political philosophy and social thought.

Stefan received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston University in 2003.

• Gadgets: a Personal Note (December 2006)
• Heidegger's Critique of Technology (September 2006)
• The Sharpening of the American Mind (June 29, 2006)
• Technology, Democratic Society, and Community (April 19, 2006)
• Simulated Experiences, Simulated Lives (December 6, 2005)
• “Progress” on Steroids: Globalization According to Thomas L. Friedman (September 20, 2005)

Barbara Karn is an environmental scientist at the US EPA Office of Research and Development where she works in nanotechnology and the environment. She also holds the position of nanotechnology scholar in the Program for Science in the Public Interest at Georgetown University.

Recently she spent a year as visiting scientist for the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Her focus is “Green” nanotechnologies – including using green chemistry, green engineering, and environmentally benign manufacturing to make new nanomaterials and products, or using nanotechnology to prevent pollution in current processes.

Barbara holds a Ph.D. from Florida International University in marine ecology with emphasis on the kinetics of nutrient cycling and a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Ohio State University.

• Green Nanotechnology: A Path to Sustainability? (July 12, 2007)

Verena Katscher studied political science at the University of Vienna, graduating in June 2007.

During her studies, she spent one year at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her work experience includes two internships at the Austrian Foundation of Development Aid and at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Human Rights. Katscher also worked as an academic assistant on the research project "Development of a Methodology for a Long-term Strategy on the Continuing Vocational Training Survey (CVTS)" for the 3s Research Laboratory. She spent three months as an intern in the OST from July to September 2007.

Katscher holds a master's degree in political science from the University of Vienna.

• Introducing Werner Goebl and the Mysteries of Music Performance (September 28, 2007)
• Announcement of the new 2007-2008 Jefferson Science Fellows (September 28, 2007)

Mary Kavanagh works on international co-operation in Science and Technology. Her present focus is on co-operation with developing countries, particularly Africa.

Until August 2007, she was the Science, Technology and Education Counselor at the European Commission Delegation to the United States. Prior to that she worked at the European Commission Headquarters in Brussels for 10 years. During that time she worked in several different research programs, notably International Co-operation, Life Sciences and Science and Society.

Ms. Kavanagh holds a Ph.D. in Plant Science from University College Cork, Ireland and has carried out post doctoral research in France and Switzerland.

• Can God and Darwin Co-exist in the USA in the 21st Century? (July 13, 2005)
• The EU-US Science and Technology Agreement (December 7, 2004)
• European Programs To Encourage Mobility Of Students And Researchers (April 20, 2004)

Since 1997 Maria-Regina Kecht has been a faculty member in German Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas. In addition to her teaching and research activities, she has been editor of the journal "Modern Austrian Literature" since 2005. Due to the great success of two NEH Summer Institutes (2001 and 2006) she just submitted another proposal for a NEH Institute, which is - if funded - also going to take place in Vienna.

Prior to her arrival at Rice, Maria-Regina taught at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and at the University of Connecticut in Storrs. Her research activities focus on 20th century Austrian literature, particularly post-1945 authors. Currently she is completing a monograph that discusses gender aspects of memory work as represented in Austrian literature on National Socialism, and (together with Prof. Schreckenberger at the University of Vermont) she is working on a book on Vienna and the teaching of cultural literacy.

Maria-Regina holds a Dr. phil. summa cum laude from the University of Innsbruck, a M.A. in comparative literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a Teacher's Diploma in Russian from Moscow State University.

• Why Austria does not need an "Exzellenz Universitaet" (April 19, 2006)

Patrick W. Kelley, joined the Institute of Medicine of the US National Academies in July 2003 as the director of the Board on Global Health. He has subsequently also been appointed the director of the Board on African Science Academy Development.

Prior to coming to the National Academies Mr. Kelley served in the US Army for more than 23 years as a physician, residency director, epidemiologist, and program manager. In his last Department of Defense (DoD) position, Patrick Kelley founded and directed the DoD Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (DoD-GEIS). He also served as the specialty editor for the two volume textbook Military Preventive Medicine: Mobilization and Deployment.

He obtained his M.D. from the University of Virginia and his Dr.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health.

• The US National Academies African Science Academy Development Initiative: Harnessing Science and Technology Expertise for Development in Africa (September 20, 2005)

Jutta Kern was with the OST from 2002 until June 2006. Before joining the OST in 2002, Dr. Kern was director of the General Management & Corporate Programs unit at Donau University in Krems, Austria.

Dr. Kern earned her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Vienna, Austria, where she was Assistant Professor for several years. Her first book on "Singles" was published in 1997.

• The OST's Program for the Austrian EU Presidency Continued... (June 29, 2006)
  
• The OST's Program for the Austrian EU Presidency: Climate Change, Obesity, Education and Green Buildings (April 19, 2006)
• Avian Influenza: Challenges for the Global Science Policy Community (December 6, 2005)
• The Sound of Business: the Austrian Business Agency (December 6, 2005)
• Alice Abreu: Building Science and Technology Perspectives for the Americas (September 20, 2005)
• Globalization of Science & Technology and the Role of Diaspora Networks (September 20, 2005)
• Hubert Gorbach: Austrian Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Transport, Innovation and Technology (September 20, 2005)
• 'Green' Looks Greener Every Day: What Drives Sustainable Development in the United States? (July 13, 2005)
• Film Review: Life running out of control (July 13, 2005)
• GEMI - The Global Environmental Management Initiative (July 13, 2005)
• Introducing Georg Reichard: How Lego Blocks Can Help Save Energy (July 13, 2005)
• Introducing Maria Bussmann, or: About not Losing Your Balance on the Tightrope between Art and Science (April 14, 2005)
• The Countdown is On: How Europe Intends to Become the Most Competitive Knowledge-Based Society (April 14, 2005)
• Introducing Claire Gmachl: New Eyes for the World, or How to Make Life Easier through Electrical Engineering (December 7, 2004)
• Introducing Dirk Rupnow: “When I go to the movies, I work” (October 5, 2004)
• Science, Policy, and the Race to the White House (October 5, 2004)
• When Science Meets Diplomacy in a Globalized World - Dr. George Atkinson, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State (October 5, 2004)
• Celebrating Thirty Years of Convergence: The AAAS S&T Congressional Fellowship Program (July 20, 2004)
• Introducing Otto Vogl: Breaking New Ground for Polymer Sciences (July 20, 2004)
• Introducing Viktor Mayer-Schönberger: Bringing Cyberspace and Law Together at Harvard University (July 20, 2004)
• OST’s Awareness and Information Campaign for the Retention of Austrian Citizenship (July 20, 2004)
• On the Move. Europe’s New Initiatives to Address the Mobility of Researchers (April 20, 2004)

Since 2003, Rogan Kersh has been associate professor of political science & public administration at the Maxwell School, Syracuse University. He has published numerous scholarly writings, frequently writes for popular journals, including The New York Times, and comments on US political issues in national periodicals and on television and radio. Mr. Kersh also has extensive experience in both domestic and international politics.

In 2001, he won both Syracuse University's Moynihan Award (outstanding junior faculty member in the Maxwell School) and the Meredith Award (university-wide award for exemplary teaching); he received the Chancellor's Award for Public Service to the university in 2005.

Rogan Kersh holds a Ph.D. from Yale University.

• Obesity and the New Politics of US Health Care (April 19, 2006)
  

Beate Kleessen is currently head of PR and communications management for ICWE, an international conference and event organiser.

She has worked in the PR sector for several public and private organisations in Germany since 1999.

Beate has a master’s degree in German and Italian philology from the University of Potsdam, Germany.

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

Raoul Kneucker is a professor honoris causa at the Institute of Political Sciences at the Leopold Franzens University in Innsbruck, Austria.

Dr. Kneucker was director general of Directorate VI (Scientific Research and International Science Affairs) at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture (BMBWK). He retired from the BMBWK on December 31, 2002. He was a lecturer at several Austrian as well as foreign universities, and a guest professor at the University of Nebraska.

He holds several academic degrees in law, English translation, the political sciences, and the management sciences.

• A European Way of Life? Forum in Innbruck Examined Ways of Communicating European Issues (December 14, 2006)

Since September 2006, Daniela Koll has been the deputy trade commissioner at the Austrian Trade Commission in Chicago.

Before this appointment, she served for two years in the headquarters of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber in Vienna, Austria. In 2004 and 2005, Koll was responsible for European Investment for the Mexican Government of Hidalgo, where she worked at the Department of Trade and Industry.

She holds a graduate degree in international business administration from the University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein/Tyrol, Austria, and participated in foreign language and business administration studies at the Catholic University in Milan, Italy, and at the University of Alicante, Spain.

• Green Building in the United States: from Trend to Mainstream (December, 2007)

Dan Kolmer is a project officer for brainpower austria (bpa) and responsible for bpa’s website, contacts with clients in Austria, the design of micro-projects, and public relations. Dr. Kolmer holds a Ph.D. in Marine Ecology, but left science to work in the field of environmental protection.

While working for the City of Vienna, he established himself as an expert in environmental conservation both on the national and international levels. Dr. Kolmer has many years experience working as a freelance environmental, PR and marketing consultant, and a designer for new media and 3D graphics.

• Filling the Shelves of the One Stop-Shop (December 7, 2004)
• Hot Summer for Brainpower Austria (October 5, 2004)
• Brainpower Austria - Sailing against the prevailing winds (April 20, 2004)

Hans Kordik is the Austrian counselor for Agriculture and Environment at the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC.

From 1994 to 1999, he worked at the Austrian agricultural intervention board Agrarmarkt Austria. As head of the department, he was responsible for setting up the administration and control system for various direct payments. In 1999 he moved to Brussels to work as agricultural attaché at the Permanent Representation to the European Union. Later, he became a member of the Cabinet of the Federal Minister for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management. After 3½ years of managing all international affairs for the minister, Hans Kordik became head of the department for EU-Coordination in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, as well as the spokesman for the Special Committee of Agriculture (SCA).

In 1991, Hans Kordik received his master’s degree in agricultural economics from the University of Agriculture in Vienna (Universität für Bodenkultur).

• Seeds of Conflict: Genetically Engineered Crops and Austrian Agricultural Policy (April 28, 2008)

Anton Korinek joined the University of Maryland as an assistant professor of economics in fall 2007.

His fields of interest are international finance, macroeconomics, and public finance, with a special emphasis on the consequences of capital market imperfections. In his current research, Anton focuses more generally on the implications of international capital flows to emerging markets.

He earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in April 2007, writing his dissertation on the topic of "Dollar Borrowing in Emerging Markets," which was supported by a DOC grant from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

• International Capital Flows and Finacial Crises   (December 2007)

Gregor Kos is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Concordia University teaching Analytical Chemistry.

His research interests include the characterization of bioaerosols and volatile organic compounds in snow and their relevance for atmospheric chemistry. He conducted field research in the Canadian High Arctic in 2006. From 2003 to 2007 he was a postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Parisa Ariya at McGill University, Department for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, in Montreal, Canada. Before moving to Canada, he completed his first postdoctoral fellowship in 2003 at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Department for Agrobiotechnology in Tulln, Austria. In 2002 he was visiting scientist at the University of Idaho with Prof. Peter Griffiths.

Gregor Kos holds a Ph.D. in technical sciences from the University for Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Department for Agrobiotechnology, Tulln

• Institute of Science and Technology - Austria (ISTA) - Quo Vadis? (April 19, 2006)

Max Kothbauer has played a leading role in many of Austria’s most significant organizations and is currently serving as president/chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Vienna, Austria.

Since the late 1970s, Max Kothbauer has been heavily involved in the Austrian banking sector. His previous positions have included terms as CEO for various companies such as the former Austrian Creditanstalt, chief of staff for Franz Vranitzky, the former Austrian prime minister, and a senior advisor and consultant in organizations such as Booz Allen Hamilton. He spends his “free” time serving as a member of the Board of Directors for the Bruno Kreisky-Forum for International Dialogue in Vienna and as a member of the Committee of the Austrian Reparations Fund. He is a member of the project advisory board of the Austrian Future Fund and he chairs of the board of trustees of the Austrian Belvedere Gallery.

Max Kothbauer holds a master’s degree in sociology/social and economic sciences from the University of Vienna, Austria.

• Shouldn´t Autonomy Be Positive? (July 13, 2005)

Mr. Kowalski is currently the director general for Scientific Research and International Relations, Division of Science, at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF).

From 1974 to 1976 he was the director of the Austrian Institute for Research on Vocational Training (ÖIBF). Between 1976 and 2005, he held several positions at the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor in the field of research and technology. Mr. Kowalski is a member of the Austrian Council for Research and Technology Development and a member of the advisory board of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). In 2003 he was granted an honorary professorship at the University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology (UMIT) in Tyrol, Austria.

Mr. Kowalski holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Vienna and received his postgraduate education at the Department of Sociology of the Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) in Vienna. Since 1993 he has also been certified as a psychotherapist.

• From Brain Drain to Brain Gain (April 19, 2006)

Robert L. Kuczkowski holds the position of program officer, Special Projects and Instrumentation, Division of Chemistry, National Science Foundation, and is professor emeritus, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Mr. Kuczkowski has been responsible for programs in the Chemistry Division at NSF promoting the integration of research and education such as Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and Undergraduate Research Collaboratives (URC). He was chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of Michigan (1991-1997, 2004-2005). Kuczkowski is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

He received his B.S. from Canisius College and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University.

• Undergraduate Research Collaboratives: Turning Undergraduates into Investigators (June 29, 2006)

Stephan Kurz is the currently elected doctoral candidate’s representative at the University of Vienna and an Austrian Eurodoc delegate. In the field of German studies, he is writing his dissertation on literary business and media in fin-de-siècle literature.

• Giving Young Researchers Their Due: PhD Candidates in Austria Build a New Platform, (September, 2006)