Thomas Schalkhammer  Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr.

CEO Attophotonics Biosciences GmbH

Vienna Biocenter, Department für Biochemie
Dr. Bohrgasse 9, 1030 Wien, Austria
Thomas.Schalkhammer@univie.ac.at

Attophotonics Biosciences GmbH
Viktor Kaplan Strasse 2, 2700 Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Tel: 0043-2622-23495 FAX: 0043-2622-23604
Schalkhammer@attophotonics.com

Schalkhammer KG
Klausenstrasse 129, 2534 Alland, Austria
Tel: 0043-2258-76190 FAX: 0043-2258-76290
Schalkhammer@bionanotec.org

Apotheke Alland
Klausenstrasse 129, 2534 Alland, Austria
Tel: 0043-2258-76190 FAX: 0043-2258-76290
Apotheke.Alland@AON.at

date of birth: 09-03-61
Citizenship: AUSTRIA
married with: Mag. pharm. Michaela

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATES

REPUTATION

• CEO of Attophotonics Biosciences GmbH
• Co-founder and co-owner of Schalkhammer KG with Apotheke Alland, Austria
• Head of research groups at the TU-Delft & at the University of Vienna (thesis-, diploma students and post docs) ·
• Industrial, FWF-(Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung), FFF-(Fonds zur Förderung der gewerblichen Wirtschaft), BM (ministry of science or BMVIT) projects and projects of the "Österreichische Nationalbank" and the LifeTech program.
• Head of the Institute (ABT) 1999-2002
• Head of the LifeTech program at TUDELFT
• Profile leader of the new study in CELL DIAGNOSIS in LST (Life science and technology)
• Managing editor and main author of the textbook : “Analytical biotechnology” by Springer-Birkhäuser (2002)
• Lifetime-member of the “Society of biomolecular recognition”
• Co-editor of scientific journals e.g. J. of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• European Editor of the “Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology”

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1986	University Vienna	Ass. Prof.	biochemistry and bioanalytical chemistry	AT
1994	Boehringer Ingelheim	Ass. Prof.	bioanalytical chemistry, biosensors	AT/GER
1996-97	Weizmann Institute of Science	Ass. Prof.	Dep. of Membr. Res. and Biophysics	Israel
1996-98	APART-Austrian Academy of Sciences	Assoc. Prof.	Biochips, thin film technology	AT
1998	Institute for Biochemistry	Assoc. Prof.	Vienna Biocenter, Biochips	AT/GER
1998-02	Attophotonics-Bioscience Germany	CEO	Baden Württemberg, Biochips	GER
1999-	ABT, TUDELFT, The Netherlands	o.Univ. Prof.	Analytical biotechnology and nanotechnology	NL
1999-	Schalkhammer KG	Komm.	Austria	AT
1999-	Apotheke Alland	Komm.	Austria	AT
2004-	Attophotonics Biosciences GmbH, Austria	CEO	Austria	AT

          

EDUCATION

 

Habilitation	Surface biochemistry and its application in new bioanalytical devices
Biochemistry	Immobilized enzymes and DNA, biochemical screening on microarrays, chemical and genetic engineering of proteins, up-scaling of enzymatic reactions up to m⊃3;, immobilized antibodies and DNA genetic engineering of antibodies via phage display techniques
Chemistry	Synthesis of modified polymers up to m3; high throughput synthesis of peptides, synthesis of large macromolecular rings and artificial lipids
Bioanalysis	Immobilized enzymes, antibodies and DNA and their application in new biomedical devices based on optical- and electro-transducers, Biosensors, ELISA, RIA, HPLC, GC, IR, Counter, electrochemical analysis, Surface enhanced techniques, fluorescence, quantum islands, SEF, metal nano clusters, laser, fiberoptic devices and single molecule detection
Thin film technology	CVD, sputter coating, e-beam evap., photo resist & mask technology,...
Biophysics	STM, AFM, patch-clamp, BLM, LB, supported biomembranes, ion channels
Computer	Win2000, XP, Vista, Kubuntu, SUSE-LINUX with Winword, Excel, Corel-Draw, Isis, Alchemy, Raswin, WWW, Pmail, Internet-Software,..
Programming	Delphi from 7.0 to Turbodelphi 2006, Pascal, Visual Studio C++, C#, VB and Assembler ZeusNT-Realtime-Software and Control-package since 1988!!
Electronics	Development of technical and analytical instruments with PC based data acquisition systems, circuit design, board setup and production, system development

Publications, Patents and Contributions to Congresses