Habilitated Austrian analytical chemist trained at the University of Vienna and the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry. Currently operating a novel laboratory (LDSGW AG) in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Career stations included post-doc stays at the University of Graz and the University of Innsbruck, ten years at the central laboratory (ZIMCL) of the University Hospital Innsbruck, and six years at the Dr. Risch laboratory group.