Roman Wild is the new head of the specialist workshop of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Mr Wild has already worked in the specialist workshop for 5 ½ years and previously worked as a product manager (in the field of customer service and repairs) at Hale electronic.

Farid Hafez, Senior PostDoc Fellow in the Department of Political Science receives the ‘Islam on the Edges’-Grant from Shenandoah University/USA.

Salzburg biologists Anja Hörger and Stephanie Socher receive 150,000 Euros in funding for their courageous project idea within the framework of the new “1000 ideas program” from the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Over the next two years the young scientists “Immortal Titans”, will analyze the huge genome of the Titan Arum, the largest flower in the world. The “1000 Ideas Programme” is intended to support high-risk research in order to increase Austria’s innovative strength.