WWTF Team
Managing Director
Tel: +43 1 402 31 43 - 11
Fax: +43 1 402 31 43 - 20
michael.stampfer{at}mail.wwtf.at
Dr. Michael Stampfer has been managing the office of the WWTF since 1 July 2002. A graduate of the Law Faculty of Vienna University, he has acquired many years of experience in Austrian and international research and technology policy. Initially he worked for the Science Ministry before undertaking responsibility for the K plus Competence Centres Programme of Technologie Impulse Gesellschaft (TIG, now FFG). Dr. Stampfer is a member of several international working groups and author of numerous publications.
Mag. Daniela Frischer studied journalism and communications, political science and French at the University of Vienna and at Sciences Po in Paris. Already during her studies, she acquired the requisite experience during part-time work for WWTF and the “Platform for Research and Technology Evaluation”. Her main tasks in WWTF comprises the programme management of WWTF's ongoing funding activities, participation in EU-FP projects on innovation policy and related fields as well as supporting WWTF in its public relations activities.
Programme Manager, Deputy Managing Director
Tel: +43 1 402 31 43 - 19
Fax: +43 1 402 31 43 - 20
michael.hofer{at}mail.wwtf.at
Michael Hofer is since August 2008 Programme-Manager at WWTF. He received a PhD in Applied Mathematics and was an active researcher at the University of California in Davis, the University of Minnesota and the Vienna University of Technology from 2000-2008 in the area of geometric modeling and industrial geometry. He is co-author of 25 scientific publications and the textbook „Architectural Geometry“ as well as a lecturer at Vienna universities. Dr. Michael Hofer has longstanding experience in the management and evaluation of national and international research projects.
Programme Manager
Tel: +43 1 402 31 43 - 12
Fax: +43 1 402 31 43 - 20
cornelia.schrauf{at}mail.wwtf.at
Cornelia Schrauf studied zoology specializing in cognitive biology at the University of Vienna. In her doctoral research she studied cognitive processes of great apes when solving physical-technical problems, with research stays at the Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, the Great Ape Research Institute in Japan and at the University of Heidelberg. As a Postdoc she worked at the Department of Behavioural Biology at the University of Vienna. Cornelia Schrauf has several years of experience in third party funding, project organization and project management. Since April 1, 2012 she is a Programme Manager at the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF).
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Programme Manager
Tel: +43 1 402 31 43 - 15
Fax: +43 1 402 31 43 - 20
michael.strassnig{at}mail.wwtf.at
Michael Strassnig studied communication studies, sociology, history and history of arts at the University of Vienna and University of Bielefeld. He received a doctoral degree in sociology specializing in science and technology studies. For ten years, he was working at the Department of Social Studies of Science (University of Vienna) where he was involved in a number of third-party funded research projects. 2004-07, Michael was Managing Editor of the international peer-reviewed journal “Science, Technology, & Human Values”. Besides longstanding experience in conducting research projects, he is interested in science and innovation policy. Before starting at the WWTF as a Programme Manager in May 2012, he was a postdoc researcher at the University of Lucerne.
Controlling
Tel: +43 1 402 31 43 - 13
Fax: +43 1 402 31 43 - 20
marita.benkwitz{at}mail.wwtf.at
Marita Benkwitz owns a degree in business administration. She has worked as an auditor for BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft AG for almost ten years before she joined the WWTF where she is responsible for project report controlling.
Office Management
Human Ressources
Tel: +43 1 402 31 43 – 10
Fax: +43 1 402 31 43 - 20
silvia.benes{at}mail.wwtf.at
Silvia Benes is responsible for the secretariat side of the WWTF Office. She is a specialist in office management and human resources.
Office Management
Tel: +43 1 402 31 43 - 10
Fax: +43 1 402 31 43 - 20
gerda.adam{at}mail.wwtf.at
After her studies of German language & literature and art history, Gerda Adam worked in cultural management and as an editor for publishing houses. Since fall 2010 Gerda Adam supports (in part time) the office management of WWTF.