Just a very short sketch of my career related CV

• Matura (baccalaureat) with excellence in Vienna, June 1987
• Zivildienst at the Red Cross Vienna 1987/1988
• Studies at the University of Vienna since September 1988
• March 1994: finished Master's Degree in Astronomy with excellence
• April 1996: finished Master's Degree in Physics with excellence
• December 1997: finished Doctor's Degree in Mathematics with excellence
• Academic career (positions after having finished university studies)
• January 1998 - June 2002: research associate (postdoc), Univ. of Vienna, Austria
• July 2002 - September 2003: PPARC research associate (postdoc), Queen Mary, Univ. of London, UK
• October 2003 - February 2009: research associate (senior postdoc) at MPI for Astrophysics, Germany
• February 2002, November 2003, May 2007, March - August 2009: invited visitor
  (with the status of an astronome) at the Observatoire de Paris, Section de Meudon, France


• September 2009 - June 2016: independent scientist (senior postdoc, FWF project leader)
  at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Austria
• July 2016 - March 2017: independent scientist (senior postdoc, FWF project leader)
  at the Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI), Vienna (FWF project leader at Univ. of Vienna)
  
  
• April 2017 - March 2019: team leader and FWF project leader at the Institute for Astrophysics,
  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
• April 2019 - June 2020: senior researcher at MPI for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
  (external FWF project leader at the Institute for Astrophysics,
  Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, till December 2019)


• since July 2020: senior lecturer / researcher (permanent) at the Dept. Applied Mathamtics and Physics,
  Univ. of Appl. Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria,
  
• and FWF project leader at the Wolfgang Pauli Institute (WPI), Vienna, Austria
• 26 April 2023: promotion to Fachhochschulprofessor (FH-Prof.) at the
  Univ. of Appl. Sciences Technikum Wien, Vienna, Austria
• Other career related advancements
• December 2004 - December 2007: Habilitand at the Faculty of Physics, TU Munich
• 2 April 2008: Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, TU Munich
• 30 June 2008: Privatdozent (PD) in Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, TU Munich

Publications since 1994

• 4 theses
• co-editor of 3 proceedings and 1 edited monograph
• 61 publications in refereed journals (+2 submitted)
• 4 refereed monograph reviews
• 41 major (14 refereed) and 50 smaller published conference contributions, panel summaries
  and technical reports and preprints (abstracts and formal IAU working group reports not included)
• Download detailed list in English (ps file or pdf file)
• Alternatively download detailed list in German (ps file or pdf file)


• ADS citation statistics (Classic query site of Astrophysics Data System)
• ISI web of Knowledge statistics (requires ISI WoK access permissions):
  -> Search -> Author: Kupka F*; Current Limits: [Change Limits and Settings]:
  From 1994 to current year; only SCI-EXPANDED
  -> Search -> use "sort by" and other tools
• Google Scholar statistics (includes mathematical publications, otherwise less complete, misidentifications partially filtered)

Invited talks and reviews since 1998

• 36 invited talks including 6 reviews on 32 international conferences (1 virtual)
• 1 invited lecture series on 1 international scientific school
• 47 invited seminar talks given during 41 visits (+3 virtual) participations to universities and
  observatories (including talks for faculty positions)
• 8 invited talks in open seminar series, 1 invited public lecture
• Download detailed list in English (ps file or pdf file)
• Download detailed list in German (ps file or pdf file)

Contributed talks and early invited talks, both since 1993

• 3 invited talks on 3 international conferences and
• 2 invited seminar talks during 2 visits to universities abroad prior to 1998, and
• 20 contributed talks (1 virtual) during 19 international conferences since 1993
• Download detailed list in English (ps file or pdf file)
• Download detailed list in German (ps file or pdf file)

Prizes and distinctions

• March 1998: Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae
• December 1998: Honoration Prize of the Austrian Ministery of Sciences

     Back to main page