Assoz. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Markus Muttenthaler, PhD

Curriculum Vitae:

1998-2001 Bachelor of Science in Technical Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
2001-2004 Master of Science in Organic Chemistry and Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
2002-2003 Specialisation in Organic Synthesis, City College of New York, USA
2005-2009 Doctor of Philosophy in Biological and Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Queensland, Australia
2009-2011 Research Officer (Alewood Group), Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Brisbane, Australia
2011-2013 Marie Curie Fellow (Dawson Group), The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA
2013-2015 Marie Curie Fellow (Albericio Group), Institute for Research in Biomedicine Barcelona, Spain
2015 Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
2015-2018 ARC DECRA Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, Australia
2016 Miklos Bodanzky Award for peptide-based drug research
2016 IMB Industry Fellow Award
2017-present Institute for Molecular Bioscience Fellow, The University of Queensland, Australia
2017 ERC Starting Grant
2017-2018 Assistant Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
2018 EFMC Prize for Young Medicinal Chemistry in Academia
since October 2018 Associate Professor, Institute of Biological Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria

Research Areas:

* Neuropeptide Research – Molecular probe development and therapeutic lead discovery
* Oxytocin and Vasopressin Research – Probe and therapeutic lead development for breast cancer and autism
* Chemical Biology – Tool development to advance to probe open questions in biology
* Gastrointestinal Disorders – Drug target validation and drug development for gastrointestinal disorders
* Venoms to Drugs – Discovery, design and development of therapeutics based on bioactive venom compounds