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Research

Scientists at ISTA conduct research in a wide range of fields.

Research

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is a cross-disciplinary research institution that combines basic science research with graduate education. Our scientists perform theoretical and experimental research in Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Information and System Sciences. They are organized in small to medium-size research groups that interact with each other across the boundaries of traditional disciplines. Each research group of ISTA is headed by a tenured or tenure-track professor. Below you can find a list of all our professors leading laboratories at ISTA.


Faculty

 

DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS AND SYSTEMS

Computer Science Data Science

CONDENSED MATTER AND ULTRAFAST OPTICS

Physics

EVOLUTIONARY GENETICS

Data Science Evolution & Ecology Mathematics

ULTRAFAST QUANTUM PHASES AND SPECTROSCOPY

Chemistry Physics

PLANT DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cell Biology

RNA-BASED GENE REGULATION

Biochemistry

COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND DIGITAL FABRICATION

Computer Science Data Science

BACTERIAL IMMUNE SYSTEMS

Biochemistry Cell Biology

ANALYTIC NUMBER THEORY AND ITS INTERFACES

Mathematics

ASTERICS – ASTEROSEISMOLOGY AND STELLAR DYNAMICS

Astronomy Data Science

STARS AND COMPACT OBJECTS

Astronomy

COMPUTER-AIDED VERIFICATION, GAME THEORY

Computer Science

SOCIAL IMMUNITY

Evolution & Ecology

SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroscience

HIGH-RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGING FOR BIOLOGY

Cell Biology Neuroscience Physics

GENES, CIRCUITS, AND BEHAVIOR

Biochemistry Cell Biology Neuroscience

ALGORITHMS, COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY, AND COMPUTATIONAL TOPOLOGY

Computer Science Mathematics

MATHEMATICS OF DISORDERED QUANTUM SYSTEMS AND MATRICES

Mathematics Physics

REPRODUCTIVE GENETICS AND EPIGENETICS

Cell Biology

QUANTUM INTEGRATED DEVICES

Physics

THEORY OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, APPLIED AND NUMERICAL ANALYSIS

Mathematics

MATERIALS ELECTROCHEMISTRY

Chemistry Physics

DEVELOPMENTAL AND CELL BIOLOGY OF PLANTS

Cell Biology

THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL SOFT MATTER

Physics

SYSTEMS AND SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY OF GENETIC NETWORKS

Cell Biology Data Science Evolution & Ecology

MASSIVE BINARY STARS

Astronomy Physics

PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Cell Biology Data Science Physics

GEOMETRY AND ITS INTERFACES

Mathematics

MORPHOGENESIS IN DEVELOPMENT

Cell Biology

DESIGN AND VERIFICATION OF CONCURRENT AND EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Computer Science

ALGORITHMS

Computer Science

PROTEIN HOMEOSTASIS AND AGING

Cell Biology Neuroscience

GENETIC DISSECTION OF CEREBRAL CORTEX DEVELOPMENT

Cell Biology Neuroscience

NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND TURBULENCE

Physics

QUANTUM SENSING WITH ATOMS AND LIGHT

Physics

FUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS

Chemistry Physics

CELLULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroscience

NEUROETHOLOGY

Neuroscience

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS, CELESTIAL MECHANICS, AND SPECTRAL RIGIDITY

Mathematics

NANOELECTRONICS

Physics

TISSUE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL PATTERN FORMATION

Cell Biology Neuroscience

SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY

Chemistry

SECURE, PRIVATE, AND DECENTRALIZED SYSTEMS (SPIDERS)

Computer Science

DISCRETE OPTIMIZATION

Computer Science

COMBINATORICS AND PROBABILITY

Computer Science Mathematics

MACHINE LEARNING AND COMPUTER VISION

Computer Science Data Science

THEORETICAL ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

Physics

CAUSAL LEARNING AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Computer Science Data Science

SELF-ORGANIZATION OF PROTEIN SYSTEMS

Biochemistry Cell Biology

STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS

Mathematics

ASTROPHYSICS OF GALAXIES

Astronomy

GENOME REGULATION AND BIOLOGICAL TIMEKEEPING

Biochemistry Cell Biology Chemistry

THERMODYNAMICS OF QUANTUM MATERIALS AT THE MICROSCALE

Physics

DATA SCIENCE, MACHINE LEARNING, AND INFORMATION THEORY

Computer Science Data Science

ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN DYNAMICS

Data Science Earth Science

GENETIC AND MOLECULAR BASIS OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS

Neuroscience

MATERIALI MOLLI

Physics

CRYOSPHERE AND MOUNTAIN HYDROSPHERE

Earth Science

CATALYSIS AND SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGY

Chemistry

CRYPTOGRAPHY

Computer Science

EMERGENT ELECTRONIC PHENOMENA IN 2D MATERIALS

Physics

BIOMOLECULAR DESIGN

Biochemistry Cell Biology

MEDICAL GENOMICS

Data Science Evolution & Ecology

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES AND VERIFICATION

Computer Science

COMPUTATIONAL SOFT AND LIVING MATTER

Biochemistry Cell Biology Physics

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN COMPLEXES

Biochemistry

BIOMOLECULAR MECHANISMS FROM INTEGRATED NMR SPECTROSCOPY

Biochemistry Chemistry

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF CELL MIGRATION AND VIRAL INFECTION

Biochemistry Cell Biology

MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

Mathematics Physics

QUANTUM DYNAMICS AND CONDENSED MATTER THEORY

Physics

MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE

Neuroscience

MICROGLIA-NEURON INTERACTION

Cell Biology Neuroscience

CELLULAR MORPHODYNAMICS

Cell Biology

EVOLUTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND FUNCTION OF MOTOR CIRCUITS

Cell Biology Evolution & Ecology Neuroscience

INFORMATION PROCESSING IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS

Cell Biology Data Science Evolution & Ecology Neuroscience Physics

SEX-CHROMOSOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Data Science Evolution & Ecology

COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE AND NEUROTHEORY

Data Science Neuroscience

DISCRETE AND COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY AND TOPOLOGY

Computer Science Mathematics

SOFT AND COMPLEX MATERIALS

Physics

COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND PHYSICS SIMULATION

Computer Science Data Science

EPIGENETICS AND CHROMATIN

Cell Biology Evolution & Ecology

Visiting Professors



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