AUSTRIA

Gerhard Thomas Kroyer
Founder Member. Doctor of Technical Sciences. Main fields: Food Chemistry & Technology, Biotechnology and Nutrition. University Professor at the Institute of Chemical Engineering, Division of Natural Products and Food Chemistry, University of Technology Vienna. University Lecturer at the Institute of Nutritional Sciences, Vienna University. Consultant for Austrian and international food industry companies. He has published over 100 publications in scientific journals and co-authored three scientific books.

Andy Lee Lang
Academic Member. Musician. His CDs include Back to Rock 'N' Roll, Rockin Piano Man, Back in Town, Rockin Christmas, American Christmas, Greatest Live Hits, and Duets. He has been honoured with a Gold Record of Achievement Award and the Millennium Medal of Honour.

Jörg Pfleiderer
Founder Member. MSc and PhD. 1958-61, 1962-63, Research Assistant, Institute of Astronomy, Tübingen; 1961-62, Research Assistant, European Southern Observatory, Beaufort-West, RSA; 1964-65, University Assistant, Tübingen; 1965-71, University Assistant, Bonn; ESRO Research Fellow, Boulder CO (1968-69) and Charlottesville VA (1969-70); 1971, Professor, Bonn; 1974, Full Professor of Astronomy and Chair, Institute of Astronomy, Innsbruck, Austria; Visiting Professor, Rhodes University, Grahamstwon RSA, 1982/84 and University of Florida, 1987; Emeritus Professor, 1999.

Kurt F. Svatek
Founder Member. Graduated in literature. Main fields: Educator, schools inspector and author. 1973-2004, Lecturer in bookkeeping, correspondence, political science and German, Vocational School, Neunkirchen; 1987-2004, Member of the Labour Court Wiener Neustadt; 1990, member leading to Chairman of the Works Committee; since 2004, Honorary Professor of Letters, and freelance writer. He has published a novel, 22 collections of poems, aphorisms, and short stories, and has contributed to more than 170 anthologies and 100 magazines and periodicals world-wide.

Karlheinz Tscheliessnigg
Annual Member. MD. Main fields: Surgery, Organ Transplantation. Chairman and Head, Department of Surgery; Head, Division of Organ Transplantation; Head, Structure Commission of the Medical Faculty, Karl Franzens University Graz; Head, Postgraduate Commission of the Medical Faculty, Karl Franzens University Graz; Head, Professor Curia of the Medical Faculty, Karl Franzens University Graz; Char, constituent convention Medical University Graz; Vicerector (clinical affairs), Medical University Graz. Member International Society for heart and lung transplantation.