Personal Data
Name and title:	Friedrich Brunner, Dr. phil. (PhD)
Date and place of birth:	November, 1952; Styria, Austria
Civil status:	Married, 2 children
Nationality:	Austria
Education
September 1959 - June 1964	Primary School
September 1964 - May 1972	Grammar School
October 1972 - June 1975	Studies of Biology at the University of Graz, Austria
September 1975 - June 1977	Studies of Botany at Rutgers University, NJ, USA (MSc)
October 1977 - June 1979	PhD thesis at the Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology,University of Graz, supervised by Prof. W. R. Kukovetz: Pharmacocinetics of ^14C-Bencyclan and of ^14C-Tofizopam in rat and man
Professional Experience
September 1979 - November 1980	Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz: Pharmacokinetic research
December 1980 - January 1982	Postdoctorate fellow at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Paris XII, Créteil, France (Prof. J.-P. Tillement): Pharmacocinetic research concluted with the thesis La liaison plasmatique d´ un anti-inflammatoire non stéroidique, le F 1594, chez l´homme. (title: Assistant Etranger)
July 1995 - December 1995	Postdoctorate fellow at the Department of Biochemistry and Nutrition, University of Brussel, Belgium: Studies into muscarinic receptor pharmacology
1983 - 1987	Several fellowships (DAAD) in the group of Prof. D. Palm at the Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Frankfurt, Germany: Muscarinic receptor binding studies
October 1989	Habilitation for Pharmacology at the Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz: Muscarinic receptor subtypes
December 1990 - May 1992	Senior Research fellow at the Ischaemic Heart Disease Research Laboratory, University of Cape Town Medical School, South Africa (Prof. L. H. Opie): Role of endothelin in myocardial ischaemia-reperfusion injury
October 1989 - January 1996	Universitäts-Dozent at the Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Graz, Austria
since 1996	Associate Professor of Pharmacology (tit. ao. Univ.-Prof., research) at same department
Awards	Herba-Preis 1988, Josef-Krainer-Würdigungspreis 1999, HOECHST-Preis 1999, Peregrini-Preis 2001.
Languages	German (native), English and French
Teaching	Medical physiology, pharmacokinetics, cardiovascular pharmacology, all as Associate Professor of Pharmacology, University of Graz
Scientific Journals	Member of Editorial Board: Pharmacology & Therapeutics; Reviewer for Cardiovasc Res, Br J Pharmacol, Naunyn-Schmiedeb Arch Pharmacol, etc.
Grant Reviews	Wellcome trust