Family name | HOINKES |
First name | Georg |
Date of Birth | 12.11.1946 in Innsbruck, Austria |
Maritel Status | Married (Dr. Barbara, née Wilflingseder) since 1973 |
Children | Stephan (1974), Andrea (1977), Susanna (1984) |
Nationality | Austrian |
Languages | German (mother tongue), English (fluent) |
1952-1965 | Elementary and Secondary School in Innsbruck, 1965 Graduation (University Certification) |
10/1965-9/1966 | Military Service |
1966-1971 | University of Innsbrucck Ph.D. Studies in Mineralogy, Petrology and Geology 1969: Visiting semester at the Institute of Crystallography and Petrology, ETH Zürich |
26.2.1972 | Promoted as Doctor of Philosophy with a Ph.D. thesis with the title: Petrographie und Petrogenese eines Migmatites im “Winnebachgranit”. |
1972-1974 | FWF-PostDoc at the University of Vienna, Institute of Petrology. Research work on meteorites under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gero Kurat (Museum of Natural History, Vienna) |
1.5.1974-30.11.1975 | FWF-PostDoc at the University of Innsbruck, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, Responsible for the electron microprobe laboratory under the leadership of ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. F. Purtscheller |
since 1.12.1975 | University Assistant at the University of Innsbruck, Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, under the chairmanship of o. Univ.-Prof. Dr. J. Ladurner. |
29.1.1981 | Habilitation (Venia Docendi) in Mineralogy and Petrology with a thesis on “Mineralchemie und Metamorphose im Schneebergerzug und angrenzenden Altkristallin (Ötztaler Alpen)”, Oberassistent (Associate professor) at the Intitute of Mineralogy and Petrology, University of Innsbruck. |
1.11.1980-31.3.1981 | Research scholarship at the Institute of Crystallography and Petrography, ETH Zürich (Head: Prof. Dr. V. Trommsdorff) |
1.4.-31.5.1982 | Research assistant of Prof. A. B. Thompson at the ETH Zürich |
1985-1996 | Board member of the Austrian Mineralogical Society |
1.7.1988 | Appointed as O. Univ.-Prof. (full professor) of Mineralogy-Crystallography and Petrology at the University of Graz, Austria. |
Since 1989 | Associate Editor of “Mineralogy and Petrology |
1992-1996 | President of the Austrian Mineralogical Society |
1.1.1997-31.12.2001 | Chairman of the "Naturwissenschaftlicher Verein für Steiermark" |
Since 1.9.1997 | Member of the „IECCC – International Eclogite Conference Coordination Committee” |
1.10.1999-30.9.2007 | Dean of the Faculty of Science, Karl-Franzens-University of Graz, Austria. |
1.10.2003-31.12.2007 | Dean of the Science cooperation project of the University of Graz and the Graz University of Technology (NawiGraz Natural Sciences) |
7.7.2005-28.8.2009 | Chairman of the International Eclogite Conference Coordination Committee (IECCC) |
From 2008 | Member of the National Committee of the International Geological Correlation Program (Austrian Academy of Science) |
1.4.2010- 31.3.2012 | Head of the Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz |
1.4.2012-31.3.2014 | Head of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Graz |
1.10.2014-30.9.2015 | Sabbatical leave |
From 1.10.2015 | Em.o.Univ.Prof. (Emeritus professor) |