Stefan Grünert, PhD, Biolution GmbH is an
accomplished life scientist, co-authoring more than 16 publications with in
excess of 3,400 cumulative citations and several patents. He is co-founder of
biolution and was managing director of “dialog gentechnik”, a national Austrian
association for science communication, and regularly reviews grant proposals
for the EC.
Within Biolution, Stefan has been involved in successful applications for more than 10
EU-funded cooperative research projects, several ERC grants, and numerous
national grants. Additionally, in his other positions, he has contributed to
further successful proposals at both national and international levels.
Regularly, he initiates or contributes to national science communication
events, including “Lange Nacht der Forschung” and “European Researchers’
Night”. Stefan coordinated the Austrian contribution to the European
Researchers’ Night in 2009 and successfully applied for two science
communication actions in FP7.