Prof. Walter H. Günzburg, Ph.D. is the Chairman and one of the founders of the company. He is also the Professor of Virology at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria and formerly an Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore and director of the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Gene Therapeutic Vector Development in Vienna. Prior to founding Austrianova, he was the Chairman of the board of Austrianova Biotechnology GmbH and Austrianova Biomanufacturing AG. He has also been an advisor to Paktis (Germany) and Tocagen (USA), as well as a founder, board member and former Chairman of Virusure GmbH, a virus testing company located in Vienna, Austria. He has also served as a member of German Federal Medical Association Ethics Committee for Gene Therapy (Kommission Somatische Gentherapie der Bundesärztekammer) since 1997 as well as a member of the European Academy for the Study of Consequences of Scientific and Technological Advances (since 1998). Prof. Günzburg has more than 30 years experience in virology, and twenty years experience in cell therapy and bioencapsulation. He has published numerous peer reviewed scientific publications.

Veterinary, Biotechnology and virology