Alexander von Gabain
Alexander von Gabain Strategic Advisor to the Management and Supervisory Boards of Intercell AG, Founder Alexander von Gabain obtained his Ph.D. in Genetics at the University of Heidelberg and held a post-doctorate position at the Stanford University. In the 1980s and 1990s he was a Professor at the University of Umeå and the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, as well as an advisor to pharmaceutical and biotech companies. From 1992 to 1998 he was Chair of Microbiology at the University of Vienna at the Campus Vienna Biocenter, Austria. In 1998 he co-founded Intercell AG and led the company as CEO until it was successfully floated on the Vienna Stock Exchange in 2005. From 2005 to 2009 he was Member of the Executive Management Board and CSO of the Company. His research interests are in the fields of microbial gene expression, host-parasite interactions, and immunology. He has published more than 100 publications and book chapters and is holding numerous patents. He holds a professorship of Microbiology at the Max Perutz Laboratories, Vienna, and a foreign adjunct professorship at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm. He is member of several professional organizations and serves on the boards of biotech enterprises, including TVM Capital, Munich. His achievements have been acknowledged by prestigious industrial awards and academic prizes and honourable memberships. In September 2008, he was appointed into the Governing Board of the European Institute of Technology (EIT).