Joanneum Research

JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH

Type	Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung
Industry	Applied research, R&D, consulting
Founded	1950s 1984 (as GmbH)
Headquarters	Graz, Austria
Key people	Dr. Wolfgang Pribyl (CEO)
Revenue	€10.2 million (2009/2010)
Owner(s)	Province of Styria and TNO
Employees	437 (April 2011)
Website	http://www.joanneum.at/en/jr.html

JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH is one of the largest non-academic research institutes in Austria. Besides its headquarters in Graz it is also based in Weiz, Hartberg, Leoben, Niklasdorf and Vienna. 90 percent of the company are owned by the province of Styria, since 2004 10 percent are held by the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO).

Contents 1 Research Areas and Institutes 1.1 Institute of Surface Technology and Photonics (MATERIALS) 1.2 Institute of Biomedicine and Health Sciences (HEALTH) 1.3 Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (DIGITAL) 1.4 Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainability (RESOURCES) 1.5 Centre for Economic and Innovation Research (POLICIES) 2 Trivia 3 External links

Research Areas and Institutes

Research is performed in five institutes, each comprising four to six research groups.

Institute of Surface Technology and Photonics (MATERIALS)

• Micro- and nanostructuring
• Light and optical technologies
• Laser manufacturing technology
• Sensor systems
• Functional surfaces

Institute of Biomedicine and Health Sciences (HEALTH)

• Biomedical technology and monitoring
• Bioanalytics and metabolomics
• Nanotoxicology and nanomedicine
• eHealth and health sciences

Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (DIGITAL)

• Remote sensing and geoinformation
• Machine vision applications
• Space technology and acoustics
• Audiovisual media
• Intelligent information systems

Institute of Water, Energy and Sustainability (RESOURCES)

• Water resources management
• Laboratory centre for isotope hydrology and environmental analysis
• Geophysics and geothermics
• Energy research
• Industrial water management and wastewater technologies
• Chemical-technical plant utilisation

Centre for Economic and Innovation Research (POLICIES)

• Technology, innovation and policy consulting
• Technology, foresight and planning
• Applied statistics
• Regional policy, risk and resource economics

Trivia

The name JOANNEUM RESEARCH is derived from Archduke John (1782-1859), who was very interested in natural sciences. The slogan of the company is „A tradition of innovation“.

External links

• Homepage of JOANNEUM RESEARCH
• Annual Report 2009/2010
• DIAMANT digital film restoration software (jointly developed with HS-ART Digital Service)