He received his PhD degree in physics in 2003 from Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria. He conducts research focused on the development of midinfrared laser spectroscopic instrumentation for applications in trace gas detection and chemical sensing. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed publications and coauthored over 200 papers and seminars in international conferences and meetings. He is a member of OSA, APS, and SPIE and serves as an associate editor of Optics Express, and co-editor of Applied Physics B.