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Marko D. Mihovilovic (born March 2, 1970 in Steyr) is an Austrian chemist and Full Professor of Bioorganic Synthetic Chemistry at TU Wien since 2014. Marko is the Dean of the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria since 2020. He is a Fellow of the Austrian Society of Chemists (GÖCh), American Chemical Society (ACS), Austrian Pharmaceutical Society (ÖPhG), and International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC).

Early life and education
Marko received is early education in Linz and moved to Vienna in 1988 to study Technical Chemistry at TU Wien. He completed his PhD under the supervision of Professor Peter Stanetty in 1996. Marko was Erwin Schrödinger Postdoctoral Fellow in 1997 in the group of M.M. Kayser at University of New Brunswick, Canada and later in 1998 in the group of J.D. Stewart at University of Florida, USA.

Marko MMihovilovic is married to Dr. Barbara Krumpak-Mihovilovic (2001) and has two children, Gregor and Martin.

Independent career
Marko started his independent career at the TU Wien, Vienna, Austria ans completed his habilitation for Bioorganic Chemistry in 2003. He was Associate Professor for Bioorganic Chemistry between 2004 and 2013 and was promoted to full Professor in 2014. He was Head of the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, TU Wien between 2013 and 2019. He is Dean of the Faculty for Technical Chemistry, TU Wien since 2020.

Research interests

 * Development and utilization of wild-type microorganisms and genetically engineered whole-cell systems as new tools in synthetic chemistry.
 * Design of multi-step biocatalytic and chemo-enzymatic reaction cascades.
 * Proliferation of the "green chemistry" concept with respect to sustainability, atom efficiency, and environmentally benign synthetic methods.
 * Development new bioactive compounds for modification of cell differentiation
 * Lead-optimization of natural-compound derived GABAA ligands
 * Lead-optimization of natural-compound derived anti-inflammatory agents
 * Photopharmacology and application of photochemical concepts in chemical biology.
 * Continuous flow chemical processes.
 * Utilization of chiral intermediates obtained via biocatalysis in natural compound total synthesis.
 * Development of synthetic strategies for platform technology compounds from biorenewables.
 * Renewables valorization and circular economy in chemicals exploitation

Scientific dissemination and supervision
Marko is co-author of 210 (+1 in press) research papers, 12 patent applications, 6 book chapters, and 1 book, H-index: 41,			citations: 7531/5007		(Scopus / Web of Science) , 96 invited talks at international conferences and seminars, and Supervisor of 41 master-students and 42 PhD students.

Honors (selected)
Marko Mihovilovic is the recipient of multiple awards for his research. Here is the list of few selected awards and honors.
 * 2004 Thieme Journal Award
 * 2009 Uni:Invent Prize (AWS, Austria; cardiogenic drug candidate)
 * 2011: Emerging Research Area Award (VUT, Austria)
 * 2013: Inventum Award 2012 Silber Medal – Austrian Patent Office
 * 2013: Techniker-Cercle-Fonds Prototype Award (Austria) 2009 Uni:Invent Prize (AWS, Austria)
 * 2015: Uni:Invent Prize (AWS, Austria; anti-inflammatory drug candidate)
 * 2016: Staatspreis Patent 2016 – Finalist (top-3 submission) Category Hedy Lamarr

Other interests
Marko loves Playing piano, cooking, gardening, tennis, and cycling.