Born in Zams, Austria. Son of Erwin and Erika Gritsch.
September 1980
Start of school education.
May 1993
High school graduation (Matura) at the "HTL für Elektronik Ausbildungszweig
Nachrichtentechnik Innsbruck" (with honors).
October 1993
Enrolled in Electrical Engineering ("Elektrotechnik, Studienzweig Computertechnik,"
branch of study Computer Technology, a five year course) at the Technical University of
Vienna, Austria.
November 1996
Passed "1. Diplomprüfung" at the Technical University of Vienna (with honors).
April 1999
Received degree of "Diplom-Ingenieur" in Electrical Engineering from the Technical
University of Vienna.
May 1999
Entered doctoral program at the Institute for
Microelectronics, Technical University of Vienna, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Hans
Kosina and Prof. Dr. Siegfried Selberherr. Worked on several projects in cooperation with
the Christian Doppler Gesellschaft and
Intel Corporation.