Sonja Hammerschmid

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sonja Hammerschmid
Occupation	Molecular Biologist
Date Of Birth	Jun 24, 1968(1968-06-24)
Age	56
Birthplace	Steyr
Country	Austria
Birth City	Upper Austria
Horoscope	Gemini

Sonja Hammerschmid Biography

Sonja Hammerschmid is one of the most popular and richest Molecular Biologist who was born on June 24, 1968 in Steyr, Upper Austria, Austria. Sonja Hammerschmid was born Sonja Maria Theresia Morwald on the 24th of June on the 24th of June, 1948 in Steyr.

The year 1998 saw Hammerschmid resigned from her career in science, dissatisfied with the monotony of lab work as well as the unpredictable nature of the race to publish. After a few months as a product manager at Margaritella-Biotrade, she became the executive manager of the Innovation Agency (German: Innovationsagentur GmbH), a government agency for the promotion of young entrepreneurs, where she spent her time organizing competitions and subsidy programs and generally linking up innovative startups with investor advice and money. After the Innovation Agency was absorbed into the Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft in 2003 Hammerschmid was named the head of the new organization’s Department for Technology and Innovation.

In 2014, the People’s Party briefly considered tapping her for state secretary of scientific research.

In May 2016, Christian Kern took over as the head of the exhausted and beleaguered coalition of Social Democrats and People’s Party in the middle of an election cycle. Kern immediately reshuffled his cabinet, trying to revitalize the coalition through four new appointments. Besides trying to project optimism and present fresh faces, Kern was also attempting to hint at having a certain technocratic streak. Kern’s ideal candidate would not have a strong party power base, so as not to be able to prevent him from consolidating power, but would nevertheless be able to serve as a token of good faith to one of the party’s for major factions. Hammerschmid fit the bill and was a good choice as Kern’s message to the right wing of the party. On May 18, 2016, Hammerschmid was appointed head of the Ministry of Education and Women’s Affairs. A subsequent reapportionment of ministerial responsibilities − a maneuver regularly undertaken by new parliamentary majority leaders − moved women’s affairs into the purview of the Ministry of Health. On July 1, 2016, Hammerschmid received her new permanent appointment as the minister of education.

Beginning in 1986, she studied the biology of tumors and genetics in the University of Vienna, receiving an M.S. degree in 1992 and a Ph.D. in 1995. Between 1990 and 1995 she also worked in the role of research assistant with Boehringer Ingelheim.

Sonja Hammerschmid Net Worth

Sonja Hammerschmid is one of the richest Molecular Biologist from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sonja Hammerschmid 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Sonja Hammerschmid (born Sonja Maria Theresia MORWAL on 24 June 1967 in Steyr) is an Austrian molecular biologist as well as politician. She was the Rector at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna between 2010 and 2016 and education minister within the Kern government from 2016 until 2017. In 2017 Hammerschmid is an official participant in the Austrian National Council. Hammerschmid is part of the Social Democratic Party.

Hammerschmid’s parents were working class. The region, located near to the Iron Curtain, was economically poor; a huge agriculture sector was struggling to make a living from the most squatter soils in the nation. Hammerschmid’s academic career was highly acceptable given her location and background and the fact that educational mobility was low in the rural, poor towns of the 1970s Austria. Hammerschmid readily admits she was an statistical outlier.

In September 2010, Hammerschmid was appointed rector of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, originally for a term of four years. She easily won reappointment for a second term. In December 2015, Hammerschmid was elected president of Universities Austria (Österreichische Universitätenkonferenz or Uniko), the lobbying federation of Austria’s public universities. Inaugurated in January 2016, she was the first woman to lead the organization. Hammerschmid resigned from both positions upon entering politics in 2016.

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Sonja Ranked on the list of most popular Molecular Biologist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Austria. Sonja Hammerschmid celebrates birthday on June 24 of every year.