Markus Mikl

A native Carinthian, Markus Mikl attended university in Vienna where he studied biology with a special emphasis on genetics. On graduating, he worked as a project coordinator and PR manager for a number of companies and research institutions, including Boehringer Ingelheim with its Research Institute for Molecular Pathology (IMP) in Vienna; Intercell AG, Vienna; and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Technology Assessment in Vienna. In his position as PR manager at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics (MPI-CBG), Dresden and Heidelberg, Markus Mikl helped to build up the institute and developed its entire corporate design. He has been working at FGÖ as a PR specialist since June 2004.

"The message I want to get across in my work is that living a healthy life is fun and empowering. You don’t have to flagellate yourself or labor away till you are dripping with perspiration. Nor is a healthy lifestyle time-consuming or expensive. Integrating small changes in daily routines have a much longer term effect than one-time bursts of activity."