Since January 2022	Postdoctoral researcher at IBNM, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany
January 2021 - Dezember 2021	Structural engineer at Vienna Consulting Engineers (VCE), Austria
2016 - 2020	Research associate and PhD candidate at the Unit of Applied Mechanics, University of Innsbruck, Austria
2013 - 2016	Master's degree in civil and environmental engineering, University of Innsbruck, Austria
2009 - 2013	Bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Awards
Thesis Award 2021 of the Research Area Scientific Computing, University of Innsbruck (UIBK)
Journal Papers
König, P., P. Salcher, C. Adam, and B. Hirzinger (2021). “Dynamic analysis of railway bridges exposed to high-speed trains considering the vehicle-track-bridge-soil interaction”. Acta Mechanica. 232. pp. 4583-4608.

Adam, C. and B. Hirzinger (2020). “Ein Modell mit Boden-Bauwerk-Interaktion zur dynamischen Berechnung von Eisenbahnbrücken”. Bauingenieur. 95(7-8), pp. 289-298. (in German).

Hirzinger, B., C. Adam, M. Oberguggenberger, and P. Salcher (2020). “Approaches for predicting the probability of failure of bridges subjected to high-speed trains”. Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics 59. (Article 103021).

Hirzinger, B., C. Adam, and P. Salcher (2020). “Dynamic response of a non-classically damped beam with general boundary conditions subjected to a moving mass-spring-damper system”. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences 185. (Article 105877).

Hirzinger, B., C. Adam, P. Salcher, and M. Oberguggenberger (2019). “On the optimal strategy of stochastic based reliability assessment of railway bridges for high-speed trains”. Meccanica 54.9, pp. 1385–1402.

Luger, M., R. Traxl, U. Hofer, B. Hirzinger, and R. Lackner (2018). “RUC-based multi-scale model for braid-reinforced polymers: Application to coil springs”. Composites Part B 155, pp. 431– 443.