Markus Karner

Markus Karner teaches interdisciplinary courses that combine complexity theory, ecology, evolution, and strategy. He uses these tools to explore the functioning and evolution of complex adaptive systems through diversity, recombination, and creativity.

Markus has been teaching undergraduates and MBA candidates at Singapore Management University since 2005. He owns a Singapore based consulting company, Karner Consult Pte Ltd.

A native of Austria, Markus holds a PhD in Life Sciences from the University of Paris and a MSc from the University of Vienna. He held postdoctoral research positions at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and at the University of Hawai’i in Honolulu.

His research used molecular biology tools in microbial ecology in the Mediterranean, Pacific Ocean, and Antarctica. He was awarded the U.S. National Science Foundation Medal for Services in Antarctica.

Markus published his original research in the prestigious journal Nature and other peer-reviewed publications, and wrote a textbook on biological models for business. His research was funded by the National Science Foundations of Austria and the U.S.A., and by the Commission of the European Communities.

Markus is tri-lingual in English, German, and French. He lives with his family in Singapore.