Daniel Kolarich, born in Vienna, Austria became fascinated with glycobiology, mass spectrometry and the possibilities that a combination of both has to offer during his undergraduate studies of Food Science and Biotechnology at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna. During his PhD at the same University and his subsequent post doctoral work with Prof. Nicki Packer at Macquarie University in Sydney, NSW, he worked intensively on glycopeptide oriented glycoproteomics of major plasma and secreted glycoproteins as well as on plant and insect allergens. In autumn 2010 he joined the Department of Biomolecular Systems at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam, Germany, as a group leader establishing the glycoproteomics research group. His research focus is on automated quantitative glycomics & glycoproteomics techniques and applying these to study disease related glycosylation signatures.