Awards & Milestones

In the Financial Industry – Asset Management & Responsible Investments (Equity Asset Class)

  • 2005-2013: Dr. Durana et al. initiated and managed internationally the first Global Alternative Energy Index Portfolio (DAXglobal®) for Deutsche Börse Group.
    In 2008, Dr. Durana et al. initiated and managed the first Global Resource Efficiency Index and the Global Frontier Markets Index Portfolios in cooperation with Standard & Poor’s Dow Jones.
    This was followed by various equity investment products.
    Afterwards, MSCI, Standard & Poor’s and FTSE have initiated and managed series of various environmental and frontier markets indexes.

In Science – Information Technology & Optoelectronics

  • before 2000: Miroslav Durana et al. received patents in the US, Europe and Japan for his inventions in the field of opto-electronic sensors. Over 20 companies such as HP, Tokyo Electron, Caterpillar, Renishaw, Hamamatsu Photonics, Leica AG and Canon refer to his inventions in their patents (Source: USPTO, European Patent Office)