Markus Makoschitz received the Ph.D. degree (with hons.) from the Vienna University of Technology in 2016 where he was engaged in research on active, hybrid and passive three-phase rectifier systems funded by FFG and Schneider Electric Austria.

In 2016 he joined the AIT Austrian Institute of Technolgy GmbH where he is currently working in a senior scientist position and responsible for national/international co-funded R&D projects and research activities, mainly in the fields of medium- and low-voltage single/three-phase power systems and integration of wideband-gap devices (SiC, GaN) for ultra-high efficient and volume optimized applications.

Since 2018 he has been supporting IEA Annex activities as Operating Agent (OA) and Expert of the IEA 4E (Energy Efficient End-Use Equipment) Power Electronic Conversion Technology Annex (PECTA), which identifies the energy efficiency potential of wide bandgap for end-use equipment.

He is furthermore a university lecturer at the TU Vienna and the university of applied science (Vienna).