Working experience at the following places (scientific integration):

• Functional Neuroimaging Lab at the Newcastle University (School of Psychology)
• Brain Research Lab at the Vienna University (5 years; Faculty of Psychology) 
• Ear-Nose-Throat Clinic, Medical University Vienna (2 years; EEG)
• National Neuroscience Facility, Melbourne University (6 months; experiment designing in fMRI and data analysis)
• Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne University (1 month; experiment designing in fMRI and data analysis)
• Clinic for Neurology, Medical University Vienna (10 years; Electroencephalography (EEG) and Magnetoencephalography (MEG) including data analysis; also Clinical studies with Alzheimer, MCI and Parkinson patients)
• School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews (3 months; experiment designing, EEG and data analysis)
• Department of Neurophysiology (3 years; Biology Department, Vienna University (Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology)
• Biology Department, Yokohama City University (1 year; Cellular Neurophysiology, Intracellular Recordings of Single Neurons)

List of scientific journals which published own scientific output
(totally, about 150 impact points (according to the ISI Web of Knowledge)):

• Nature (1 paper)
• Progress in Neurobiology (1 review)
• Neuropsychologia (1 paper)
• NeuroImage (7 papers)
• Cognitive Brain Research (5 papers)
• Experimental Brain Research (1 paper)
• Neuroscience Letters (4 papers)
• Clinical Neurophysiology (2 papers)
• Journal of Neural Transmission (5 papers)
• Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications (1 paper)
• Physiology and Behavior (1 paper)
• International Journal of Obesity (1 paper)
• Zoological Science (1 paper)
• Journal of Psychophysiology (1 paper)

Books and Book chapters:

• A book about subconscious information processing (in progress; contract with Austrian Publisher) 
• Neurobiology of subconscious information processing (in progress; Camebridge University Press)
• Lehrner J.P and Walla P. (2000). Development of odour naming and odour memory from childhood to young adulthood. In: Olfaction, Taste and Cognition; Eds.: C. Rouby, B. Schaal, D. Dubois, R. Gervais, A. Holley, pp. 278-289.
Abstracts for congress presentations:

• About 40 international congress abstracts

Reviewer for the following international scientific Journals:

• Biological Psychology
• Brain Behavior Sciences
• Brain Research Bulletin
• Clinical Neurophysiology
• Cognition
• Cognitive Brain Research
• Developmental Biology
• Developmental Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Neuropsychologia
• Neuroimage
• Neurology
• Neuroscience Letters
• International Journal of Psychophysiology

Reviewer for following Fund Organisations:

• Wellcome Trust

Congress organization contributions:

• EEGLAB-Workshop at the Vienna University (Faculty of Psychology)
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Human Brain Mapping conference in Chicago (2007).
• Workshop “Science, Medicine & using the media to make your point” for the FENS meeting in Vienna (2006)
• Supervision of Online EEG performance for the AAEM 50th Anniversary and the 57th Annual Meeting of the ACNS Joint Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, 15-20 September 2003
• International MEG-Symposium “MEG and stuff” (2002)
• International Movement Disorders Congress, Vienna (1996)

Author of following successful grant applications:

• “Neurophysiology of Memory Functions” (FWF: ca. Euro 100.000.-)
• “The unconscious Memory” (ÖNB: ca. Euro 20.000.-)
• “Smelling and Memory for Words and Faces” (FWF: ca. Euro 193.000.-)
• “Neural correlates of Self Awareness” (FWF: ca. Euro 138.000.-)
• “MEG and Emotion” (ShopConsult: ca. Euro 40.000.-)
• “MEG and Influence of Olfaction on Emotion” (ShopConsult: ca. Euro 30.000.-)
• “EEG and Color effects” (Shopconsult: ca. Euro 23.000.-)
• “MEG and Alzheimer’s disease” (Sanochemia: ca. Euro 44.000.-)
• “EEG and Olfaction in MCI” (Sanochemia: ca. Euro 30.000.-)
ca. Euro 618.000.-

Awards:

• Top-Reviewer Award (Journal Neuropsychologia) 2008
• Scientific Supervision of a NASA awarded (Manfred Schlapp) Space Project (Columbia Mission 2003)
• Theodor Körner Award 1998 (awarded by the President of Austria)
• Congress Award at the Austrian Neuroscience Meeting in Pernegg 1997 (best presentation)
• Best visiting researcher at the Yokohama City University
• Stipendium for 8 months visiting research in Japan (Yokohama city University)

Organisations:

• Austrian Neuroscience Association (ANA)
• Federation of European Neurosciences (FENS)
• Society for NeuroPsychoEconomics
• Chief Editor of the Austrian Neuroscience Association Newsletter
• American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine
• Speaker of the Research focus “Functional Neuroanatomy of the interaction of Emotion and Cognition (Vienna University)
• Member of the working group discussing about Internal University Organisation
• Centre for Brain and Mental Health Research (Newcastle University)

Invited Talks:

• ASP conference at the Newcastle University (2009), Multiple aspects of Self Awareness
• Universität Bochum – International Graduate School for Neuroscience (2009): Cross-modal integration: Olfaction, Words and Faces
• Wiener Vorlesungen: Homo Neurobiologicus (2008): Neurobiologische Bedingungen Menschlichen Handelns
• Bratislava - Symposium (2007): “Olfaction and Faces”
• Melbourne - National Neuroscience Facility (2004): “Self Awareness and fMRI”
• Melbourne - Howard Florey Institute (2003): “Implicit Memory, Olfaction and False Recognition”
• Vienna - Psychiatry and Neurosciences (2003): “Conscious and subconscious information processing”
• San Francisco - American Society for EEG and Movement (2003): “Online EEG-Performance
• Vienna - MEG and Stuff-Symposium (2002): “MEG and impaired Memory”
• San Diego - University of California, (2002): “Olfaction”
• Vienna - Center for Brain Research, Vienna (2002): “Influence of Olfaction on Word and Face Processing”

University Teaching
(Vienna University, Medical University Vienna, Webster University):

SS2009
Uni Wien: Forschungsseminar für Fortgeschrittene B, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: VO Biologische Psychologie II, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
WS2008
Uni Wien: Fachliteraturseminar, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: VO Biologische Psychologie I, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Forschungsseminar für Fortgeschrittene A, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Dissertantenseminar, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Psychologie als Wissenschaft I, Psychologie, 1h, 1,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Orientierung und Basiskompetenzen für das Psychologiestudium (Studieneingang mit Blended Mentoring), Psychologie, 1h, 2,0 ECTS-Punkte
Medizinische Uni Wien: Neurologie, Die faszinierende Welt menschlicher Kognition, 2h.
SS2008
Uni Wien: Forschungsseminar für Fortgeschrittene B, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: VO Biologische Psychologie II, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Dissertantenseminar, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
WS2007
Uni Wien: VO Biologische Psychologie I, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Forschungsseminar für Fortgeschrittene A, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Dissertantenseminar, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: VO Psychologie als Wissenschaft I, Psychologie, 1h, 1,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Orientierung und Basiskompetenzen für das Psychologiestudium (Studieneingang mit Blended Mentoring), Psychologie, 1h, 2,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Einführung in die Welt menschlicher Kognition, Biologie, 2h, 3,0 ECTS-Punkte
SS2007
Uni Wien: Spezifische Schwerpunkte: Kognitive Neurowissenschaft, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Dissertantenseminar, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
WS2006
Uni Wien: Spezifische Schwerpunkte: Kognitive Neurowissenschaften, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: Dissertantenseminar, Psychologie, 2h, 4,0 ECTS-Punkte
Uni Wien: "Einführung in die Welt menschlicher Kognition", Biologie, 2h, 3,0 ECTS-Punkte
Medizinische Uni Wien: Die faszinierende Welt menschlicher Kognition, Neurologie, 2h.
SS2006
Uni Wien: Spezifische Schwerpunkte, Psychologie, 2h
Uni Wien: Dissertantenseminar, Psychologie, 2h
Uni Wien: Neurophysiologie menschlicher Gehirnfunktionen, Biologie, 2h
WS2005
Uni Wien: Spezifische Schwerpunkte: Kognitive Neurowissenschaften, Psychologie, 2h
Seit 2005:
An der Webster University, PSYC 4650: Physiological Psychology, 3h.
SS2005
Uni Wien: Spezifische Schwerpunkte: Aktuelle Schwerpunkte der Klinischen Neuropsychologie, Psychologie, 2h
SS2003
Uni Wien: Forschungsseminar für Fortgeschrittene II: Biologische Psychologie - Kognitive Neurowissenschaft, Psychologie, 2h
WS2002
Uni Wien: Forschungsseminar für Fortgeschrittene I: Biologische Psychologie - Kognitive Neurowissenschaften, Psychologie, 2h
WS 2002
Meduni Wien: Mitwirkung im Rahmen einer Lehrveranstaltung von Prof. Wilfried Lang (“Functional Brain Topography”)
WS 1993
Uni Wien: Leitung einer Versuchsreihe im Rahmen eines Neurobiologischen Praktikums am Zoologischen Institut der Universität Wien (Praktikumstutor), 10h
Uni Wien: Neurophysiologie menschlicher Gehirnfunktionen, Biologie, 2h

Media presentations:

• Interview for the magazine “Clinicum” about Neuromarketing (2010)
• Interview for the daily Newspaper “Die Presse” about “Neuromarketing” (März 2009)
• Interview for the daily Newspaper “Die Presse” about Mentoring at the University (Februar 2009)
• Interview for the magazine “Universum” (Duftmarketing) (2008)
• 10th Anniversary issue of the magazine “Universum” (interview) (2008)
• Medical Tribune (article about scientific activity) (2008)
• Austrian Television (ORF1): “Wie Bitte” (Science Documentary) (2007)
• Austrian Radio (Ö1): Interview about "déjà vu" (2007)
• Swiss Radio (DRS3): Interview about Neuroscience (2007)
• Innovation Circle, Sofa Talk (Leupold&Leupold): Interview about Olfaction (2007)
• Austrian Newspaper: "Der Standard": article about self awareness study (Brain Imaging) (18.10.2006)
• reports about “startle response experiment” study in about 20 different newspapers, magazines and other media (2006)
• Mentioned in Book: "Haben Wollen" (free engl. trans. "Want to Have"; author: Wolfgang Ullrich): mentions Peter Walla as conducting serious and successful science. (2006)
• Time Magazine: mentions Peter Walla as successful scientist (18.9.2006)
• Weekly Newspaper: "Die Furche" (Interview about Olfaction in association to the movie: "The perfume" (14.9.2006)
• Austrian Television (ORF1): "Newton" (scientific report about olfaction)
• Austrian Television (ORF1): "Modern Times" (scientific report about emotion)
• Austrian Radio (Ö1): "Salzburger Nachtstudio" (report about vision, “The View”)
• Magazine: "Universum": article about olfaction
• Magazine: "Universum": article about general neuroscientific activity
• Austrian Television website: "Science": article about Neuroscience activity
• Daily Newspaper: "Der Standard": article about "False recognition"
• Daily Newspaper: "Der Standard": article about "Implicit memory"

Other activities:

• Running: Best marathon time: 3h 43min; best time for 16 km: 1h 7min
• Film editing: Films for the United Nations Golf Club, for professional dancers and other artistic performances, numerous weddings and other celebrations.
• Godfather: Hannah, Lisa, Marlene and Amelie
• Travelling: Lots of places including the Galapagos Islands which are highly recommended
• Neuroconsult: Company offering Applied Neuroscience and Neuroconsulting (www.neuroconsult.at)