Group Leader
Univ. Prof. Dr. Diethard Mattanovich
phone: +43 1 47654 79002
fax: +43 1 47654 79009
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Senior Scientists
Martin Altvater, PhD
Towards sustainable production of lactic acid using genetically modified yeast
room no: 01/20
phone:+ 43 1 47654 79110
email: martin.altvater(a)boku.ac.at
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Özge Ata, PhD
Genetically modified yeast
room no: 04/52
phone: +43 1 47654 79046
email: oezge.ata(a)boku.ac.at
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Hans Marx, PhD
Synthetic biology │metabolic engineering │ microbial chemical production│biorefinery
room no: 01/05
phone:+43 1 47654 79105
email: hans.marx(a)boku.ac.at
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Researcher
Simone Bachleitner, PhD
Development and validation of an integrated efficient yeast-based fermentation process for the conversion of CO2, MeOH and FA to added value organic acids.
room no: 04/52
phone: +43 1 47654 79046
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Ly Nguyen Ngoc, PhD
Pichia pastoris promoter engineering
room no: MUGI / 04/16
phone: +43 147654 79043
email: ly.nguyen(a)boku.ac.at
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PhD Students
Daniel Ahlheit, MSc.
room no: 04/07.2
phone: +43 1 47654 79038
email: daniel.ahlheit(a)boku.ac.at
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Helena Godon, MSc.
Next generation Pichia toolbox development
room: 04/07
phone: +43 147654 79037 /-30843
email: helena.godon(a)boku.ac.at
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Marina Ječmenica, MSc.
Quantitative trait loci mapping in Komagataella phaffii
room no: 01/01
phone: +43 1 47654 79032 / -79142
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Aliki Kostopoulou, MSc.
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Miriam Kuzman, MSc.
Grafting the Ribulose Monophosphate Cycle for Methanol Assimilation into Komagataella phaffii.
room no: 04/07
phone: +43 1 47654 79036
email: miriam.kuzman(a)boku.ac.at
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Golnaz Memari, MSc.
Pathway design for mixotrophic production of biochemicals from CO2 and methanol in yeasts
room: 04/07.2
phone: +43 1 47654 79038
email: golnaz.memari(a)boku.ac.at
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Charles Moritz, MSc.
Enzyme engineering and evolution for improved methanol dissimilation in the synthetic autotroph Pichia pastoris
room: 04/07.2
phone: +43 1 47654 79038
email: charles.moritz(a)boku.ac.at
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Yoshua Donny Rudinatha, MSc.
Control of glycolysis in Crabtree-negative and positive yeasts
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Manja Mølgaard Severinsen, MSc.
Process design for organic acid production from C1 substrates
room no: 04/07.2
phone: +43 1 47654 79038
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Evelyn Carolina Vásquez Castro, MSc.
Increasing the carbon efficiency of citric acid production
room no: 04/02
phone: +43 1 47654 79032
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Technicians
Viktoria Kowarz, MSc.
room no: 04/07
phone: +43 1 47654 79035
email: viktoria.kowarz(a)boku.ac.at
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Lisa Lutz, MSc.
room no: 04/07.2
phone: +43 1 47654 79038
email: lisa.lutz(a)boku.ac.at
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Rebecca Oberndorfer
room no: 04/07
phone: +43 1 74654 79037
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Bianca Pouzar, B.Sc.
email: bianca.selenic(a)boku.ac.at
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Gabriele Wilt
General technical support of research group
room no: 04/07
phone: +43 1 47654 79036
email: gabriele.wilt(a)boku.ac.at
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Student Co-Workers
David Glinsner
room no: 01/04
phone: +43 1 47654 79104
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David Hersch
room no: 04/07
phone: +43 1 47654 79037
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Gregor Lutz
room no: 04/07
phone: +43 1 47654 79037
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Michaela Schinerl
room no: 04/02
phone: +43 1 47654 79032
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ACIB Area Management & Administration Research Group
Birgit Marckhgott, Mag.
room no: 05/02
phone: +43 1 47654 79004
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Former Group Members
Bernd Albrecht (PhD student) │ Magnus Ask (PhD student) │Diane Barbay (PhD student) │Kristin Baumann (PhD student) │Michael Baumschabl (PhD student) │Martina Bellasio (PhD student) │ Katrin Benakovitsch (PhD student) │ Marzena Blumhoff (PhD student) │ Markus Buchtetics (PhD student) │Jonas Burgard (PhD student) │Simona Capone (diploma student) │ Ben L Coltman (PhD student)│Daniel Daraban (PhD student) │Sonakshi De (PhD, PostDoc) │Marizela Delic (researcher) │ Thomas Dohnal (diploma student) │ Alexander Doleschal (apprentice) │ Martin Dragosits (PhD student) │ Michael Egermeier (researcher) │Valeria Ellena (PhD student) │Anna Erian (PhD student) │ Stefan Ertl (PhD student) │Susanne Eywo (PhD student) │ Felix Fuchsberger (diploma student) │ Thomas Gaßler (researcher) │ Rebecca Göngrich (PhD student) │ Alexandra Graf (PhD student) │ Burcu Gündüz Ergün (researcher) │Sarah Heinzl (technician) │Silvia Heiss (diploma student) │ Hubertus Hohenblum (PhD student) │ Robin Hoheneder (PhD student) │ Frederik Hoppe (technician) │ Dariusz Jarych (master student) │ Denis Kalemasi (PhD student) │Ursula Kiesswetter (technician) │Rakesch Koppram (researcher) │ Nils Landes (PhD student) │ Ben Leyland (PostDoc) │ Katharina Lindlbauer (PhD student) │Ksenija Lopandic (senior scientist) │Lukas Marsalek (PhD student) │Michael Maurer (PhD student) │Astrid Mecklenbräuker (diploma student) │ Harald Mindler (diploma student) │ Bernd Mitic (PhD) │Gerda Modarres-Sadreghi (staff scientist) │ Stefan Neubauer (PhD student) │ Karin Neunteufl (technician) │ Justyna Nocon (PhD student) │ Sandra F. Oloketuyi (PostDoc) │ Anett Patschke (PhD student) │ David Alejandro Pena-Navarro (PhD student)│Siniša Petrik (Researcher) │ Armin Peymann (staff scientist) │ Martin Pfeffer (PhD student) │ Stefan Pflügl (PhD student) │Maria del Carme Pons Royo (PostDoc) │Oliver Preimesberger (diploma student) │ Roland Prielhofer (Researcher) │ Verena Puxbaum (Researcher) │ Bojana Radoman (PhD student │ Mario Rankl (master student) │ Mascha Rauscher (diploma student) │Alice Rassinger (researcher) │ Enrique Recuero Martinez │ Andreas Redl (diploma student) │ Joshua Rettenwender (master student) │Marion Rothmüller (technician) │ Christine Sanystra (diploma student/staff scientist) │ Parveen Sarkary (staff scientist) │ Michaela Schinerl (technician) │ Sabine Schießler (technician) │Bernhard Schmelzer (PhD student, Post Doc) │Fabian Schneider (technician) │ Matthias Steiger (researcher)│ Stefanie Steuer (master student)│ Brigitte Svoboda (diploma student) │ Nadine Tatto (PhD student / staff scientist) │ Lars Töllner (researcher) │Damiano Totaro (PhD student)│Minoska Valli (researcher) │Franziska Wanka (diploma student) │ Konrad Woroszylo (master student) │ Richard Zahrl (PhD student) │ Domen Zavec (PhD student)