Univ.-Prof. Dr. Joseph Strauss
Group Leader and Vice Head of Department
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
Department of Applied Genetics und Cell Biology
Institute of Microbial Genetics
University Research Center Tulln
Konrad Lorenz Straße 24, 3430 Tulln an der Donau, Austria
Phone: +43-1-47654-94420
e-mail
Strauss Lab - Team members
DI Dr. Harald Berger
PostDoc (part time) ‘fungal genomics, bioinformatics’
Phone: +43-1-47654-94481
Dr. Sabine Strauss-Goller
Senior Lecturer, agricultural genetics/microbial genetics courses of the department
Phone: +43-1-47654-94492
DI Franz Zehetbauer, BSc
PhD student ‘PiNet - The Internet of fungi’
Lab members from collaborating AIT group
Dr. Markus Gorfer
fungal ecology and analytics
Verena Unterwurzacher
PhD student ‘fungal analytics, molecular biology’
DI Clara Pogner
project coordination and bioaerosols
DI Dragana Bandian
lab manager and fungal analytics
Strauss Lab - former team members
Dr. Lena Studt
PostDoc ‘fungal epigenetics and secondary metabolism’ (2015-2023)
Former team members:
DI Dr. Anna Atanasoff-Kardjalieff, BSc
DI Elias Messner, Bsc
Adrian Kundratitz
Sandra Reischl
Marlene Braunauer
Hannah Engelhart
Julia Gregorich
Alexandra Okolowicz
Kimberley Tarraz
Dr. Christoph Schueller
yeast genetics and bioactive microbial metabolites (BiMM)
Simone Bachleitner, MSc
PhD Student ‘Fusarium epigenetics and secondary metabolism’
Verena Unterwurzacher
PhD student (2016-2018)
Andreas Schüller, MSc
PhD student ‘Aspergillus epigenetics and secondary metabolism’
Prof. Dr. David Cánovas
PostDoc (2016-2018) now @ Universidad de Sevilla
DI Reinhard Beyer, BSc
Stefan Kaufmann
technician - lab manager (2018-2019)
Desi Yankova, MSc
microbiology and bioactive microbial metabolites (BiMM)
Dr. Andreas Bernreiter
PostDoc (2017-2019)
Dr. Rosalia Garcia Teijeiro
PostDoc (2017-2019)
Safa Oufensou
Erasmus student (2019)
Dr. Stefan Bödi Postdoc until 2018
Astradeni Efthymiadou
Erasmus student (2018) now @ University of Stockholm
Dr. Lucia Silvestrini
PostDoc (2009-2017) now @ Università Politecnica delle Marche
James González
PhD student from UNAM University in Mexcio City
DI Thorsten Schinko
Master and PhD student (2009-2014)
Aspergillus nitrogen regulation now @ Novartis Switzerland
Andrea Hofstoetter Lab management, technician (2015-2017)
Dr. Agnieszka Gacek-Matthews PhD student (2011-2015)
Aspergillus epigenetics and secondary metabolism now Ass.Prof at VetMeduni
Dr. Sandra Boeck-Moll
PhD student (2008-2011)
fungal ecology now chemistry and biology teacher Gymnasium St.Pölten
Dr. Asjad Basheer
PhD student (2006-2009) now @ Bioniz Therapeutics Inc., USA
Dr. Robert Pachlinger
PhD student (2002-2005)
Aspergillus expression systems now @ Shire Biopharmaceuticals Austria
Dr. Yazmid Reyes-Dominguez PostDoc (2007-2012)
Dr. Andreas Gallmetzer
PhD student (2009-2012)
Aspergillus nitrate assimilation now @ Forschungszentrum Laimburg, Italy
Dr. Igor Morozov
visiting scientsit from Liverpool University (2008 & 2009) now Assoc.Prof @ Univ. Coventry
Dr. Elke Kainz
PhD student
Aspergillus expression system now microbiology teacher @ College for Forestry, Bruck/Mur, Styria, Austria
Dr. Christoph Dattenboeck PhD student (2012-2015)
Aspergillus expression systems now @ Shire Biopharmaceuticals
Dr. Konstantinos Kagias
ERASMUS Master student (2007-2008) now @ Harvard
Dr. Sotiris Amillis
visiting scientist University of Athens (Greece)
(2008-2009 and 2011-2012)
Aspergillus nitrogen regulation
Dr. Hans-Wilhelm Nutzmann
visiting scientist/PhD student from Brakhage lab, Germany (2010)
Aspergillus epigenetics
Anja Konlechner, MSc
biophysist, working on bioaerosol chamber (2014-2015) now on maternity leave
Dr. Rene Novotny
PostDoc (2008-2009)
Aspergillus expression systems deceased