Team

Principal Investigator

Univ. Prof. Dr. Stephan Hann
Department of Natural Sciences and Sustainable Resources
BOKU University
Muthgasse 18, A-1190 Vienna
Austria
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-7293
Research topics: design of novel analytical strategies in mass spectrometry; metabolomics; elemental ultra-trace analysis and speciation; method validation; uncertainty of measurement

Senior Scientists

Dr.ⁱⁿ Simone Bräuer MSc.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0975-9051
Research topics:
Metallomics (multi-element analysis & speciation analysis) for environmental and health-related questions

Mag.^a Dr.ⁱⁿ Lisa Fischer
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6538-8104
Research topics:
ICP-MS, elemental ultra-trace analysis of surface water, ultra-trace speciation analysis

Dr.ⁱⁿ Felina Hildebrand BSc.MSc.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6946-6744
Research Topics:
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Ass. Prof. Dr.ⁱⁿ nat.techn. Teresa Steininger-Mairinger MMSc.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-1529
Research topics: 
Development of analytical strategies to establish mass spectrometric fingerprints in the context of food and water research

Dipl. Ing.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Anastassiya Tchaikovsky
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7811-3019
Resarch topics:
Elemental and isotopic analysis using (multi collector) inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Dr.ⁱⁿ Christina Troyer
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8960-7532
Research topics: 
GC-MS based metabolomics

Associated Senior Scientists

Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Andreas Zitek MSc. 
COMET Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation (FFoQSI)
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8555-7593
Research topics: 
Authenticity and quality of food by ICP-MS and NIR spectroscopy including hyperspectral imaging

Dipl.-Ing.ⁱⁿ Dr.ⁱⁿ Zora Jandric 
COMET Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation (FFoQSI)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2327-6531
Research topics: 
LC-MS based analysis and data evaluation in metabolomics and food authenticity

Technicians

Oksana Mekh
LC-MS analysis, sample preparation

Philipp Tondl
GC-QTOFMS and GC-MS/MS analysis, sample preparation

Mahsa Adib Razavi MSc.
Laboratory administration

PhD Students

Dipl.-Ing. Claudia Hledik
Thesis topic: Method development for the removal of environmentally relevant substances in water-based samples (with Ao.Univ. Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.nat.techn. Maria Fürhacker, Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control)

Pegah Mousazadeh Fazeli MSc.
Thesis topic: Multi-patform analytical strategies for food and environmental matrices

Thai Ha Anh MSc.
Thesis topic: Development of mass spectrometry-based methods for the assessment of bioremediation of Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (with Ass. Prof. Dr.in nat.techn. Teresa Steininger-Mairinger MMSc.)

Santiago Souza Nava MSc.
Thesis topic: …