PhD Students



ANZENGRUBER Julia

Email: Julia Anzengruber

Project: Glycosylation engineering of S-layer proteins for bioactivity

Supervisor: Christina Schäffer, Department of NanoBiotechnology

BRUGGER Dagmar

Email: Dagmar Brugger

Project: Engineering of pyranose oxidoreductases for modified oxygen reactivity

Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

CHROMIKOVA Veronika

Email: Veronika Chromikova

Project: Regulation of expression of recombinant pentameric IgM

Supervisor: Renate Kunert, Department of Biotechnology

DIETRICH Sylvia

Email: Sylvia Dietrich

Project: Engineering the interface of Fab fragments

Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

FRIEDRICH Valentin

Email: Valentin Friedrich

Project: Carbohydrate-active enzymes in S-layer protein glycosylation

Supervisor: Paul Messner, Department of NanoBiotechnology

GASSELHUBER Bernhard

Email: Bernhard Gasselhuber

Project: Functional studies on catalase-peroxidases and design of mechanism-based inhibitors

Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

GONAUS Christoph

Email: Christoph Gonaus

Project: Evolution and engineering of pyranose dehydrogenase for biofuel cell applications

Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

GRAF Michael

Email: Michael Graf

Project: Probing the active site of pyranose dehydrogenase – covalent attachment of the FAD and vicinity of the isoalloxazine

Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

HARREITHER Eva

Email: Eva Harreither

Project: Directed Evolution of CHO host cell lines

Supervisor: Johannes Grillari, Department of Biotechnology

HASENHINDL Christoph

Email: Christoph Hasenhindl

Project: New generations of monoclonal antibodies based on the Fc-fragment of IgG1 – loop engineering and library design of immunoglobulin domains

Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

HOFBAUER Anna

Email: Anna Hofbauer

Project: Artificial storage organelles for the optimal production of biopharmaceuticals in plants and plant cells

Supervisor: Eva Stöger, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology

HOFBAUER Stefan

Email: Stefan Hofbauer

Project: Biocatalysis of chlorite dismutation – functional and structural studies on new peculiar heme enzymes

Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

JADHAV Vaibhav

Email: Vaibhav Jadhav

Project: MicroRNOMics of CHO host and production cell lines

Supervisor: Johannes Grillari, Department of Biotechnology

KLAUSBERGER Miriam

Email: Miriam Klausberger

Project: Influenza virus-like particles as antigen carrier platform for conserved influenza viral epitopes

Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr, Department of Biotechnology

KRACHER Daniel

Email: Daniel Kracher

Project: Engineering of a novel fungal esterase by means of directed evolution and site-directed mutagenesis

Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

KRONDORFER Iris

Email: Iris Krondorfer

Project: Engineering of pyranose oxidoreductases for modified oxygen reactivity

Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

KURZ Simone

Email: Simone Kurz

Project: Expression cloning of immunomodulatory glycan-modifying enzymes in insect cells

Supervisor: Iain Wilson, Department of Chemistry
LAI Balder

Email: Balder Lai

Project: Contribution of enthalpy and entropy in molecular association

Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink, Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering

MACCANI Andreas

Email: Andreas Maccani

Project: Cross-Species Comparison of Expression Systems

Supervisor: Renate Kunert, Department of Biotechnology

MEGSON Zoe

Email: Zoe Megson

Project: Assembly and interaction mechanisms of S-layer glycoproteins for applications in nanobiotechnology

Supervisor: Paul Messner, Department of NanoBiotechnology

MELNIK Stanislav

Email: Stanislav Melnik

Project: Antibody production in seed tissues: evaluating their subcellular deposition, N-glycan modification and functionality

Supervisor: Eva Stöger, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology

MLYNEK Georg

Email: Georg Mlynek

Project: Establishing platforms for the production of recalcitrant proteins for functional and structural studies

Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

NAGY Gabor

Email: Gabor Nagy

Project: Structure and dynamics of cellobiose dehydrogenase and cytochrome P450

Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink, Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering

NEUMANN Laura

Email: Laura Neumann

Project:Receptor specificity of the H1 haemagglutinin of the H1N1 swine-origin influenza A virus (S-OIV)

Supervisor: Friedrich Altmann, Department of Chemistry

NIEMER Melanie

Email: Melanie Niemer

Project: Isolation and functional characterization of Nicotiana benthamiana papain-like cysteine proteinases

Supervisor: Lukas Mach, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology

NOCON Justyna

Email: Justyna Nocon

Project: Interrelation of core metabolism with the production of heterologous proteins in yeast

Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich, Department of Biotechnology

RAMPLER Evelyn

Email: Evelyn Rampler

Project: Yeast Cell Wall Characterisation

Supervisor: Gunda Köllensperger, Department of Chemistry

REBNEGGER Corinna

Email: Corinna Rebnegger

Project: Regulation of heterologous protein production in relation to cell growth

Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich, Department of Biotechnology

SATZER Peter

Email: Peter Satzer

Project: Influence of surface curvature on unfolding of proteins on nanoparticles

Supervisor: Alois Jungbauer, Department of Biotechnology

SHRIDHAR Smriti

Email:Smriti Shridhar

Project: Modelling of interactions in microRNA and gene expression and validation of predicted targets

Supervisor: David Kreil, Department of Biotechnology

SMOLAR Eva

Email: Eva Smolar

Project: Biochemical and Molecular Analysis of the Cell Wall Glyco(prote)ome of Lactobacillus buchneri

Supervisor: Paul Messner, Department of NanoBiotechnology

SOUDI Monika

Email: Monika Soudi

Project: Human peroxidasins – new multidomain oxidoreductases in the vascular system

Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

TOMEK Markus

Email: Markus Tomek

Project: Glycoprofiling of the oral pathogen Tannerella forsythia for identifying novel strategies in pathogenicity

Supervisor: Christina Schäffer, Department of NanoBiotechnology

WILDE Monika

Email: Monika Wilde

Project: Generation and presentation of membrane protein targets using baculovirus surface display

Supervisor: Reingard Grabherr, Department of Biotechnology