AHLHEIT Daniel
Email: Daniel Ahlheit
Project: Exploring energy metabolism on C1 carbon sources in the yeast Komagataella phaffii
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich, Department of Biotechnology

AMOROSO Chiara
Email: Chiara Amoroso
Project: New enzymes, reconstruction and design for industrial synthesis
Supervisor: Clemens Peterbauer, Department of Food Science and Technology

BACHER Johanna
Email: Johanna Bacher
Project: Fundamentals for ultrafast virus analytics
Supervisor: Alois Jungbauer, Department of Biotechnology

BAKALARZ Janet
Email: Janet Bakalarz
Project: Development of selective inhibitors for plant subtilisin-like serine proteases
Supervisor: Lukas Mach, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology

CASSIANI Alice
Email: Alice Cassiani
Project: Biochemistry of actinobacterial coproporphyrin ferrochelatase from Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer, Department of Chemistry

COATS Michael
Email: Michael Coats
Project: Establishment of a hyper-secreting eukaryotic protein production system as alternative cell factory for biotherapeutics
Supervisor: Nicole Borth, Department of Biotechnology

FALB Nikolaus
Email: Niokolaus Falb
Project: Variation of the linking loop in dimeric α-β barrel proteins
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer, Department of Chemistry

FERNANDEZ-GIRO Miriam
Email: Miriam Fernandez-Giro
Project: Developing novel descriptors for chromatographic protein separation
Supervisor: Johannes Buyel, Department of Biotechnology

GUZMAN RUIZ Leticia
Email: Leticia Guzman
Project: Seasonal influenza virus vaccine effectiveness through recombinant neuraminidase on VLPs
Joint-Supervisors: Reingard Grabherr and Alois Jungbauer

HERMANN ENIKÖ
Email: Enikö Hermann
Project: Mechanistic synergism between bacterial pyranose oxidase and peroxidase in lignin depolymerization
Joint-Supervisors: Chris Oostenbrink and Clemens Peterbauer

HONORATO Victor
Email: Victor Honorato
Project: Impact of cellular redox state on protein production and secretion in yeast
Joint-Supervisors: Brigitte Gasser and Jürgen Zanghellini

JECMENICA Marina
Email: Marina Jecmenica
Project: Pichia pastoris genetics for strain development
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich, Department of Biotechnology

KIENZL Nikolaus
Email: Nikolaus Kienzl
Project: Enzymatic properties and evolutionary origin of the cancer-associated protease cathepsin O
Joint-Supervisors: Lukas Mach and Dietmar Haltrich

KOSTELAC Anja
Email: Anja Kostelac
Project: Increasing thermostability of pyranose oxidase by enzyme evolution
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

KUVEK Tea
Email: Tea Kuvek
Project: Binding site dynamics and solvation
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink, Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering

KUZMAN Miriam
Email: Miriam Kuzman
Project: Grafting the ribulose monophosphate cycle for methanol assimilation into Komagataella phaffii
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich, Department of Biotechnology

LEITGEB Urban
Email: Urban Leitgeb
Project: Deciphering the folding and inhibition mechanism of the staphylococcal myeloperoxidase inhibitor SPIN
Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

LIER Bettina
Email: Bettina Lier
Project: Free-energy calculations in metalloproteins
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink, Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering

MALECKI Pawel
Email: Pawel Malecki
Project: Synthetic biology-based cell engineering of the yeast Pichia pastoris
Supervisor: Brigitte Gasser, Department of Biotechnology

MAYER Julia
Email: Julia Mayer
Project: Engineering OR-gated CAR T cells to prevent resistance due to antigen loss
Supervisor: Michael Traxlmayr, Department of Chemistry

MOHD FAUZIEE Nur Afifah Binti
Email: Nur Afifah Binti Mohd Fauziee
Project: Novel sialidases for enzymatic recovery of sialic acid from edible bird's nest (EBN) co-products
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

MORITZ Charles
Email: Charles Moritz
Project: Enzyme engineering and evolution for improvement of methanol utilization in yeast
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich, Department of Biotechnology

MUNDSPERGER Philipp
Email: Philipp Mundsperger
Project: Defined gp140 trimers as HIV vaccine
Supervisor: Renate Kunert, Department of Biotechnology

PATIL Gaurav
Email: Gaurav Patil
Project: Structural studies of actinobacterial coproheme decarboxylase (ChdC) from Corynebacterium diphtheriae
Supervisor: Stefan Hofbauer, Department of Chemistry

PHIROM-ON Konlarat
Email: Konlarat Phirom-on
Project: Exploitation of transglycosylation activities of bifidobacterial glycoside hydrolases for the synthesis of human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) structures
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

RIEDL Markus
Email: Markus Riedl
Project: Multi-omics analysis of CHO cell lines
Joint-Supervisors: Nicole Borth, Departmentof Biotechnology

RUDINATHA Yoshua Donny
Email: Yoshua Rudinatha
Project: Control of glycolysis in Crabtree-negative and positive yeasts
Supervisor: Diethard Mattanovich, Department of Biotechnology

RUGGERI Caterina
Email: Caterina Ruggeri
Project: Synthetic biology tools to control expression of multiple genes in a pathway
Supervisor: Nicole Borth, Department of Biotechnology

RUOCCO Valentina
Email: Valentina Ruocco
Project: Effects of N-glycans on structure and dynamics of IgAs and their implications on receptor binding
Joint-Supervisors: Richard Strasser and Rupert Tscheließnig

SCHUBERT Fabian
Email: Fabian Schubert
Project: Plant-based production and bioencapsulation of immunotherapeutics for allergy treatment
Supervisor: Eva Stöger, Department of Applied Genetics and Cell Biology

SCHUH Marc
Email: Marc Schuh
Project: Protein-protein interactions
Supervisor: Chris Oostenbrink, Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering

SEBASTIAN Ivy Rose
Email: Ivy Rose Sebastian
Project: Identification of both coding and non-coding genomic regions that contribute to Bioprocess relevant behaviour
Supervisor: Nicole Borth, Department of Biotechnology

STENITZER David
Email: David Stenitzer
Project: Methylated N-glycans in moss – annoying or useful for biotechnology?
Supervisor:Friedrich Altmann, Department of Chemistry

STEFANOVIC Cordula
Email:Cordula Stefanovic
Project: Secondary cell wall polymer pyruvylation as an essential ligand modification for SLH-domain recognition
Supervisor: Christina Schäffer, Department of Nanobiotechnology

SUMESGUTNER Delia
Email: Delia Sumesgutner
Project: Elucidating the molecular mechanism of engineered binders targeting the activated conformation of EGFR
Supervisor: Michael Traxlmayr, Department of Chemistry

SYLVANDER ELise
Email: Elise Sylvander
Project: Engineering a small molecule regulated heterodimerization system for the control of CAR T cells
Joint-Supervisors: Chris Oostenbrink and Christian Obinger

TEUFL Magdalena
Email: Magdalena Teufl
Project: Development of a novel binder scaffold
Supervisor: Christian Obinger, Department of Chemistry

TSVIK Lidiia
Email: Lidiia Tsvik
Project: Novel Lactate-Oxidizing Enzymes for Biosensor Applications
Supervisor: Dietmar Haltrich, Department of Food Science and Technology

UETZ Pia
Email: Pia Uetz
Project: O-glycan engineering of N. benthamiana for structure-function characterization of human IgA1
Joint-Supervisors: Eva Stöger and Richard Strasser

VÄLIMETS Silja
Email: Silja Välimets
Project: Design of a minimal enzyme set for lignin depolymerization
Joint-Supervisors: Michael Sauer and Clemens Peterbauer

WALCHER Stephanie
Email: Stephanie Walcher
Project: Glycobiology aspects of Tannerella serpentiformis
Supervisor: Christina Schäffer, Department of Nanobiotechnology

YAO Yuelang
Email: Yuelang Yao
Project: Effect of membrane organization on weak acid transport proteins
Joint-Supervisors: Karola Vorauer-Uhl and Michael Sauer