Professional background

Study at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna and doctorate 1994 ("On the formation of biogenic amines in raw sausages")

Since 1994 as university assistant at the Institute for Meat Hygiene

2003 acceptance into permanent employment (“assistant professor”)

Area of ​​responsibility

Microbiology and hygiene in the collection, treatment, manufacture and marketing of meat and meat products

Teaching

Courses in basic studies and in-depth studies

Research

• Biogenic amines / polyamines in foods of animal origin
• Hygiene, quality and microbiological.
• Safety of game meat and "exotic" meats
• Evaluation of the importance of food-borne animate and inanimate noxae for the health
• consumer protection

Active in professional organizations and scientific associations

• Treasurer of the Austrian Society for Meat Science and Technology
• Member of the technical committee "Game hygiene and wild animal health" of the Lower Austrian state hunting association
• Board member of the International Research Forum on Game Meat Hygiene

Member

• Österr. Gesellschaft der Tierärzte
• Österr. Gesellschaft für Mikrobiologie, Hygiene und Präventivmedizin
• Österr. Gesellschaft für Fleischwissenschaft und -technologie
• European College fo Veterinary Public Health
• Int. Association for Food Protection
• Int. Research Forum for Game Meat Hygiene

Working for trade journals

Member of the scientific Advisory Board of the magazine "nutrition"

Reviewer

• Meat Science
• Int. J. Food Microbiology
• Food Microbiology
• Foodborne Pathogens and Diseases
• LWT – Food Science and Technology
• Eur. Food Research and Technology
• Food Research International
• Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences
• Journal of Food and Nutrition Research
• ernährung