Our team
Postdocs
Martin Quijada, Narciso
Dr. Narciso Martin Quijada, MSc.
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Benjamin Zwirzitz
After his Bachelor studies in Microbiology and Immunology, Benjamin Zwirzitz continued his education with a Master´s degree in Microbial Ecology at the University of Vienna. He started his PhD studies in the Selberherr lab in collaboration with the Austrian Competence Centre for Feed and Food Quality, Safety and Innovation (FFoQSI) in 2017 and graduated with honors in early 2021. His work is focused on the meat production chain, including the application of high-throughput sequencing data to trace contamination levels during slaughtering and raw meat dissection, as well as monitoring shifts in the microbiota of fermented sausages during ripening.
Viktoria Neubauer
Mag.med.vet. Viktoria Neubauer, PhD.
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PhD students
Cameron Strachan
Cameron R. Strachan completed his Hon. B.Sc. in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in 2012, before working for two years in the area of functional metagenomics under Dr. Steven Hallam. In 2014 he co-founded a company (Prospect Bio) that leveraged functional metagenomic tools to develop genetic reporter assays in E. coli. In 2018, he started his PhD in the Selberherr lab with funding from the FFG-project D4Dairy. In collaboration with Biomin he is studying the effects of small-molecule contaminants in feed (mycotoxins) on the rumen microbiome. His second project is focused on the ecology and evolution of commensal Campylobacter populations inhabiting the rumen epithelial wall.
Technicians
Sarah Thalguter
Sarah Thalguter, MSc.
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Monika Dzieciol
Dr.rer.nat. Monika Dzieciol
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Undergraduates
Daniela Diepold
Alumni and Guests - last 5 years
Stefanie Urimare Wetzels (PostDoc, 2016–2021)
Sarah Ricci (Guest researcher from the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, Vetmeduni Vienna, 2019)
Isabel Rabanser (Diploma student, 2018)
Kristina Gense (Diploma student, 2017)
Felipe Machado de Sant'Anna (PhD candidate and guest researcher from the Department of Technology and Inspection of Products of Animal Origin, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2017)
Monika Handler (Diploma student, 2016)
Canan Keskinöz Linneweh (Technician, 2016)