About me:
- Research Associate at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry, Division Organic Chemistry for the project “Active Ingredient Isolation from plant material using Ionic Liquids” from June 2011
- Graduated in March 2011 from University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences in Vienna, Austria, in Food- and Biotechnology (Diplom-Ingenieur, DI, equiv. MSc)
Diploma thesis title: “A Cell Culture Model of Lipopolysaccharide-induced Endothelial Activation, Comparison of THP-1 Cells and PBMC-derived Monocytes” (download)
- Practical Research work for diploma thesis at the Donau-Universität Krems, Department for Clinical Medicine & Biotechnology, Center for Biomedical Technology, 2008
- Tutor for the practical course “Introduction to Cell Biology and Genetics” at the University of Natural Resources and Applied Life, 2003-2009
- Member of IAESTE LC BOKU, an international association running a traineeship exchange programme for students of engineering and natural sciences to gain study-relevant practical experience abroad
Treasurer from 2006-2009, in charge of finances & budget
Exchange Incoming Officer in 2008/09, responsible for company relationships & incoming trainees
- Volunteer of the Austrian Red Cross & the Austrian Red Cross Youth
Certified Paramedic, Disaster Relief Volunteer
Secretary of a Red Cross chapter from 2005-2007, Administration & Budget
Facilitator at the “International Study- and Friendshipcamp” for Red Cross Youth, 2005-2009
Facilitator at the EU-funded Integration Camp for young adults with special needs “Crossroads 2007 – Equal opportunities for you and me”, September 2007
Internships:
- University of Tromsø (UiT) in Northern Norway, January 2011-April 2011, Department of Chemistry, Norwegian Center for Structural Biology (NORSTRUCT); trainee in the Molecular biosystems group dealing mainly with genome sequencing of fish parasites
- University of Zagreb, Croatia, September/October 2006, Faculty of Food- and Biotechnoloy; Working at projects in the research group for fruit- and vegetable technology and the research group for process- and wastewater
- Nestlé Austria – Nestlé Food Services Development Center Linz, February 2006; Intern in the product development group
- Medical University of Vienna, Institute for Cancer Research, Department for Applied and Experimental Oncology, September to November 2004; Responsible for Isolation of genomic DNA from human blood & Administration of the gene-database
- Institute for Environmental Medicine of the Municipality of Vienna, July/August 2003; Quality control & -assurance of drinking and process water & virological analysis of playground sands
- Gustana-Menüservice, a food producing company, August 1999; Chemical, microbiological and sensorial quality management of the produced food
