BioApp Alumni

Marco Wehner, PhD

Research area(s):Wastemanagement

Thesis: Bedarfsgerechte Energiebereitstellung durch die Vergärung von organischen Abfällen

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Bockreis

Eva Maria Prem, PhD

Research area(s): anaerobic digestion, inhibition, physiology of anaerobes

Thesis: Effects of various inhibitory substances on the anaerobic digestion of organic substrates – Evaluation of disturbed methanogenic fermentation systems

First Supervisor: Priv. Doz. Dr. Mag. Andreas Wagner

Carina Desirée Heussler, PhD

Research area(s): Waste management and monitoring, Life history

Thesis: Using Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) for the exploitation of protein and fat out of biological waste

Felix Kurzemann, PhD

Research area(s): Usage of different recycling products as fertilizers, Soil microbiota, Soil chemistry, NGS

Thesis: Impacts of recycling products like biomass ash on soil microbiota and plant yield

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heribert Insam

Dubraska Moreno Ruiz Coromoto, PhD

Research area(s): molecular mycology, mycoparasitsm

Thesis: Chemotropism in Trichoderma atroviride

First Supervisor: Univ. Prof. Dr. Susanne Zeilinger-Migsich

Mira Mutschlechner, PhD

Research area(s): ecophysiology of anaerobic microorganisms, methanogenesis and biogas production, climate change and microorganisms

Thesis: Abundance, activity, sensibility, and efficiency of methanogenic organisms in natural habitats

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Paul Illmer

Nina Lackner, PhD

Research area(s): physiology of anaerobes, methanogenesis and biogas production, archaea

Thesis: Microbial communities and carbon flow in methanogenic systems

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Paul Illmer

Thomas Klammsteiner, PhD

Department of Microbiology

Research area(s): Gut microbiome, Hermetia illucens, microbial interactions, microbial communities

Thesis: Microbial communities associated to the Black Soldier Fly and interspecific relationships between the fly and bacteria

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heribert Insam

Julia Badstöber, PhD

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Research area(s): Phytomyxid, plant pathogens

Thesis: In-situ monitoring of phytomyxid-host interactions

First Supervisor: Prof. Mag. Dr. Sigrid Neuhauser

Tommaso Bardelli, PhD

CREA, Italien

Research area(s): Soil Microbiology, Carbon and nutrient cycles

Thesis: Carbon pools and microbiota along an alpine soil climosequence

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heribert Insam

Sebastian Hupfauf, PhD

Department of Microbiology

Research area(s): Biogas Production, Microbial Communities, Molecular Ecology, Effect of Temperature on Anaerobic Digestion (AD)

Thesis: Biogas production under atypical temperature conditions

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heribert Insam

Magdalena Nagler, PhD

Department of Microbiology

Research area(s): Biogas Microbiology, extra- vs. intracellular DNA, microbial activity

Thesis: Anaerobic gut fungi and their potential to increase biogas yields from lignocellulose-rich biomass

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heribert Insam

Andreas Walter, PhD

MCI, Innsbruck

Research area(s): Anaerobic Digestion (AD), Insect Biotechnology

Thesis: Microorganisms of anaerobic digestion and their potential for process enhancement

First Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heribert Insam