Profile
Postdoctoral interdisciplinary scientist with a background in biostatistics, epidemiology, biology, ecology, environmental sciences, and computational sciences.
My primary goal is to conduct comprehensive observational exposure studies that provide the data necessary to advance scientific knowledge and improve public health and environmental policy.
Skills
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Limnology & Hydrology
  • Bio(geo)chemistry
  • Health Science
  • Toxicology
  • Risk assessment
  • Clinical Investigators I & II
  • GCP
  • Biostatistics
  • Epidemiology
  • Environmental Epidemiology
  • Advanced Statistics
  • R (RStudio)
  • SPSS
  • STATA
  • Python (PyCharm)
  • SQL (MySQL Workbench)
  • HPLC
  • GF-AAS
  • MS/LC-MS
  • Epifluorescence Microscopy
  • OMOP Common Data Model
  • Disease Background:
  • - Pulmonary Hypertension

    - Breast Cancer

    - Multiple Sclerosis

    - Alzheimer’s Disease

Employment history

Post-doctoral researcher, Project leader «Pesticide Monitoring»

From 2024 to Today at the Laboratory of Soil Biodiversity, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Initiator and project leader of «Pesticide Exposure Assessment of the Swiss Non-Occupational Sensitive Population»

Founder of Environmental Science & Research Consulting, GmbH

From 2023 to Today at Environmental Science & Research Consulting GmbH, Ayent, Switzerland

Independent post-doctoral Researcher at Environmental Science & Research Consulting, GmbH

Epidemiology Analyst, Global Epidemiology, Pulmonary Hypertension

From 2021 to 2022 at The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson, Allschwil, Basel, Switzerland,

Role as Epidemiology Analyst and Data Scientist. Data analysis and graphical data presentation, programming of interactive dashboards, OMOP - common data model, OHDSI community. Data analysis with SQL, Python and R.

Founder of Research Consulting

From 2020 to 2021 at Research Consulting, Ayent, Switzerland

Independent Postdoctoral Researcher / Biologist / Epidemiologist / Biostatistician. Data analysis of various environmental and health related data. Proofreading, editing and publishing. Data analysis with R.

Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. Pharmacognosy

From 2018 to 2019 at Institute of Pharmacy, Dept. Pharmacognosy, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Role as lecturer for BA students in the courses 'Basics of phytochemical work' (8 ECTS) and 'Morphology and anatomy of plants and medicinal drugs' (24 ECTS). Botany and Microscopy. Project leader 'Pesticide exposure in South Tyrol'. Data analysis of various biological and environmental data. Proofreading, editing and publishing. Data analysis with R. Data collection and field work for the MediHealth project at Crete and Athens, Greece.

Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics

From 2017 to 2018 at Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics (MSIG), Medical University, Innsbruck (MUI), Austria

Lecturer in statistics and programming courses for BA and MA students. Project leader 'Pesticide exposure in South Tyrol'. Data analysis of various biological and environmental data. Data analysis with R.

University Assistant, Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics

From 2013 to 2017 at Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics (MSIG), Medical University, Innsbruck (MUI), Austria

Successful conduction of the PhD project
'Aluminium exposure and breast cancer'.
Lecturer statistics and programming. Statistical consulting. Proofreading, editing and publishing. Data analysis of various biological and environmental data. Data analysis with R. Lecturer in statistics for medical and dental students for four years as well as lecturer for the statistical seminar for doctors:
-Biostatistical Consulting (SE 6 ECTS)
-Statistics for Diploma and PHD students I (SE 2 ECTS)
-Medical Science (PR 0.5 ECTS)

Scientific Associate, Focus on Pneumology at the University Hospital for Internal Medicine I

From 2011 to 2012 at the Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Hypertension. Cell culture experiments, chemotaxis assays (Boyden chamber), proliferation assays, role of Notch activation in proliferation, Jagged-1/Notch signaling pathway. Statistical consulting. Data analysis of various biological and environmental data. Data analysis with R.

Scientific Associate, Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics

From 2010 to 2012 at Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics (MSIG), Medical University, Innsbruck (MUI), Austria

Data Analyst and R programming for the EURODRG project. EuroDRG Diagnosis-Related Groups in Europe: towards Efficiency and Quality.

Scientific Associate

From 2008 to 2010 at Wassercluster, Lunz am See, Austria

Diploma thesis: 'Autecology of the rare Desmid Oocardium stratum.' Data collection, field work, microscopy, algae taxonomy and water chemistry.

Scientific employee, Environmental Office

From 2009 to 2010 at Blattfisch, Wels, Austria

Aquatic ecology and fishery. Nature conservation projects. Field work, microscopy, species and group determination of macrozoobenthic organisms and report writing.

Scientific employee, Environmental Protection Agency

From 2007 to 2008 at Niederösterreischische Umweltschutzanstalt (NUA), lower Austria, Austria

Field work, sample collection and water chemistry.

Summer Internship Environmental Office

Summer 2006 at Umweltbüro, Eb&P, Klagenfurt, Austria

Field work, vegetation analysis, report writing.

Summer Research Internship

From 1999 to 2006 at Limnological Station Lunz, Lunz am See, Austria

Field work, documentation of stream shorelines, collection of macrozoobenthic organisms and stream algae. Data collection, data entry and simple data analysis with Excel

Education

MAS Toxicology

2023-Today at University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland

PhD in Genetics and Genomics, Biostatistics and Epidemiology

2013 to 2017 at Medical University of Innsbruck (MUI), AUT

M.Sc. in Ecology

2006 to 2011 at University of Vienna (UniVie), AUT

B.Sc. in Biology

2004 to 2006 at University of Vienna (UniVie), AUT

Teaching experience

Lecture on 'Climate Change and Health - The Exposome, Climate Change and Rising Environmental Contaminants'

Lectures for Future (L4F). Invited by Prof. Alice Pechriggl. Participation in the course 'Climate Change and Health' - University of Klagenfurt, Austria

Course for master students from different disciplines (Geography, Ecology, Philosophy) at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria.

Lecturer for Phytochemical Techniques, Microscopy and Botany

2018 - University Innsbruck, Austria

Course for master and bachelor students at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Innsbruck:
- Morphologic and anatomic analyses of medicinal herbs (SE 6.5 ECTS)
- Principals of phytochemical techniques (SE 4.5 ECTS)

Lecturer for Statistics, Biostatistics and Medical Science

2013-2017 - Medical University Innsbruck, (MUI) Austria

Courses for bachelor and master students at the medicine, molecular medicine and dental medicine school of the Medical Universtiy Innsbruck (MUI):
- Biostatistical Consulting (SE 6 ECTS)
- Statistics for Diploma and PHD students I (SE 2 ECTS)
- Medical Science I & II (PR 0.5 ECTS)

Awards, Grants and Fellowships

Operating Grant for an Pesticide Exposure Assessment

2022 - Fondation Future 3.0, (NGO, Switzerland)

Realization of a Non-Occupational Pesticide Exposure Assessment of the Sensitive Population in Switzerland

Postdoctoral Travel Grant

2019 - MediHealth data collection program. (UIBK, Innsbruck, Austria)

Research Fellowship Grant

2018 - Medical University Innsbruck, (MUI, Austria)

Outstanding presentation Award

2017 - during the Keele Meeting on Aluminium (Vancouver, BC)

Post-Graduate Bursary

2015 - 11th Keele Meeting on Aluminium (Keele, UK)

Research Fellowship

2013 - Medical University Innsbruck (MUI, Austria)

Diploma Scholarship

2012 - University of Vienna (UniVie, Austria)

ERASMUS program Scholarship

2010 - University of Vienna (UniVie, Austria)

Diploma Scholarship

2008 and 2009 - University of Vienna (UniVie, Austria)

Continuous Education
Participation in conferences

European OHDSI Symposium

2022 - Rotterdam, Netherlands

Public Hearing - Pestizidfreie Schweiz

2020 - Invited podium speaker & poster presentation - Bern, Schweiz

E3M Symposium - Aluminium et vie Quotidienne - État des Connaussances Scientifiques Internationales

2017 - Invited speaker - Palais du Luxembourg, Paris, France

12th Keele Meeting on Aluminium

2017 - Invited speaker - Vancouver, Canada

DGAUM: 56th Wissenschaftliche Jahrestagung der deutschen Gesellschaft für Arbeitsmedizin und Umweltmedizin

2016 - Invited speaker - Munich, Germany

11th Keele Meeting on Aluminium

2015 - Oral communication - Lille, FR

2nd International Rock Climbing Research Congress

2014 - Pontresina, Switzerland

15th BfR-Forum Verbraucherschutz. Aluminium im Alltag: Ein gesundheitliches Risiko?

2014 - Berlin, Germany

10th Keele Meeting on Aluminium

2013 - Poster presentation - Keele, UK

Annual Symposium of the Austrian Society for Quality Insurance and Standardisation for medical and diagnostic Analysis (ÖQUASTA)

2013 - Poster presentation - Igls, Austria

International Biometric Society (IBS) Austro-Swiss Region (ROeS)

2013 - Poster presentation - Dornbirn, Austria

European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress

2012 - Poster presentation - Vienna, Austria

EuroDRG: final conference

2011 - Berlin, Germany

Fresh Blood for Fresh Water

2008 - Poster presentation - Lunz am See, Austria

Peer-reviewing
Active membership
Language skills
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