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.
- 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
Post-doctoral researcher, Project leader «Pesticide Monitoring»
From 2024 to Today at the Laboratory of Soil Biodiversity, University of Neuchâtel, SwitzerlandInitiator 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, SwitzerlandIndependent 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, SwitzerlandIndependent 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, AustriaRole 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), AustriaLecturer 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, AustriaPathogenesis 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), AustriaData 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, AustriaDiploma 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, AustriaAquatic 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, AustriaField work, sample collection and water chemistry.
Summer Internship Environmental Office
Summer 2006 at Umweltbüro, Eb&P, Klagenfurt, AustriaField work, vegetation analysis, report writing.
Summer Research Internship
From 1999 to 2006 at Limnological Station Lunz, Lunz am See, AustriaField work, documentation of stream shorelines, collection of macrozoobenthic organisms and stream algae. Data collection, data entry and simple data analysis with Excel
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
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, AustriaCourse 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)
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)
- Clinical Investigators I: Basic GCP. CTU, UniBE, Bern. 2023. (ECTS)
- Clinical Investigators II: Advanced GCP. CTU, UniBE, Bern. 2023. (ECTS)
- RedCap Database Implementation. CTU, UniBE, Bern. 2023
- MAS Toxicology. UniGE, Geneva. 2023-2025.
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
- 2023-Today: Member of the Swiss Society of Toxicology (SST)
- 2023-Today: Member of the International Society of Limnology (SIL), Austrian Limnological Association (SIL-Austria)
- 2021-Today: Member of the International Biometric Society, Region Austria and Switzerland (ROeS)
- 2014-Today: Member of the International Rock Climbing Research Association (IRCRA)