Professional background

• Study at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna and doctorate 1994 ("On the formation of biogenic amines in raw sausages")
• Since 1994 as university assistant at the Institute for Meat Hygiene
• 2003 acceptance into permanent employment (“assistant professor”)

Area of ​​responsibility

Microbiology and hygiene in the collection, treatment, manufacture and marketing of meat and meat products

Teaching

Courses in basic studies and in-depth studies

Research

• Biogenic amines / polyamines in foods of animal origin
• Hygiene, quality and microbiological.
• Safety of game meat and "exotic" meats
• Evaluation of the importance of food-borne animate and inanimate noxae for the health
• consumer protection

Active in professional organizations and scientific associations

• Treasurer of the Austrian Society for Meat Science and Technology
• Member of the technical committee "Game hygiene and wild animal health" of the Lower Austrian state hunting association
• Board member of the International Research Forum on Game Meat Hygiene

Member

• Österr. Gesellschaft der Tierärzte
• Österr. Gesellschaft für Mikrobiologie, Hygiene und Präventivmedizin
• Österr. Gesellschaft für Fleischwissenschaft und -technologie
• European College fo Veterinary Public Health
• Int. Association for Food Protection
• Int. Research Forum for Game Meat Hygiene

Working for trade journals

Member of the scientific Advisory Board of the magazine "nutrition"

Reviewer

• Meat Science
• Int. J. Food Microbiology
• Food Microbiology
• Foodborne Pathogens and Diseases
• LWT – Food Science and Technology
• Eur. Food Research and Technology
• Food Research International
• Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences
• Journal of Food and Nutrition Research
• ernährung