Team
Cristina Coman
Research Interests: Developing of efficient analytical research tools to advance biomedical research.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, TU Dortmund University, Germany.
Favorite Scientist: Jasna Peter-Katalinic for her research on lipid and related structures.
Hobbies: Climbing and hiking
Email: cristina.coman@univie.ac.at
Nina Troppmair
Research Interests: Developing lipidomics workflows to dissect the role of sphingolipids, especially in adipogenesis.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. in Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
Favorite Scientist: Rosalind Franklin (1920 – 1958) for her contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA, which were largely recognized as such only posthumously.
Hobbies: Skiing, climbing, swimming
Email: nina.troppmair@univie.ac.at
Nils Hoffmann
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Education: x
Favorite Scientist: x
Hobbies: x
Email: nils.hoffmann@univie.ac.at
Alexander Eder
Interests: Developing analytical methods and advancing data analysis for the investigation of cardiac disease using mass spectrometry and in general making complicated problems easier.
Education: Dipl.-Ing. in Technical Chemistry, TU Wien, Austria
Favorite Scientist: Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794), who came from a time when one could still be a chemist, physicist, astronomer, mathematician, meteorologist and lawyer at the same time and also make discoveries as fundamental as finding out the role of oxygen in combustion reactions.
Hobbies: Dancing, filmmaking, baking
Email: edera35@univie.ac.at
Felix Niedermaier
Interests: Developing methods to improve the statistical power of lipid identification in lipidomics mass spectrometry workflows and finding ways to perform quality assurance on their predictions to express this power as a quantifiable metric.
Education: M.Sc. in Bioinformatics, Technical University of Munich and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Favorite Scientist: Margaret Hamilton, the computer scientist who headed the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory’s software engineering department and was hired by NASA to develop the guidance system for the Apollo program. She and her team are credited with popularizing the concept of software engineering by writing the code for the lunar module and command module by hand, resulting in a stack of books full of code taller than herself. And most impressively, they managed the entire apollo mission on only 72 kilobytes of computer memory!
Hobbies: Gardening, baking, music, exploring the city, developing software for my home lab
Email: felix.niedermaier@univie.ac.at
Benhard Lohn
Interests: Development of efficient analytical methods for a better understanding and effective data analysis of lipid communication in platelet inflammation.
assessment and false discovery rate analysis in lipid identification.
Education: MSc in Chemistry, University of Vienna
Favorite Scientist: Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929), who discovered four new elements of his time, revolutionized lighting technology. His work as a chemist was defined by tremendous perseverance and a profound passion for research
Hobbies: Tennis, swimming, dancing and skiing
Email: bernhard.lohn@univie.ac.at
Andrea Halasz
Interests: Development of computational tools for lipidomics, focusing on confidence
assessment and false discovery rate analysis in lipid identification.
Education: B.Sc. in Molecular Biotechnology, FH Campus Wien, Austria
Favorite Scientist: Katalin Karikó for her pioneering contributions to mRNA research and for demonstrating the impact of persistence in scientific discovery.
Hobbies: Staying active, reading, cooking
Email: a52008848@unet.univie.ac.at
Mathias Mayrgündter
Interests: Connecting computer science and natural sciences to understand complex processes, whether in whole organisms or at the molecular level.
Education: MSc in Data Science & Intelligent Analytics, University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tirol, Austria
Favorite Scientist: Pavel Pevzner, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. For his entertaining approach to teaching bioinformatics, explaining everything from the basics right through to complex algorithms whilst ensuring that the learning experience remains engaging and enjoyable.
Hobbies: Volleyball and other Sports, Gaming, everything that makes the computer Beep Boop Beep Beep Boop, Watching Movies and Series
Email: mathias.mayrguendter@univie.ac.at
Aleksandra Tyjan
Interests: Administration, international and national projects
Education: Mag. in German Studies, University of Łódź, Poland
Favorite Scientist: Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) for his pioneering scientific expeditions and a holistic approach to nature, which had a significant impact on modern environmental research. His interdisciplinary perspective and commitment to connecting various fields of knowledge make him a key figure in the history of natural science.
Hobbies: Geocaching, traveling around the world, reading
Email: aleksandra.tyjan@univie.ac.at
Loredana Ionce
Interests: Passionate about exploring modern scientific methods used to identify and understand complex molecular structures.
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Biology and Chemistry, Northern University, Romania.
Favorite Scientist: George Emil Palade, admired for his groundbreaking discoveries in cell biology and for revolutionizing our understanding of the structure and function of cells through electron microscopy. His work continues to inspire modern biomedical research.
Hobbies: Traveling, photography
Email: loredana-mirela.ionce@univie.ac.at
Ines Šekerija
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Education: x
Favorite Scientist: x
Hobbies: x
Email: ines.sekerija@univie.ac.at
Former Team Members
Denise Wolrab-Frühauf
Research Interests: Developing methods and strategies for complex bioanalytical research questions, with special focus on separation science hyphenated to mass spectometry such as UHPSFC/MS.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. in Analytical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Austria
Favorite Scientist: Dedicated scientists who are passionate about theor work, yet unfailingly prioritize respectful, supportive, and friendly interractions with one another, serve as a true source of inspiration.
Hobbies: Baking, hiking, watching children movies
Email: denise.wolrab@univie.ac.at
Bianca de Jonckheere
Research Interests: Interaction of proteins and lipids in megakaryocyte differentiation
Education: M.Sc. in Biological Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany
Favorite Scientist: Nicholas Flamel (c. 1330 – 1992) and his posthumous reputation as an alchemist who succeeded in making the philosopher’s stone and become immortal through the “elixir of life”. Or, more seriously, Alexander Fleming and his accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, which revolutionized medicine and raised the hope that anyone could find something great that one wasn’t looking for.
Hobbies: Tennis, beach volleyball, acryl painting, travel
Email: bianca.de.jonckheere@univie.ac.at
Alexander Wenger
Research Interests: Method development for the investigation of disease related changes of the proteome.
Education: MSc in Medical Biology, University of Salzburg, Austria.
Favorite Scientist: George de Hevesy (1885 – 1966) for his outstanding achievements in the development of isotopes as tracers to study chemical and biological processes.
Hobbies: Snowboarding, Surfing, Music, MMA
Email: alexander.wenger@univie.ac.at
Dominik Kopczynski
Research Interests: Developing fast and efficient algorithm for computational lipidomics and proteomics and designing user-friendly and accurate analysis tools for these application areas.
Education: Dr. rer. nat. in Computer Science, TU Dortmund University, Germany.
Favorite Scientist: Gene Meyers for developing suffix arrays as one of the fundamental data structures for fast and low-memory conform pattern matching algorithms as well as for developing the BLAST algorithm to be the most used algorithm for finding local alignments between search text and patterns especially used for mapping DNA and protein data.
Hobbies: Cooking, Cinema, Hiking, Mountain biking, telling terrible jokes
Email: dominik.kopczynski@univie.ac.at
