Current Thesis
- Alexandra fobe, MSc (MedUni Wien, PhD Programme Infection Biology)
Title: From groundwater to wastewater: Exploring the processes driving antibiotic resistance in water resources along gradients of faecal pollution. - Lena Campostrini, MSc (MedUni Wien, PhD Programme Immunology)
Title: Evaluating the applicability of online flow cytometry for drinking water monitoring - Carmen Rehm, MSc (MedUni Wien, PhD Programme Public Health)
Title: An innovative strategy for the quantification and prediction of Vibrio cholerae in bathing waters - Angelika Bauer (Medical University of Vienna):
Title: Novel approaches and concepts for assessing biological stability of drinking water in distribution networks and water resources - Dominik Kugler, MSc (MedUni Wien, PhD Programme Immunology)
Title: Evaluating the applicability of online flow cytometry for drinking water monitoring
Past Thesis
- Iris Schachner-Gröhs, MSc (MedUni Wien, PhD Programme Immunology)
Title: Faecal pollution sources as pathways of antimicrobial resistances in the Danube River Basin - Angelika Bauer (Universität für Bodenkultur)
Titel: Biological Stability of Drinking Water in the Distribution System of a Small Town
Abschluss: Jänner 2019 - Fabian Auer (Universität Wien)
Titel: Investigation of the microbiological stability in a large drinking water distribution system - Mag. Rupert Bliem (MedUni Wien, PhD Programme Immunology)
Title: Development of real-time PCR and molecular typing methods for quantification and differentiation of Vibrio cholerae strains in the environment and for laboratory studies. - Mag.a Barbara Schrammel (MedUni Wien, PhD Programm Immunologie)
Titel: Survival patterns of starving Legionella – implications for diagnostics and infection of host cells
Completion: January 2019 - Inge Van Driezum, MSc. (TU Wien, PhD Program Groundwater Resource Systems)
Titel: Sources and transport of contaminants in a riverbank filtration system
Completion: November 2018
Co-Betreuung; Hauptbetreuung: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Paul Blaschke - Stevenson Margaret, MSc. (TU Wien, PhD Program Groundwater Resource Systems)
Titel: New Strategies to Investigate the Transport of Pathogenic Microorganisms in the Subsurface
Completion: November 2016
Co-Betreuung; Hauptbetreuung: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alfred Paul Blaschke
- Bettina Premm (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Titel: Detecting Legionella spp. via CARD-FISH and solid phase cytometry
Completion: November 2016 - Azra Mustedanagic (Universität Wien, Molekulare Mikrobiologie)
Titel: Specific detection and quantification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli with CARD-FISH and solid phase cytometry
Completion: July 2016 - Christian Schobesberger (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Titel: Detektion von Vibrio cholerae O1 und Vibrio cholerae O139 spezifischen Phagen im Neusiedler See
Completion: May 2015 - Sabrina Smelik (Fachhochschule Wr. Neustadt; Biotechnische Verfahren)
Titel: Immunomagnetic separation of viable but non-culturable Legionella pneumophila: Development, optimization and establishment
Completion: August 2014 - Lukas Antonitsch (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Titel: Quantifizierung von Vibrio cholerae nonO1/nonO139 Phagen im Neusiedler See
Completion: July 2014 - Julian Führer (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Title: Detection and Quantification of legionella pneumophila via Fluoreszenz-in-situ-Hybridization in combination with solid-phase cytomerty
Completion: Dezember 2013 - Carina Pretzer (Universität Wien, Molekulare Mikrobiologie)
- Title: Establishment of a Suitable Multilocus Sequence Analysis Procedure for Determining the Diversity of Vibrio cholerae Strains in Lake Neusiedler See Completion: Oktober 2013
- Michael Riepl (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Title: Determining the bacterial load of water for hemodialysis using cultivation-based and microscopic procedures including solid-phase cytometry
Completion: March 2013 - Michael Atteneder (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Main supervisor
Completion: June 2012
Title: Water Quality of holy waters & holy springs and their potential danger for human health - Kai-Manuel Adam (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Title: Interaction between zooplancton-associated bacteria and Vibrio cholerae in the Neusiedler See
Completion: May 2012 - Matthias Dombrowski (MedUni Wien, N202-Medizin)
Title: Hygienic and operational impact factors on the quality of dialysis water
Completion: August 2012 - Marion Griessler (Universität für Bodenkultur Wien; Lebensmittel und Biotechnologie)
Title: UV-Inactivation of Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio cholerae phages
completion: June 2011 - Alexandra Rameder (Universität Wien, Ökologie)
Title: Quantification of Legionella pneumophila in cooling towers via a novel CARD-FISH protocol and traditional cultivation
Completion: November 2011 - Günter Bartlmä (Universität für Veterinärmedizin Wien, Veterinärmedizin)
Title: Processing methods of drinking water by the Austrian Military regarding disaster relief in national and international missions
Completion: Dezember 2010 - Rupert Bliem (Universität Wien, Genetik & Mikrobiologie)
Title: Invasion Potential of Vibrio cholerae O1/O139 in Lake Neusiedler See and three Alkaline Saline Lakes
Completion: Dezember 2009 - Birgit Steinberger (Universität Wien, Genetik & Mikrobiologie)
Title: Quantification of Vibrio cholerae in Lake Neusiedler See by means of classical and molecular biological methods
Completion: Oktober 2008