Our Team at the Center for Medical Research.

CMR Management
Deputy Head of the Center for Medical Research

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. David Bernhard	Head of the Center for Medical Research	0732 2468 3080	[email protected]
Mag. Dr. Sabine Atzmüller	Administration/Organizational Management	0732 2468 3085	[email protected]

Center for Medical Research Finances

Name	Position	Phone	E-Mail Address
Peter Kratzert, B.A.	Manager CMR Finances	0732 2468 3097	[email protected]
Thomas Kapl, LL.B.	Manager CMR Finances	0732 2468 3094	[email protected]

CMR Administration

Name	Position	Phone	E-Mail Address
Stefan Holzleitner	Administration (Mon - Thurs)	0732 2468 3082	[email protected]
Stangl Alexandra	Administration (Mon - Fri)	0732 2468 3081	[email protected]

CMR IT Services

Name	Position	Phone	E-Mail Address
Hassan Abou Alfadel	Technician	0664 602468259	[email protected]
DI Wolfgang Astleitner	System Administrator	0732 2468 8420	[email protected]

The CMR Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Mag. Dr. Sabine Atzmüller	Lab Management Bio Safety Officer	0732 2468 3085	[email protected]
Mag.Katja Hofer	Lab Management	0732 2468 3087	[email protected]
Dr. Florian Füssl, MSc	Lab Management	0732 2468 8410	[email protected]
Eva Liebmann, BSc	Project Management	0732 2468 8411	[email protected]
DI Dr. Franz Gruber, MSc	Safety Officer	0732 2468 3308	[email protected]
Dr. rer. nat. Zlatko Parić	Safety Expert Biomedical Research Lab	0732 2468 8419 0664 602468416	[email protected]
DI Denisa Costas, BSc	Medical Technician	0664 602468453	[email protected]
Günter Hain	Medical Technician	0664 602468431	[email protected]
Polina Sokolska	Lab Assistant	0732 2468 3095	[email protected]
Margit Wolfinger	Lab Assistant	0664 602468432	[email protected]

Core Facilities

Core Facility NGS and Molecular Biology

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Dr. Johannes Pröll	Head of NGS & Molecular Biology	0732 2468 3090	[email protected]
David Demmel, MSc	Biologist	0732 2468 3092	[email protected]

Core Facility for Mass Spectrometry

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Dr. rer. nat. Oliver Drews	Head of the Core Facility	0732 2468 3086	[email protected]

Core Facility for Histology

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Claudia Himmelbauer, MSc (on maternity leave)	Head of the Core Facility	0732 2468 3093 0664 602468213	[email protected]
Ivona Vilusic, MSc	Biomedical Analyst	0732 2468 8413	[email protected]

Core Facility for Biomedical Research

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Mag. Dr. med. vet. Nina Trimmel	Head of Core Facility	0732 2468 3089	[email protected]
Lisa Petrovic	Animal Care Technician	0664 602468434	[email protected]
Annette Esteban Mori	Animal Care Technician		[email protected]
Mahdi Niroumand Sarvandani	Animal Care Technician		[email protected]
Mag.^a Iryna Demchyshyn	Lab Assistant	0664 602468165	[email protected]

Core Facility for Imaging

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Dr. rer. nat. Arndt Rohwedder	Head of the Core Facility	0732 2468 3096 0664 602468417	[email protected]
Dr. Sabine Knipp	University Assistant	0664 602468415	[email protected]
Mag. Ancuela Andosch	Biomedical Analyst		[email protected]

Core Facility for Cytometry

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Dr. Anna-Maria Lipp, MSc	Head of the Core Facility	0732 2468 8414 0664 602468201	[email protected]
Edeltraud Raml	Biomedical Analyst	0732 2468 3091	[email protected]

Core Facility Biobank

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
DI Dr. Franz Gruber, MSc	Head of the Core Facility	0732 2468 3308	[email protected]
Mag. Elena Ivek Propadalo	Biomedical Analyst	0732 2468 8412 0664 602468251	[email protected]

Pre-Clinical Research Teams

Department of Pathophysiology - Univ. Prof. Dr. David Bernhard's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr. David Bernhard	Head of Pathophysiology	0732 2468 3080	[email protected]
Sascha Reingruber	Secretary	0732 2468 8940	[email protected]
Dr. Christian Wechselberger	Senior Scientist Bio Safety Officer	0732 2468 8946	[email protected]
Ass.-Prof. Ing. Mag. Dr. Markus Mandl	Tenure Track Position	0732 2468 8945	[email protected]
DI (FH) Verena Charwat, PhD	Tenure Track Position	0732 2468 8948	[email protected]
Mag. Michaela Kotnik	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8947	[email protected]
Rezdar Mangwry, MSc.	Medical-technical Assistant (Tenure Track Charwat)		[email protected]
Elisabeth Heuböck, MSc MLBT	PhD Candidate (Tenure Track Mandl)		[email protected]
Tamara Lang, MSc	University Assistant	0732 2468 8944	[email protected]
Sara Lugmayr, MSc	University Assistant (Tenure Track Charwat)		[email protected]
Cornelia Schmutz, MSc	University Assistant		[email protected]
Spela Puh, MSc (on maternity leave)	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Marina Müller, MSc (on maternity leave)	PhD Candidate		[email protected]

Department of Physiology - Research Team

Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Jakob Völkl

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. med. Jakob Völkl	Head of the Dept. of Physiology	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Sara Sijamija-Golubovic	Secretary	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Priv.-Doz. Dr.Ioana Alesutan-Völkl	Head of the Working Group & Tenure Track Position	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Andreas Pasch	Associate Scientist	0732 2468 8990
Dr. Azmat Sohail	PostDoc	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Dr. Sheyda Bahiraii	PostDoc	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Mehdi Razazian, MSc	PhD Candidate	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Nicolò Sbardellati, MSc	PhD Candidate	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Isratul Jannat, MSc	Project Team Member	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Sarah Plösser, BSc	Biomedical Analyst	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]
Beatrice Tögel, MSc	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8990	[email protected]

Institute of Pharmacology - Univ. Prof. MMag. Dr. Susanna Zierler's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. MMag. Dr. Susanna Zierler	Head of Pharmacology	0732 2468 8920	[email protected]
Kerstin Kremser	Secretary	0732 2468 8929	[email protected]
Dr. Philip Alexander Steiner, MSc	University Assistant	0732 2468 8922	[email protected]
Dr. Birgit Karner-Höger (on maternity leave)	University Assistant	0732 2468 8923	[email protected]
René Platzer, PhD	University Assistant	0732 2468 8927	[email protected]
Hazel Erkan Candag, PhD	University Assistant		[email protected]
Michelle Duggan, BSc	Medical Technical Service	0732 2468 8924	[email protected]
Anna Madlmayr, MSc	PhD Candidate	0732 2468 8925	[email protected]
Lena Wiesbauer, MSc	Project Assistant PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Univ. Prof. Dr. Josef Donnerer	Professor	0732 2468 8921	[email protected]

Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology - Research Team

Univ. Prof. Dr. Maren Engelhardt

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Maren Engelhardt	Head of Anatomy	0732 2468 8901	[email protected]
Ingrid Voglhofer	Secretary	0732 2468 8991	[email protected]
Dr. Jan Maximilian Janssen	Medical Doctor and University Assistant	0732 2468 8902	[email protected]
Dr. Christian Thome	Laboratory management and Senior Scientist	0732 2468 8905	[email protected]
Dr. Johannes Roos	KMA Medical Doctor and University Assistant		[email protected]
Tobias Herbinger	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8904	[email protected]

Tumor Epigenetics - Dr. rer. nat. Yong Yu's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Dr. rer. nat. Yong Yu	Head of the Tumor Epigenetics Laboratory	0732 2468 8875	[email protected]
Dr.Jingjing Qi	PostDoc		[email protected]
Katarina Krajina, MSc	University Assistant	0732 2468 8876	[email protected]
Anji Xu, MSc	PhD Candidate
Claudia Wöß, MSc	Technical Assistant	0664 602468 439	[email protected]

Institute for Tumor Biology - Research Team

Univ. Prof. Dr. Soyoung Lee

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Soyoung Lee	Head of Tumor Biology	0732 2468 8981	[email protected]
Sandra Susnjar	Secretary	0732 2468 8980	[email protected]
Roland Tresky, PhD	University Assistant		[email protected]
Felix Prinz, PhD	University Assistant		[email protected]
Katharina Rösel, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Shirin Soleimanbeigi, MSc	Technical Assistant		[email protected]

Institute for General Medicine - Research Team

Univ. Prof. Dr. Erika Zelko

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Erika Zelko, PhD	Head of the Institute for General Medicine	0732 2468 8971	[email protected]
Lisa Voggenberger, MSc.	University assistant and research coordinator	0732 2468 8975	[email protected]
Julia Pantoglou, MSc.	University assistant	0732 2468 8975	[email protected]
Fabian Bekelaer, MSc.	University assistant	0732 2468 8970	[email protected]
Dr. med. Niels-Christian Höllger	University assistant	0732 2468 8974	[email protected]

Clinical Research Teams

Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery - Univ. Prof.

Dr.med.univ. Andreas Florian Zierer's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr.med.univ. Andreas Florian Zierer	Department Head	05 7680 83 2136	[email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Cornelia Roschger	Head of the Working Group & Tenure Track	0732 2468 3088	[email protected]
Stefanie Kehrer, MSc	Technical Assistant		[email protected]
Kevin Lang, BSc	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8823	[email protected]
Christina Fürlinger, MSc	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8824	[email protected]

Department of Hematology and Internal Oncology - Research Team

Univ. Prof. Dr. Clemens Schmitt

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Clemens Schmitt	Vorstand der Uniklinik	05 7680 83 6190	[email protected] [email protected]
Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Henning Popp	Medical Doctor and Project Leader		[email protected]
Mag. Sabine Kaltenbrunner, MSc	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8872	[email protected]
Maria Pammer, BSc	Biomedical Analyst	0732 2468 8874	[email protected]
Dr. Mario Mairhofer	PostDoc	0732 2468 8877	[email protected]
Dr. Saman Sharifi	University Assistant		[email protected]
Dr. Amirhossein Nayeri Rad	PostDoc		[email protected]
Chengzheng Han	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Kang Cheng	PhD Candidate		[email protected]

Department of Ophthalmology and Optometry - Univ. Prof. Dr. Matthias Bolz
Research Group Cellular and Molecular Ophthalmology, opens in new window

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Matthias Bolz	Department Head	05 7680 83 1050	[email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Ahmad Salti	Head of the Working Group	0732 2468 8814	[email protected]
Alessandro Bellapianta, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Sara Ouaidat, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]

Department of Neurosurgery, opens an external URL in a new window - Andreas Gruber's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Andreas Gruber	Department Head	05 7680 87 25901	[email protected] [email protected]
Priv.-Doz.ⁱⁿMag. Dr. Sabine Spiegl-Kreinecker	Head of the Working Group		[email protected]
Priv.-Doz. Dr. sc. nat. Roland Kälin	Tenure Track Position		[email protected]
Lakmi Pitigala-Motal, MSc	University Assistant (Tenure Track Kälin)		[email protected]
Laura Nefischer, MSc	Technical Assistant (Tenure Track Kälin)		[email protected]

Department of Gynecology, Obstetrics, and Gynecological Endocrinology

Univ. Prof. Dr. Peter Oppelt

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Peter Oppelt, MBA	Department Head	05 7680 84 26815	[email protected]
Dr.ⁱⁿ Barbara Arbeithuber	Head of the Working Group	0732 2468 8830	[email protected]
Celine Kapper, MSc	Biologist	0732 2468 8835	[email protected]
Matin Kazemi, MSc	University Assistant	0732 2468 8836	[email protected]
Teresa Kloimböck, MSc	PhD Candidate	0732 2468 8834	[email protected]
Sanaz Samadpoor, MSc	Biomedical Analyst	0732 2468 8834	[email protected]

Department of Dermatology and Venereology - Prim. Univ. Prof. DDr. Wolfram Hötzenecker's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Prim. Univ. Prof. DDr. Wolfram Hötzenecker, MBA	Department Head	057680 83 4101	[email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Susanne Kimeswenger	Head of the Working Group	0732 2468 8953	[email protected]
Teresa Burner, BSc	Technical Assistant	0664 602468649	[email protected]
DI Angelika Lackner, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]

Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine - Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Högler's Research Team, opens in new window

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Högler	Department Head	05 7680 84 22001	[email protected]
Symav Rasol	Administration	05 7680 84 22001	[email protected]
Mag. Martina Hofpointner	Administration	05 7680 84 22002	[email protected]
Dr. Josephine T. Tauer	Head of Working Group Tenure Track Position	0732 2468 8892	[email protected]
Yang Maier, MA	Administration	0732 2468 8890	[email protected]
Jessica Ebner-Jahn, PhD	PostDoc		[email protected]
Mariam Farman, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Barbara Voraberger, MSc (on maternity leave)	PhD Candidate	0732 2468 8893	[email protected]
Daniel-Simon Martinez Miranda, BSc	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8894	[email protected]
Sara Shojaei, BSc	Technical Assistant (Tenure Track Tauer)	0732 2468 8894	[email protected]

Department of Gastroenterology - Univ. Prof. Dr. Alexander R. Moschen's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Alexander R. Moschen, PhD	Department Head	057680 83 6120	[email protected] [email protected]
Christina Watschinger, MSc	Head of the Working Group	0732 2468 8960	[email protected]
Anna Maria Hoog, MSc	Biologist		[email protected]
Pia Zaunmair, MSc	Biologist		[email protected]
Monica Sageder, MSc	Technical Assistant		[email protected]
Helena Hödlmayr, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Alex Ralser, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Dorotaea Paul	Secretary	05 7680 83 57122	[email protected]

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Research Team of Univ. Prof. Dr. Tobias Gotterbarm

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ. Prof. Dr. Tobias Gotterbarm	Department Head	05 7680 833198	[email protected]
Mag. Dr.Eleni Priglinger	Head of the Working Group & Tenure Track	0732 2468 8865	[email protected]
Viktoria Sperrer, MSc	Research Assistant	0732 2468 8866 +43 5 7680 83 78618	[email protected]
Luise Herrmann, MSc	Research Assistant	0732 2468 8867	[email protected]
Corey Miller, PhD	University Assistant		[email protected]
Andrea Malandrino, PhD	University Assistant		[email protected]
Dr. med. vet. Julie Rosser, PhD, DECVS, DACVSMR	Research Associate		[email protected]
Mag. med. vet. Agnieszka Florczyk, DECVS	PhD Candidate
Karin Mißfeldt, MSc	PhD Candidate		[email protected]
Sophie Döttl, BSc	Project Assistant		[email protected]
Laura Müller	Project Assistant		[email protected]

Clinical Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, opens in new window - Univ. Prof. Dr. Rupert Langer's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ.Prof. Dr. Rupert Langer	Head of the Clinical Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology	057680 83 6711	[email protected] [email protected]
Sara Chamas	Secretary	0732 2468 8930	[email protected]
Mag.Sabina Köfler, MSc	Head of the Working Group	0732 2468 8932	[email protected]
Sewmi Madukokila A. Delana Mudiyanselage, BSc	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8931	[email protected]
Lisa Wurm, MSc	Technical Assistant	0732 2468 8931	[email protected]
Ivan Kuzin, MSc	Project Assistant		[email protected]

Department of Neurology, opens an external URL in a new window - Univ. Prof. Dr. Raimund Helbok's Research Team

Name	Position	Phone	E-mail Address
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raimund Helbok	Department Head	057680 83 6811	[email protected] [email protected]
Dr. Anna Tröscher-Böhm, PhD	Research Associate		[email protected]
Franziska Ammer-Pickhardt, MSc	Technical Assistant		[email protected]

Name

Position

Phone

E-mail Address

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raimund Helbok

Department Head

057680 83 6811

[email protected]

Dr. Anna Tröscher-Böhm, PhD

Research Associate

[email protected]

Franziska Ammer-Pickhardt, MSc

Technical Assistant

[email protected]

If you have any questions about conducting research at the Center for Medical Research, please contact us by sending an e-mail to: zmf.labormanagement @jku.at.

If you have general questions about the Center for Medical Research, please send an e-mail to: [email protected]

If you have any questions regarding research and opportunities to conduct academic/scientific work (Master's thesis, PhD dissertation), please contact the research teams directly.

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Our Team at the Center for Medical Research.

CMR Management Deputy Head of the Center for Medical Research

Center for Medical Research Finances

CMR Administration

CMR IT Services

The CMR Team

Core Facilities

Pre-Clinical Research Teams

Clinical Research Teams

CMR Management
Deputy Head of the Center for Medical Research