Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Simon K.-M.R. Rittmann
Room: 3.011
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Vienna, Austria
+43-1-4277-76513
simon.rittmann@univie.ac.at
Our team
Rittmann group 2025: Walter Hofmann, Simon K.-M. R. Rittmann, Angus Hilts, Hayk Palabikyan, Lena Winter, Nika Pende, Sharanya Sridhara, Wenlong Liu, Alex Totolići-Inout, Nicolás Salas Wallach
Rittmann Group 2024: Simon Rittmann, Walter Hofmann, Hayk Palabikyan, Angus Hilts, Nicolás Salas Wallach, Andrew King, Nika Pende
Rittmann Group 2023: Hayk Palabikyan, Simon Rittmann, Nika Pende, Walter Hofmann
Rittmann Group 2020: Ipek Ergal, Hayk Palabikyan, Ruth Taubner, Michael Stadlbauer, Simon Rittmann, Barbara Reischl, Walter Hofmann, Aquilla Ruddyard, Aaron Zipperle, Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer, Elisa Zech
Rittmann Group 2018: Kinga Nagy, Michael Steiner, Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer, Oliver Gräf, Ruth Taubner, Simon Rittmann, Benjamin Schupp, Barbara Reischl, Hayk Palabikyan, Ipek Ergal, Christian Pruckner
Rittmann Group 2017: Barbara Reischl, Ipek Ergal, Simon Rittmann, Ruth Taubner, Christian Pruckner, Tilman Schmider, Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer, Benjamin Schupp, Michael Steiner
Research Focus
1.) Microbial Physiology
with a focus on
- Anaerobes and archaea
- Synthetic microbiology
- Metabolism of C1-fixing microorganisms
- Utilization and production of gaseous compounds
2.) Biotechnology
with a focus on
- Archaea biotechnology
- Bioprocess development
- Microbial cultivation techniques
- Amino acid and bioplastics production
Funding Sources
Outreach
Simon Rittmann and his team discovered that microorganisms can produce amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, from CO2.
YouTube Universität Wien 08.05.2024
Simon Rittmann spricht in "Lexikon der Chemie" auf Ö1 über Methan.
Ö1 Lexikon der Chemie: Methan 01.03.2023
Simon Rittmann diskutiert in einem Expertengespräch zum Thema 'Welchen Beitrag kann grüner Wasserstoff zur Energiewende leisten?'
YouTube Kaiserschild-Stiftung 08.06.2022
Simon Rittmann talks about his experience with founding a start-up, Arkeon, while holding a position in academia.
YouTube PhD Career Stories 14.07.2023
Simon Rittmann, co-founder of Arkeon, shares how their discovered technologies are unique and may have groundbreaking impacts.
YouTube BBC News 25.11.2022
Group Members
- Angus Hilts, M.Sc.
- Walter Hofmann, M.Sc.
- Hayk Palabikyan, M.Sc.
- Nika Pende, PhD
- Barbara Reischl, M.Sc.
- Sharanya Sridhara, B.Sc.
- Alex Totolici-Inout, B.Sc.
- Ira Vorbeck, B.Sc.
Former group members:
- Dr. Annalisa Abdel Azim
- Ipek Ergal, PhD
- Oliver Gräf
- Andrew King
- Ece Kocabiyik
- Philipp Kolar
- Wenlong Liu
- Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer, PhD
- Hripsime Petrosyan
- Lara Pomper
- Christian Pruckner
- Aquilla Ruddyard
- Tilman Schmider
- Benjamin Schupp
- Michael Stadlbauer
- Michael Steiner
- Dr. Ruth-Sophie Taubner
- Nicolas Salas Wallach
- Lena Winter
- Sonja Vukotic
- Elisa Zech
- Aaron Zipperle
- Dr. Jennifer Zwicker