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
left to right: Ipek Ergal, Hayk Palabikyan, Ruth-Sophie Taubner, Michael Stadlbauer, Simon Rittmann, Barbara Reischl, Walter Hofmann, Aquilla Ruddyard, Aaron Zipperle, Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer, Elisa Zech
Research Focus
1.) Microbial Physiology
with a focus on
- Quantitative comparative physiology of archaea
- Metabolism of methanogens and other anaerobic archaea
- Archaeal utilization and production of gaseous compounds
- Lipidomics of methanogens
- Synthetic Microbiology
2.) Biotechnology
with a focus on
- Archaea Biotechnology
- Co-culture design and engineering
- Dark fermentative biohydrogen production
- Biological methane production from H2/CO2 and CO
- Anaerobic cultivation techniques and fermentation
- Bioprocess development and industrial microbiology
Funding Sources
Group Members
- Ipek Ergal, PhD
- Walter Hofmann
- Hayk Palabikyan
- Lara Pomper
- Barbara Reischl
- Aquilla Ruddyard
- Michael Stadlbauer
- Elisa Zech
Former group members:
- Dr. Annalisa Abdel Azim
- Oliver Gräf
- Ece Kocabiyik
- Philipp Kolar
- Lisa-Maria Mauerhofer, PhD
- Michael Melcher
- Christian Pruckner
- Tilman Schmider
- Benjamin Schupp
- Michael Steiner
- Dr. Ruth-Sophie Taubner
- Sonja Vukotic
- Aaron Zipperle