Dr. Simon K.M.R. Rittmann, Privatdoz.

Leader of the Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group

Room:
1030 Wien, Djerassiplatz 1
T: +43-1-4277-76513
F: +43-1-4277-876513
Mail: simon.rittmann@univie.ac.at 

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Curriculum Vitae

Work experience

Since 07/2021Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Arkeon GmbH, Tulln a.d. Donau, Austria
Since 01/2017

PI and Head of the Archaea Physiology & Biotechnology Group, Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

01/2014 - 12/2016

Universitätsassistent, Post Doc, University of Vienna, Archaea Biology and Ecogenomics Division, Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology, Vienna, Austria

11/2012 - 12/2013

Post Doc - Krajete GmbH, Linz, Austria

10/2009 - 12/2012

"Development of an optimized application portfolio of biological methanogenesis", FFG Project, No. 830003, Department of Chemical Engineering, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria

02/2007 - 04/2009

Research Assistant, Intercell AG, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Vienna, Austria

01/2006 - 11/2006

“Cropgen” - Renewable energy from crops and agrowastes, EU project, Institute of Applied Microbiology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

05/2003 - 04/2004

“Halobakterien aus permischem Salz”, FWF Project: P 13995, Institute of Genetics and General Biology, Faculty of NaturalSciences, University of Salzburg, Austria

Education

07/2020

Habilitation
Venia docendi in Microbiology and Biotechnology at the University of Vienna, Austria

04/2013

Graduation: Dr. techn. 
Doktor der Technischen Wissenschaften, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

10/2009 - 12/2012

Doctorate
"Bioprocess development and quantitative analysis of biomethane production and dark fermentative biohydrogen production”, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

03/2009

Graduation with honours: MSc 
Magister der Biologie, University of Salzburg, Austria

01/2008 - 01/2009

Diploma Study 
“Overview on fermentative microorganisms capable of biohydrogen production - a putative comprehensive survey of literature", Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria

02/2006

Graduation with honours: MSc 
Magister der Biologie, University of Salzburg, Austria

09/2004 - 10/2005

Diploma Study 
"Identification of 14-3-3 isoforms in Lilium longiflorum pollen”, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Salzburg, Austria

03/2005 - 02/2006

University Studies 
Magisterstudium: Botanik/Pflanzenbiologie, University of Salzburg, Austria

04/2003 - 03/2009

University Studies 
Magisterstudium: Genetik/Biotechnologie, University of Salzburg, Austria

03/2003

Graduation: Bachelor 
Bakkalaureus der Biologie, University of Salzburg, Austria

10/1999 - 03/2003

University Studies 
Bakkalaureatstudium: Genetik/Molekularbiologie, University of Salzburg, Austria

Publications

Increasing biohydrogen production with the use of a co-culture inside a microbial electrolysis cell. / Hasibar, Benedikt; Ergal, Ipek; Moser, Susanne et al.
in: Biochemical engineering journal: an international journal of research and development, Band 164, 107802, 15.12.2020.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Biologische Methanproduktion mit Archaea-Stämmen unter Hochdruckbedingungen. / Zwirtmayr, Sara (Korresp. Autor*in); Mauerhofer, Lisa-Maria; Bernacchi, Sebastian et al.
in: Chemie - Ingenieur - Technik, Band 92, Nr. 9, 09.2020, S. 1200.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftMeeting Abstract/Conference Paper


Biohydrogen production beyond the Thauer limit by precision design of artificial microbial consortia. / Ergal, İpek; Gräf, Oliver; Hasibar, Benedikt et al.
in: Communications Biology, Band 3, Nr. 1, 443, 14.08.2020.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Competing acetate consumption and production inside a microbial electrolysis cell. / Hasibar, Benedikt; Ergal, Ipek; Dias, Sonia Abreu et al.
in: Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Band 8, Nr. 4, 103847, 08.2020.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Nitrogen Isotope Fractionation During Archaeal Ammonia Oxidation: Coupled Estimates From Measurements of Residual Ammonium and Accumulated Nitrite. / Mooshammer, Maria; Alves, Ricardo J.E.; Bayer, Barbara et al.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Band 11, 1710, 28.07.2020.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Evaluation of Physiological Parameters of Intestinal Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria Isolated from Patients Suffering from IBD and Healthy People. / Kushkevych, Ivan; Castro Sangrador, Jorge; Dordević, Dani et al.
in: Journal of clinical medicine, Band 9, Nr. 6, 1920, 19.06.2020, S. 1-18.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Adenosine-5'-Phosphosulfate- and Sulfite Reductases Activities of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria from Various Environments. / Kushkevych, Ivan; Abdulina, Daryna; Kováč, Jozef et al.
in: Biomolecules, Band 10, Nr. 6, 921, 17.06.2020, S. 1-15.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Formate Utilization by the Crenarchaeon Desulfurococcus amylolyticus. / Ergal, Ipek; Reischl, Barbara; Hasibar, Benedikt et al.
in: Microorganisms, Band 8, Nr. 3, 454, 23.03.2020.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Microbial Diversity and Biosignatures: An Icy Moons Perspective. / Jebbar, Mohamed; Hickman-Lewis, Keyron; Cavalazzi, Barbara et al.
in: Space Science Reviews, Band 216, Nr. 1, 10, 23.01.2020.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftReviewPeer Reviewed


Simulating putative Enceladus-like conditions: The possibility of biological methane production on Saturn's icy moon. / Taubner, Ruth-Sophie; Pappenreiter, Patricia; Zwicker, Jennifer et al.
in: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Band 14, Nr. S345, 01.2020, S. 219-221.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftMeeting Abstract/Conference PaperPeer Reviewed


Exploring the microbial biotransformation of extraterrestrial material on nanometer scale. / Milojevic, Tetyana (Korresp. Autor*in); Koelbl, Denise; Ferriere, Ludovic et al.
in: Scientific Reports, Band 9, Nr. 1, 18028, 02.12.2019.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Membrane Lipid Composition and Amino Acid Excretion Patterns of Methanothermococcus okinawensis Grown in the Presence of Inhibitors Detected in the Enceladian Plume. / Taubner, Ruth-Sophie; Baumann, Lydia M. F.; Bauersachs, Thorsten et al.
in: Life, Band 9, Nr. 4, 85, 12.2019.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Biotransformation of Scheelite CaWO4 by the Extreme Thermoacidophile Metallosphaera sedula: Tungsten Microbial Interface. / Blazevic, Amir; Albu, Mihaela; Mitsche, Stefan et al.
in: Frontiers in Microbiology, Band 10, 1492, 02.07.2019.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Development of a simultaneous bioreactor system for characterization of gas production kinetics of methanogenic archaea at high pressure. / Pappenreiter, Patricia (Korresp. Autor*in); Zwirtmayr, Sara; Mauerhofer, Lisa-Maria et al.
in: Engineering in Life Sciences, Band 19, Nr. 7, 07.2019, S. 537-544.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftArtikelPeer Reviewed


Methods for quantification of growth and productivity in anaerobic microbiology and biotechnology. / Mauerhofer, Lisa-Maria; Pappenreiter, Patricia; Paulik, Christian et al.
in: Folia Microbiologica, Band 64, Nr. 3, 05.2019, S. 321–360 .

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in FachzeitschriftReviewPeer Reviewed


Book of Abstracts – Workshop on Gas in Biotechnology 2019. / Bochmann, Günther (Herausgeber*in); Fuchs, Werner (Herausgeber*in); Rittmann, Simon Karl-Maria Rasso (Herausgeber*in).
2019.

Veröffentlichungen: BuchKonferenz-/Tagungsband


Competing acetate consumption and production inside a microbial electrolysis cell. / Hasibar, Benedikt; Ergal, Ipek; Bochmann, Günther et al.
Book of Abstracts – Workshop on Gas in Biotechnology. 2019.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in BuchBeitrag in Konferenzband


H2/CO2 fed-batch cultivation of Methanobacterium thermaggregans. / Mauerhofer, Lisa-Maria; Reischl, Barbara; Schmider, Tilman et al.
Book of Abstracts – Workshop on Gas in Biotechnology 2019. 2019.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in BuchBeitrag in Konferenzband


The physiology of dark fermentative biohydrogen production. / Ergal, Ipek; Fuchs, Werner; Hasibar, Benedikt et al.
Book of Abstracts – Workshop on Gas in Biotechnology 2019. 2019.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in BuchBeitrag in Konferenzband


The physiology of methanogens in the presence of inorganic and organic compounds. / Abdel Azim, Anna-Lisa; Rittmann, Simon Karl-Maria Rasso; Fino, Debora et al.
Book of Abstracts – Workshop on Gas in Biotechnology 2019. 2019.

Veröffentlichungen: Beitrag in BuchBeitrag in Konferenzband