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Univ.Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Andreas Farnleitner, MSc.Tox.,  was appointed as University Professor for Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics at TU Wien with effect from 1 June 2021. He is assigned to the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering, opens an external URL in a new window (E166) within the Faculty of Technical Chemistry, opens an external URL in a new window at TU Wien,.

Andreas Farnleitner has studied Microbiology and Ecology at the University of Vienna. He then changed to TU Wien to work on his Doctoral Theses, which he completed 1999 on "Development, adaptation and optimisation of molecular biological and physiological solutions for environmental analytical problems in the field of aquatic microbiology, opens an external URL in a new window". In addition he completed a postgraduate study in toxicology at the MedUni Vienna (Msc.Tox.). 2007 he obtained his Venia Docendi, thus qualifiying him to teach in the area of Environmental Microbiology with a habilitation about "Neue Ansätze zur Analyse der mikrobiologischen Wasserqualität: vom Biomolekül zum Ökosystem, opens an external URL in a new window". After gaining experience abroad e.g. at the University of Bangor (UK), TU Berlin and the Netherlands Institute of Sea Research, he succsefully apllied for a tenure-track position at TU Wien on Microbiology and Toxicology in Water and Health, which he completed as Associate Professor in April 2019.  

He is Head of the Research Group for Environmental Microbiology and Molecular Diagnostics, opens an external URL in a new window within the Research Unit of Biochemical Technology (E166-05) and also Head of the Service Unit of Research Center Water and Health, opens an external URL in a new window. In addition he is heading the Research Unit Water Quality and Health, opens an external URL in a new window at the Department Pharmacology, Physiology and Microbiology of the Karl Landsteiner Universität in Krems and one of the TU Wien members of the Interuniversity Cooperation Center Water & Health, opens an external URL in a new window.

Publikationen von Andreas Farnleitner im ReposiTUm, opens an external URL in a new window