🤸 People

Assistant Professor
My research broadly focuses on virus evolution, genome evolution, and phylogenetics; with special attention to virus-host co-evolution and phenotypic/genotypic novelty.

✉️ anouk.willemsen[*]univie.ac.at

Postdoctoral researcher
Mobile genetic elements in giant viruses.

✉️ dominik.luecking[*]univie.ac.at

Lab Technician
I support the team members in various tasks in the laboratory in order to help them perform their experiments smoothly.

✉️ georgi.nikolov[*]univie.ac.at

PhD researcher
I’m interested in exploring the role of viral tRNAs during infection and investigating interactions of giant viruses with each other.

✉️ daniela.schwarz[*]univie.ac.at

PhD researcher
My thesis focuses on the role of mobile genetic elements and extracellular vesicles in the arms race among the viruses, competing parasites, and hosts.

✉️ laura.sanchez[*]univie.ac.at

Master student
I’m working on visualizing giant virus replication within their host cells and showing transcription and translation localization over the course of an infection

✉️ lotte.luise.mayer[*]univie.ac.at

Master student
My Master’s thesis focuses on the competition and fitness in giant viruses. I approach this by performing competition experiments.

✉️ m.faruk.saglam.38[*]gmail.com

Ruixuan Zhang 🇨🇳. Visiting researcher (PhD researhcer), 2024. Kyoto University, Japan.

Lucia Splittgerber. Undergraduate intern (Bachelor thesis), 2023. University of Vienna, Austria.

Julia Haller. Undergraduate intern, 2021. University of Vienna, Austria.

Tatiana Solomatina. Undergraduate intern, 2020-2021. University of Vienna, Austria.