CV
Curriculum Vitae
Prof. Dr. Angelika Lehner
Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene
University of Zurich
Winterthurerstrasse 272
8057 Zurich
+44 635 86 70 (phone)
+44 635 8909 (fax)
lehnera@fsafety.uzh.ch
ACADEMIC EDUCATION
| 1983 – 1992 | Undergraduate studies in Biology, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 1992 | Magister rer. nat. (Masters) in Biology, University of Vienna, Austria Thesis: “DNA Fingerprinting in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)” |
| 1992 – 1995 | Graduate studies (PhD) in Genetics, University of Vienna, Austria |
| 1995 | Dr. rer.nat. (PhD equivalent), University of Vienna, Austria Thesis: “RFLP and RAPD mapping in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L) Karst.)” |
| 2008 | Venia legendi in Molecular Food Microbiology granted by Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland “From Enterobacter sakazakii to Cronobacter spp.: investigating an opportunistic foodborne pathogen” |
| 2014 | Appointed: Titularprofessorin |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1995 – 2001 | Lecturer and Scientist at the Institute of Milkhygiene, Milktechnology and Food Sciences at Veterinary University of Vienna, Austria (Director: Prof. E. Brandl) |
| 2000 – 2003 | Postdoctoral fellow at the Chair of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, Germany (department head: Prof. K.- H. Schleifer, group leader: Prof. Michael Wagner); Topic:“Development of phylogenetic Microarrays (Phylochips)” |
| 2003 – 2004 | R&D group leader at vermicon AG, Munich, Germany |
| 2004 – 2008 | Post doctoral scientist position, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland (Director: Prof. Roger Stephan) |
| 2008 – present | Senior scientist and academic teacher, Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
AWARDS
| 1998 | Dr. Hermann Zittmayer Award: Acknowledgement for scientific studies on the hygiene of milk and dairy products |
| 2008 | Stockmeyer Scientific Award: Verbesserung der Lebensmittelsicherheit und zur Stärkung des Verbrauchervertrauens in die Qualität von Lebensmitteln. |
INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1992 – 1995 | Scientific visitor at the Institute of Forest Genetics (USDA) in Berkeley and Placerville, CA, USA (Laboratory Prof. David Neale): total 6 months during PhD thesis |
| 2001 | Scientific visitor at Genoscope, Evry, France (3 months) |
RESEARCH INTEREST
Quest for interconnection between applied and basic research in the fields of:
Molecular mechanisms of persistance, dissemination of dairy associated bacterial pathogens.
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis, fitness and stress response of the opportunistic pathogen Cronobacter spp.
Establishing a research branch exlpoiting the zebrafish embryo as an infection model to study the pathogenesis of human pathogens