Committee and organizing Team

Florian Ph.S Fischmeister

Initiator and chair of the BBS Springschool 2022
University of Graz
Institute of Psychologie
email: Florian.Fischmeister@uni-graz.at

  • His research topics include neuroplasticity and treatment related effects in chemosensory perception and resting states in particular. Recently, he got attracted by the interdisciplinary research field Microbiota-Gut-Brain axis and started to work on longitudinal functional and structural brain changes induces by probiotic and symbiotic intervention and their influence on the reward-system and the resting brain.
  • See webpage

Alexander Thomas Goritschnig

Chair of the BBS Springschool 2022
University of Graz
Department
email: Alexander.Goritschnig@uni-graz.at

  • He is the coordinator and research manager of the so-called Field of Excellence “Complexity of Life in Basic Research and Innovation (COLIBRI)” at the University of Graz. By training he is physicist. His research focus was quantum field theoretical modelling and simulation of hard hadronic reactions. And then, more applied research in the field of renewable energy systems. In the course of these research activities he was P.I. and project leader of national as well as European research projects.

Guilherme Wood

Chair of the BBS Springschool 2022
University of Graz
Institute of Psychology
email: Guilherme.Wood@uni-graz.at

Sarah Stryeck

local organizer
Technical University of Graz
Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Learning Analytics & Knowledge Services (LAKS) group
email: sarah.stryeck@tugraz.at

  • Sarah Stryeck is working as Senior Researcher at Know-Center, PostDoc at TU Graz and Data Steward in the Data Intelligence Initiative. Sarah did her PhD in Integrative Structural Biology and specialized afterwards in the topics data platforms and responsible AI.

Christina Kumpitsch

local organizer
Medical University of Graz
Institute of Hygiene, Microbiology and Environmental Medicine
email: christina.kumpitsch@medunigraz.at

  • Her main research interest lies on the microbiome and its role in health and disease. In her projects she investigates the microbial community composition located at different body parts including the nasal cavity and the gut. Notably, she does not only focus on the bacterial but also on the often overlooked archaeal community.