Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Biol. Dr. Stefanie Wienkoop
Professorship for Plant-Microbe Interaction at the Faculty of Life Sciences
Contact Stefanie Wienkoop
Curriculum Vitae:
born 1971 in Alfaz del Pi, Spain
1990-1996 studied biology at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
1996-2000 Doctorate at the Institute of Botany at the Technical University of Darmstadt on the topic "Activity regulation as well as kinetic characterization and molecular basis of the expression of plasma membrane-bound nitrate reductase in tobacco"
2000 Postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Botany, University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, Canada
2001-2002 postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Plant Research at the "Risoe National Laboratories" (now DTU), Roskilde, Denmark
2002-2008 Postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology, Golm/Portsdam, Germany
2009-2014 Research assistant, group leader "Molecular Plant-System Interactions" at the Department of Molecular Systems Biology at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna, Austria
in 2012, he completed his habilitation in molecular systems biology at the University of Vienna
2013-2017 Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology Life Sciences at the University of Vienna
since December 2017, associate professor at the Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology at the University of Vienna
since February 2022 professorship at the Department of Ecogenomics and Systems Biology at the University of Vienna
Research areas:
* Plant-microbe interactions (plant proteomics, metabolomics and phenotyping)
* Influence of endophytes on the plant's molecular immune response under environmental stress such as drought and pathogen attack
* Molecular metabolic exchange and plasticity in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis
"The microorganisms in the soil have an immense influence on the immune system of plants. 'Useful' ones protect against extreme environmental influences, such as lack of water or soil salinization. Both can be observed worldwide with rising temperatures and correspondingly high evaporation rates.
Understanding this plant-microbe interaction, in addition to remarkable agricultural economic opportunities, opens up a fundamental understanding of the complex relationships in our habitats." (Stefanie Wienkoop)