Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Benedikt Warth

Kontaktdaten Benedikt Warth

Curriculum Vitae:

Born 1984 in Bruck an der Mur, Styria
2003-2007 Bachelor program, Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)
2007 B.Sc. in Food Science and Biotechnology (Bakk. techn.)
2007-2009 Master program, Biotechnology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU); Master thesis at Linköping University, Sweden
2008 Undergraduate research assistant; Mandenius lab, Linköping University, Sweden
2009-2012 Research Assistant; Krska lab, Department IFA-Tulln, BOKU University, Austria
2009 M.Sc. in Biotechnology (Dipl.-Ing.)
2009-2012 Graduate school program Applied Bioscience Technologies (AB-Tec) of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)
2012 Ph.D., University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU, Dr. nat. techn.)
2012 Paternity leave
2013-2015 Research Associate; Schuhmacher lab, BOKU University, Vienna, Austria
2015-2016 Senior Scientist; Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Food Science and Toxicology, University of Vienna
2016-2017 Erwin-Schrödinger Fellow (Senior Research Associate); Center for Metabolomics, The Scripps Research Institute, CA, USA
2017-2018 Assistant Professor, tenure-track; University of Vienna, Austria Group leader Global Exposomics and Biomonitoring Laboratory
2018-2022 Associate Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Food Science and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Austria
since 2018 Delegate, Austrian Platform for Human Biomonitoring of the Environment Agency Austria (reports to the parliament)
since 2018 Consortium Member, Environmental Sciences Research Network, UNIVIE
since 2019 Co-Presider, 'Exposomics Interest Group' of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry
since 2019 Delegate, Food Chemistry Working Group of the GOECH (Austrian Chemical Society)
since 2020 Delegate, Green Chemistry Platform of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Climate Action (BMK)
since 2020 Coordinator, Exposome Austria (National Hub of the EIRENE Research Infrastructure for Exposome Research)
since 2020 Deputy-Head, Department of Food Chemistry and Toxicology
2022 ERC Consolidator Grant, 'Deciphering the exposome by metabolomics technology in breast cancer'
since October 2022 Full Professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Food Science and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Austria
 

Research interests:

* Advanced exposure assessment of food-related chemicals via human biomonitoring
* The impact of multi-class environmental exposures (i.e. the exposome) in health and disease
* The investigation of drug-exposome interactions
* A key aspect is the development and optimization of novel analytical methods based on mass spectrometry and cross-omics approaches guided by global and stable isotope metabolomics. Moreover, the detailed evaluation of metabolism and mixture effects of xenobiotics (food bio-actives and contaminants) are a major focus.


"Durch unsere Forschung wollen wir besser verstehen, welche Fremdstoffe in Nahrung und Umgebung uns chronisch krank machen. Die Gene sind ja nur für einen relativ kleinen Teil des Krankheitsrisikos eines Menschen verantwortlich. Wir wollen die relevanten Umwelteinflüsse ganzheitlich, als sogenanntes Exposom, entschlüsseln und dadurch zur personalisierten Prävention beitragen." (Benedikt Warth)