Current projects

2022-2023: Frass4Gas: Thailand
Funded by: ASEA-UNINET / OeAD
Volume: 10,400 €
Function: Applicant/PI

2022: Expanding the value chain – biological extraction of chitosan for insect-based waste bioconversion
Funded by: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Volume: 344,903.00 €
Function: Co-Applicant/PI

2022: Towards decrypting the semiochemical communication between microbes and black soldier flies involved in oviposition
Funded by: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Volume: 590,724.75 €
Function: Co-Applicant/PostDoc


Past projects

2021-2022: Breeding and biotechnology for insect farming (Part 2)
Funded by: Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Volume: Industrial cooperation
Function: PI

2021: Frass for gas: pre-treatment of industrial insect breeding residues for anaerobic digestion
Funded by: Early Stage Funding (University of Innsbruck)
Volume: 4,985.00 €
Function: Applicant/PI

2020-2021: Co-housing effect on the microbiome of black soldier fly larvae
Funded by: Tiroler Wissenschaftsförderung (TWF)
Volume: 16,000.00 €
Function: Applicant/PI

2020-2021: Breeding and biotechnology for insect farming (Part 1)
Funded by: Austrian Science Promotion Agency (FFG)
Volume: Industrial cooperation
Function: PI

2020-2020: Cooling-liquid microbiome revisited
Funded by: Commissioned
Volume: Industrial cooperation
Function: PI

2018-2019: Six-legged livestock: rearing black soldier fly larvae on biowaste
Funded by: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Volume: 50,702.19 €
Function: Co-Applicant/PI

2014-2018: From waste to feed: waste products as a source of protein-rich feedstuff
Funded by: Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Volume: 158,635.05 €
Function: PhD Student

2017-2017: The microbiota in an industrial cooling-lubrication circuit and an option for its manipulation
Funded by: Commissioned
Volume: Industrial cooperation
Function: Student Assistant