About Us

The Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CeMESS) at the University of Vienna combines rapidly developing research areas of high societal relevance. Our Centre consists of four Research Divisions spanning microbiology, bioinformatics, ecology and environmental systems science.

This multidisciplinary approach empowers us to comprehensively investigate those critical biotic and abiotic processes that shape our bodies, ecosystems, and our planet at large. Our research provides critical insights that address pressing global challenges, from human to environmental health.

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Congratulations to Valentin Waschulin, Ruizhe Pei and Tomohisa Sebastian Tanabe, who each received a highly competitive Marie Skłodowska-Curie...
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We are thrilled to announce that Ksenia Guseva has joined our team as a senior scientist.
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At CeMESS, women play a vital role in shaping the future of science. With more than half of our researchers identifying as women, we recognize the...
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Thilo Hofmann (with appearances of Göksu Celik, Martin Stockhausen and Valerie Wilkeit) was interviewed on the environmental dangers of Diclofenac for...
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In January the M.I.N.T. (mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and technology) project group from the Individualisierte Teil-Ausbildungen (ITA)...
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Congratulations Anya Sherman, who successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Environmental Fate Processes and Human Exposure to Rubber-Derivev...
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 Recent Publications

Pei R, Vries ED, Estévez A, Sousa J, Dijkman H, Tamis J et al. Demonstrating performance in scaled-up production and quality control of polyhydroxyalkanoates using municipal waste activated sludge. Water Research. 2025 May. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123160
Anthony MA. Does ectomycorrhizal fungal biodiversity affect tree growth? Fungal Ecology. 2025 Apr;74:101413. Epub 2025 Apr. doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2025.101413
Lintner M, Henkel C, Peng R, Heinz P, Stockhausen M, Hofmann T et al. Tire-derived compounds, phthalates, and trace metals in the Kiel Fjord (Germany). Marine Pollution Bulletin. 2025 Mar;212:117581. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.117581
Elena AX, Orel N, Fang P, Herndl GJ, Berendonk TU, Tinta T et al. Jellyfish blooms-an overlooked hotspot and potential vector for the transmission of antimicrobial resistance in marine environments. mSystems. 2025 Feb 12;e0101224. Epub 2025 Feb 12. doi: 10.1128/msystems.01012-24
Göldner V, Fangmeyer J, Karst U. Mass spectrometric methods for the analysis of electrochemical transformation products. Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 2025 Feb 7;185:118178. doi: 10.1016/j.trac.2025.118178