Team and Competences

Dr. Helene Loos, Chair of Aroma and Smell Research
Expertise in: odour analysis, sensory evaluation, psychophysiology, ethology

Tobias Härtl, M. Sc., Chair of Aroma and Smell Research
Expertise in: odour analysis, sensory evaluation, organic synthesis

Diana Owsienko, state certified food chemist, Chair of Aroma and Smell Research
Expertise in: sensory and instrument-based analytics, food law and food chemistry

Tanja Hammerbacher, Chair of Aroma and Smell Research
Expertise in: sensory and chemical techniques and methods

Dr. Eva Kiesswetter, Institute for Biomedicine of Aging
Expertise in: nutrition, older age

Prof. Nicolas Rohleder, Chair of Health Psychology
Expertise in: acute and chronic stress effects on health, stress system regulation of inflammation, development and evaluation of non- and minimally invasive stress biomarkers.

Prof. Jessica Freiherr, Professorship of Neuroscience of Sensory Perception
Expertise in: neuroscience of olfaction, multisensory integration

Dipl.-Biol. Petra Schatz, Chair of Health Psychology
Expertise in: assessment of stress biomarkers

Dr. Stefan Wirtz, University Hospital Erlangen, Gastroenterology
Expertise in: molecular and cellular immunology, microbiome analysis, innate immunity

Prof. Roland Lang, University Hospital Erlangen, Microbiology
Expertise in: innate immunity, clinical microbiology

Jingyan Li, University Hospital Erlangen, Gastroenterology
Expertise in: medical and molecular biological techniques and methods

Prof. Björn Eskofier, Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab
Expertise in: machine learning, data analytics, wearable computing, HCI

Leo Schwinn, M. Sc., Machine Learning and Data Analytics Lab
Expertise in: machine learning, deep learning, computer vision

Judith Schick, M. Sc., University Hospital Erlangen, Microbiology
Expertise in: innate immunity, microbiology, MALDITOF analysis