Training
Open positions
Two exciting projects for master theses available.
- thomas.klammsteiner(at)uibk.ac.at
- birgit.schlick-steiner(at).uibk.ac.at
- florian.m.steiner(at).uibk.ac.at
Visiting scientists
2023 - Research stay - Ass. Prof. Siripuk Suraporn (Mahasarakham University), TH
2018 - Research stay - Dr. Veysel Turan (Bingöl University), TR
Current students
If you are interested in working with us or want to investigate a specific topic for your bachelor or master thesis feel free to send us an email.
2024 - PhD Thesis - Elisa Gemassmer, IT
2024 - Student assistant - Valerija Kovačević, AT
Past members
2022 - PhD Thesis - Carina D. Heussler, DE
- Title: Optimizing rearing systems of the black soldier fly with focus on post-larval post-larval development time, body properties, emergence, sex ratio, mating, and oviposition.
2022 - Master Thesis - Linda Tekaat, DE
- Title: Maternal oviposition instincts vs. their influence on developmental outcomes: life-history analyses of the black soldier fly.
2022 - Master Thesis - Elisa Gemassmer, IT
- Title: Accessing microbial diversity of chicken manure: Traditional culturing vs. the iChip.
2022 - Student assistant - Katharina Stonig, AT
2021 - PhD Thesis - Thomas Klammsteiner, IT
- Title: The black soldier fly and its microbe-host relationships.
2021 - Student assistant - Julia Rothärmel, DE
2020 - Erasmus+ Internship - Nazlıcan Yalçın, TU
2020 - Bachelor Thesis - Philipp Eckert; DE
- Title: Optimierung und Evaluierung einer bestehenden Zucht von Hermetia illucens und molekularbiologische Analyse der Oberflächenmikrobiota von Hermetia-Eipaketen.
2019 - Diploma Thesis - Magdalena Gaßner, AT
- Title: Die Black Soldier Fly als Modellorganismus für eine nachhaltige Abfallverwertung - Konzeption und Applikation des FWF Top Citizen Science-Projekts “Six-legged livestock: rearing Black Soldier Fly on communal biowaste” im modernen Unterricht.
2019 - Bachelor Thesis - Arianna Serra, IT
- Title: Modelle und Konzepte zur Zucht von Hermetia illucens.
2019 - Bachelor Thesis - Katharina Stonig, AT
- Title: Microbial Colonization on Different Developmental Stages of the Black Soldier Fly Hermetia illucens.
2018 - Bachelor Thesis - Simon Oberegger, AT
- Title: The Microbiota on the Surface of Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae.
2018 - Master Thesis - Tajda Bogataj, SI
- Title: Use of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) for protein production from organic wastes and its microbiome.
2017 - Erasmus+ Internship - Sabina Vrečko, SI
2017 - Erasmus+ Internship - Katarina Bačnik, SI
2017 - Bachelor Thesis - Hannes Oberkofler, AT
- Title: Influence of Artificial Lightsources on Oviposition of the Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens.