Mathias Schmelcher

Dr Mathias Schmelcher

1998 – 2003  Diploma in Biology (equivalent to MSc)

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Thesis title: “Sequencing and bioinformatic analysis of the genome of Listeria

innocua bacteriophage B054”

 

2004 – 2008  Doctorate (Doctor of Sciences)

Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Dissertation title: “Engineering of Bacteriophage Endolysins for Detection and

Control of Listeria”; Advisor: Prof. Martin J. Loessner

 

Research and Professional Experience

 

2004 – 2008  Research Assistant (Doctoral research)

Institute of Food Science and Nutrition, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

 

08-10/2008  Scientific Advisor

EBI Food Safety, Wageningen, The Netherlands

 

2009 – 2012  Research Molecular Biologist (Postdoctoral Associate)

Agricultural Research Service, USDA, Beltsville, MD, USA

Area of research: Evaluation of peptidoglycan hydrolases as antimicrobials

against mastitis-causing staphylococci and streptococci and clinically relevant

(MRSA) strains using various in vitro assays and mouse models

 

2012 – present  Research Assistant (Postdoctoral Associate)

Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Major areas of research: development of enzyme-based antimicrobials for

treatment of bacterial infections; bacterial biofilms and their elimination;

development of methods for detection of food-borne pathogens.

 

2015 – present Lecturer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland