I am a Senior Researcher at Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology (acib GmbH) since 2022, based at University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) in Tulln an der Donau, Austria. Since 2025, I am also co-founder and CEO of the spin-off CyanoCare Natural Products FlexCo, developing bio-based ingredients from microalgae to empower the next generation of sustainable cosmetic formulations (www.cyanocare.at).