Anastassiya Tchaikovsky

Anastassiya Tchaikovsky is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Natural Sciences and Sustainable Resources, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). She holds a PhD in analytical chemistry and has an extensive research background in elemental and isotopic analysis, particularly using ICP-MS techniques. Her work spans food authentication, environmental forensics, and trace metal speciation.

Her research interests include:

• Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS)
• Chemometrics and multivariate data analysis
• Isotopic and elemental fingerprinting for provenance determination
• Metrology and method validation
• Separation techniques coupled to mass spectrometry
• Applications in food science, ecology, and human health

Her recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward interdisciplinary applications of analytical chemistry, particularly in verifying the geographical origin of food products (e.g., carrots, caviar, fish) using combined isotopic, elemental, and metabolomic fingerprints. She frequently employs chemometric modeling and data fusion techniques to enhance discrimination power. Her work also extends to biomedical applications, such as iron metabolism in neurodegenerative diseases and lead detoxification.

She has received multiple scientific awards, including:

• Scholarship for a postdoc mentoring program (2019)
• Best talk award at DocDay, Tulln (2014)
• ESF-Studienabschluss scholarship (2013)
• Merkur scholarship from TU Vienna (2013)
• Best student lecture award at ICPMS Anwendertreffen (2012)
• Science scholarship from TU Vienna (2012)

She has been involved in several research projects funded by the European Commission, Austrian federal and local governments, and private institutions. Her collaborative work includes advising on fish migration, caviar traceability, and citizen science initiatives like IsoPROTECT. She actively presents her research at international conferences and contributes to knowledge transfer in food safety and analytical methodology.

She is affiliated with the Institute of Analytical Chemistry at BOKU and has no listed advisees, though she collaborates extensively with senior researchers and interdisciplinary teams.