Christoph Büschl

Dr. Christoph Büschl MSc. is an active researcher at the Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics (iBAM) within the Department of Agricultural Sciences at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU), based at Konrad-Lorenz-Straße 20 in Tulln an der Donau. His work focuses on metabolomics-driven analysis of plant-pathogen interactions, particularly wheat's metabolic response to Fusarium mycotoxins including deoxynivalenol and T-2 toxin, using LC-HRMS and stable isotopic labeling techniques. Büschl contributes to method development for untargeted metabolomics and software tools like MetInclude, SimTopN, and CPExtract, and is affiliated with the Christian Doppler Laboratory for contaminant analysis.

His core research interests span Metabolomics, Mycotoxin Research, Plant Biochemistry, Food Safety, Analytical Chemistry, and Stable Isotope Labeling. He investigates mycotoxin biotransformation pathways in cereals, artifact formation during sample extraction (e.g., methanol-induced artifacts), and the role of plant defense metabolites in Fusarium head blight resistance. Current work emphasizes software-assisted metabolite annotation and the evaluation of sample preparation techniques like lyophilization for metabolome stability.

Analysis of his publications from 2022-2025 reveals a trend toward computational tool development for metabolomics data processing, alongside method validation studies for mycotoxin fate in food processing and plant defense mechanisms. Key fields include plant metabolomics, LC-HRMS optimization, and mycotoxin metabolism, with recurring themes of reproducibility and novel metabolite discovery in agricultural ecosystems.

Scientific awards:

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Advising and grants:

• Student supervision: While the institute actively mentors diploma and doctoral students, no specific advisees under Büschl are listed.
• Research funding: Work is conducted through the Christian Doppler Laboratory, though individual grants are not detailed.

Labs and teams: Büschl operates within iBAM at BOKU's Tulln campus, collaborating on interdisciplinary projects for mycotoxin and allergen detection in food. The institute maintains metabolite databases and LC-HRMS/MS libraries for wheat metabolomics, with strong ties to the Metabolomics Society and international consortia like MycoRed. His team specializes in stable isotope-assisted workflows and quality control for untargeted metabolomics.