Kathrin Kober-Rychli

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Kathrin Kober-Rychli leads a research team at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna's Department of Food Microbiology. Her work focuses on Listeria monocytogenes, investigating strain prevalence in food processing environments, genetic hotspots in virulence, food matrix effects on pathogenicity, and toxin/antitoxin systems. Research employs genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic analyses combined with in vitro/in vivo infection models.

Additional research characterizes multispecies biofilms in food production environments to reduce contamination risks. She teaches courses in food safety, veterinary diagnostics, and biotechnology across bachelor, master, and doctoral programs.