Sabrina Leigheb

Sabrina Leigheb M.Sc. is a researcher at the Institute of Bioprocess Science and Engineering within the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU). She is actively engaged in research projects related to bioprocess engineering and gene therapy vector development.

Her research focuses on advanced analytical techniques for viral vector characterization, particularly Adeno Associated Viruses for gene therapy applications. She specializes in separation methods including asymmetric field flow fractionation and Taylor Dispersion Analysis.

Her publication record demonstrates expertise in biopharmaceutical analysis and viral vector characterization. She presented her work on AAV characterization at the 42nd International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides and Polynucleotides in Vienna in November 2023.

Currently, she is involved in the Christian Doppler Laboratory for Knowledge-based Production of Gene Therapy Vectors, a major research project running from 2023-2029 that brings together multiple BOKU institutes including Bioprocess Science and Engineering, Molecular Biotechnology, Statistics, and Animal Cell Technology and Systems Biology.