About us

The Department of Nutritional Sciences is the only instance of its kind at an Austrian university. In this function the department is closely involved in all aspects of human nutrition regarding research and teaching. Therefore it is the primary contact point for all questions regarding human nutrition, eating behaviour, nutrition education and food science, particularly for Federal Ministries, health- and food-related academic institutions, non-scientific organisations and the general public.

The Department of Nutritional Sciences research mainly aims to understand fundamental biological processes related to the human organism and their interaction with diet, aiming to generate new knowledge on the effects of nutrition on human well-being. Our focus is molecularbased nutrition research to increase the understanding of cellular and molecular modes of action of nutrients and non-nutritive dietary compounds, and to define biomarkers for the prediction and targeting of chronic non-communicable diseases (e.g. type 2 diabetes, steatotic liver diseases, cardiovascular diseases, obesity, cancer).

More information about the department's staff and premises can be found here:

Head of the Department
Vice Head of the Department
Administrative and technical staff
Team of the Department → visit u:find-staff directory
How to find us
Inside UZA II
Lecture halls and teaching rooms at UZA II

Head of the Department

Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Jürgen König

Room: 2D549
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+43-1-4277-54991

Vice Head of the Department

Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr.
Karl-Heinz Wagner

Room: 2E549
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+43-1-4277-54930

Administrative and technical staff

Doris Sachata

^{Department's office employee}

Room 2D544

Email
+43-1-4277-549 01

Nicole Brunner

^{Department's office employee}

Room 2D544

Email
+43-1-4277-54904

Flora Lea Filinger

^{Department's office employee}

Room 2D547

Email
+43-1-4277-54906

Markus Spannbruckner

_{Department's IT representative and Technical Assistant}

Raum 2B543

Email
+43-1-4277-54902

Team of the Department

The complete list of the team can be found in the Staff/Unit Directory u:find

Location

The Department of Nutritional Sciences is located in the University Center II (UZA II), Josef-Holaubek-Platz 2 in the 9th district of Vienna.

You can reach us by public transport, bike or car. Please take a look at the directions below.

Furthermore, there is a smaller location at Zieglergasse 6 in the 7th district of Vienna. Directions are available on the website of the NuTraLab, which is a research laboratory of the Department of Sport and Human Movement Science.

Directions

Two entrances of the UZA II can be used to reach the Department of Nutritional Sciences:

main entrance (Augasse 2-4)
side entrance Rotunde (Josef Holaubek Platz 2)

Arrival by Puclic transport:

Subway: Line U4 und U6 (Station Spittelau)

Tram: Line D (stop Lichtenwerder Platz)

Bus: Line 35A/37A (stop Lichtenwerder Platz

Arrival by Car:

Exit: ending Währinger Gürtel / A22 (Donauufer highway)

Entry: Lichtenwerder Platz

Parking: pulic parking garage under UZA I (→WIPARK-Garage)

Please use Google-Maps or similar services to get detailed directions for your direction of approach. The delivery entrance also provides barrier-free access directly to the elevators.