Jana Marx, BSc MSc

Doctoral Student +43 512 2070 - 3253 jana.marx@mci.edu

Professional work experience

09/2024 - 11/2024
Research Exchange - ICRA - Catalan Water Research Institute
Quantification of relevant micropollutants in wastwater and ocean matrices using LC-MS/MS
08/2021 - present
PhD student - Management Center Innsbruck
Environmental-, Process- and Energyengineering
05/2021 - 06/2021
Qualityanalysis - EKOS
Quality analysis of industrial waste water samples and oil separator samples
06/2019 - 06/2019
Research associate - Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck
Simulation of the energy- and costefficiency of a floating pump-storage hydro power plant
12/2017 - 06/2021
Research associate - Medical Univeristy Innsbruck
Analytical research in the field of clinical pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics
07/2016 - 09/2016
Intern - Wacker Chemie AG
Optimisation of the filtration of a fermentation supernatant
07/2012 - 07/2012
Intern Rio20+ - Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck
Sustainability project as an initiative of the BMWF

Education

09/2018 - 02/2019
Semster abroad - IST-Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisbon
Environmental Engineering
01/2017 - 12/2019
Master of Science in Engineering - Management Center Innsbruck
Environmental-, Process- and Energyengineering
09/2016 - 01/2017
Semster Abroad - Manchester Metropolitan University
Healthcare Science
01/2014 - 12/2017
Bachelor of Science in Engineering - Management Center Innsbruck
Biotechnology

Practice related research and developmental project

12/2022 - present
Tiroler Wissenschaftsfonds Projektleitung - MCI - The Entrepreneurial School
MulitAD - Multi-layer Membranes for the Selective Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Water Streams

Competitive Research Award

10/2023 - 10/2023
Elsevier
Award for the Best Student Presentation during the Fourth International Conference on Risk Assessment of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment held in Barcelona, october 2023.
05/2022 - 05/2022
European Membrane Society
EMS Registration Fee Award 37th EMS Summer School 2022

Further education & Training

2019 - 2019
Bundessport Akademie
Schwimminstruktoren Ausbildung
2016 - 2016
University of the Philippines
Asian studies program

Peer reviewed journal article

Marx, J., Back, J., Netzer, F., Pham, T., Penner, S., Bakry, R., Spruck, M., Comprehensive characterisation of multi-channel mixed-matrix membranes and impact of water matrix variability on micropollutant removal, Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, 10 (2024), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cscee.2024.100930
Marx, J., Back, J., Hoiss, L., Hofer, M., Pham, T., Spruck, M., Chemical Regeneration of Mixed-Matrix Membranes for Micropollutant Removal from Wastewater, Chemie Ingenieur Technik, 95, No. 9 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1002/cite.202300075
Alina Karoline Nussbaumer-Pröll, Sabine Eberl, René Welte, Tiziana Gasperetti, Jana Marx, Romuald Bellmann, and Markus Zeitlinger. Comparison of antimycotic activity of originator and generics of voriconazole and anidulafungin against clinical isolates of candida albicans and candida glabrata. Journal of Fungi, 8(2):195, 2022. 10.3390/jof8020195
Jana Marx, Vera Reinstadler, Tiziana Gasperetti, René Welte, Herbert Oberacher, Patrizia Moser, Michael Joannidis, and Romuald Bellmann. Human tissue distribution of caspofungin. International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, page 106553, 2022. 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2022.106553
Jana Marx, René Welte, Tiziana Gasperetti, Patrizia Moser, Ronny Beer, Martin Ortler, MartinaJeske, Ramona Stern, Andreas Pomaroli, Michael Joannidis, and Romuald Bellmann. Anidulafunginand micafungin concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid and in cerebral cortex.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00275-20
Tiziana Gasperetti, René Welte, Herbert Oberacher, Jana Marx, Ingo Lorenz, Peter Schellongowski,Thomas Staudinger, Karin Burgmann, Philipp Eller, Tobias Santner, Andrea Griesmacher, HartwigPfisterer, Stephan Eschertzhuber, Maria Aigner, Michael Joannidis, and Romuald Bellmann.Penetration of echinocandins into wound secretion of critically ill patients.Infection, 2021. doi:10.1007/s15010-021-01604-x
Jana Marx, René Welte, Tiziana Gasperetti, Patrizia Moser, Michael Joannidis, and RomualdBellmann. Human tissue distribution of anidulafungin and micafungin.Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2021. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00169-21

Chapters in books

Jana Marx and Anna Reich. Bäume binden böden besser. In Herbert Dürrstein, editor,Forschungfür nachhaltige Entwicklung: Wissenschaftler/innen und Jugendliche ziehen Bilanz ; eine Initiativedes BMWF anlässlich des Jubiläumsjahres Rio+20, pages 161-167. Studien-Verlag, 2012. ISBN:978-3-7065-5257-8

Peer reviewed academic/professional meeting proceedings

J. Marx, D. Rattinger, J.O. Back and M. Spruck. Mixed-Matrix Membranes on the way to Multi-Layer Membranes. In: Book of Abstracts, 18th Minisymposium 2024, TU Graz (Ed.). Graz. Austria
Jana Marx, Philipp Much, Jan Back, Tung Pham and Martin Spruck. Comparison of Mixed-Matrix Membranes with Embedded Boron Nitride and Powdered Activated Carbon for Micro pollutant Removal. Proceedings of the 17th Minisymposium Verfahrenstechnik. 2023. ISBN: 978-3-900397-08-1
Robert Klar, Matthias Tonnel, Regina Mayer, Jana Marx, and Markus Aufleger. Beqs : Marinepumped-storage concepts for floating city extensions. In 2019 Offshore Energy and Storage Summit (OSES). IEEE, 2019. doi: 10.1109/OSES.2019.8867272
Jana Marx. Micafungin concentrations in human brain tissue and cerebrospinal fluid.Intrinsic Activity, 7(Suppl. 1):A3.31, 2019. doi: 10.25006/IA.7.S1-A3.31
Jana Marx. Quantification of the antifungal anidulafungin in human brain tissue.Intrinsic Activity,5(Suppl. 1):A2.5, 2017. doi: 10.25006/IA.5.S1-A2.5

Presentation of a paper at a conference, workshop or seminar

R. Bakry, J. Back*, J. Freilinger, M. Fürhacker, S. Handl, C. Hledik, S. Jabornig, M. Koch, J. Marx, O. Mühlnickel, M. Larch, C. Obermoser, T. Obholzer, M. Pupp, M. Rupprich, J. Schobel, H. Schottenberger, M. Spruck (* presenting author). PFAS-Entfernung durch Kombination von hochselektiven Fluorpolymeren und Ultrafiltration. Presentation at 14th Recy&DepoTech 13.-15.11., 2024, MU Leoben, Austria.
J. Back, R. Bakry, J. Freilinger, M. Fürhacker, S. Handl, C. Hledik, S. Jabornig, M. Koch, J. Marx, M. Larch, C. Obermoser, T. Obholzer, M. Pupp, M. Rupprich, M. Spruck. Abbau von PFAS durch nicht-thermisches Plasma in einem Blasensäulenreaktor. Poster at 14th Recy&DepoTech 13.-15.11., 2024, MU Leoben, Austria.
J. Marx, D. Rattinger, J.O. Back and M. Spruck. Mixed-Matrix Membranes on the way to Multi-Layer Membranes. 18th Minisymposium 2024. Graz. Austria
Jana Marx, Jan Back, Tung Pham, Rania Bakry and Martin Spruck. Matrix Effects on the Removal of Pharmaceuticals from Wastewater through Filtration with Multi-Channel Mixed-Matrix Membranes. 4th International Conference on risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in the environment 2023, Barcelona, Spain.
Jana Marx, Martin Hofer, Jan Back, Tung Pham und Martin Spruck. Chemische Regeration von Mixed-Matrix Membranen zur Entfernung pharmazeutischer Spurenstoffe aus dem Abwasser. Vortrag bei der DGMT Tagung 2023: Membranen in der Lebensmittel- und Pharmaindustrie. 2023, Kassel, Deutschland.
Jana Marx, Jan Back, Marc Koch, Martin Spruck. Chemical Regeneration of Mixed-Matrix Multi-Channel Membranes with Embedded Activated Carbon for Water Treatment. Poster at EMS Summer School 2022, Alentejo, Portugal
Jana Marx, Martin Hofer, Jan Back, Marc Koch, Martin Spruck. Removal of the Pharmaceuticals Diclofenac, Carbamazepine and Paracetamol from Wastewater through Multi-channel Capillary Membranes with Embedded Powdered Activated Carbon. Poster at Euromembrane 2021, Copenhagen, Denmark
Marx et al. Caspofungin penetration into human tissue 31st ECCMID, the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 9 - 12 July 2021, Session Title: Role of PK/PD in fungal infections: an update, Presentation Number: 3218

Supervised bachelor theses

Hettich Verena (2024): Anwendung von Mehrkanalmembranen zur Entfernung potenziell resistenter Organismen aus kommunalen Abwasser
Urban Christina (2024): Entfernung von potentiell resistentem Genmaterial aus kommunalem Abwasser mit Hilfe adsorptiver Membranverfahren
Waldhart Martin (2022): Embedding sytrene-divinylbenzene-vinyl methyl oxazolidinone copolymer beads in mixed-matrix-membrane for the adsorptive removal of micropollutants