ACADEMIC BACKGROUNDSINCE
SINCE 2024 PHD CANDIDATE IN HEALTH SCIENCES
RESEARCH FOCUS: ORAL MICROBIOME, PUBLIC HEALTH, ANDMETABOLIC DISORDERS
2020 – 2022 MASTER OF SCIENCE (MSC) IN CLINICAL NUTRITIONALMEDICINE
DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS, AUSTRIAFOCUS AREAS: ORAL MICROBIOME AND SYSTEMIC METABOLICDISEASES
2016 – 2019 MASTER OF SCIENCE (MSC) IN SPORTS NUTRITION SCIENCE
DANUBE UNIVERSITY KREMS, AUSTRIAFOCUS AREAS: PERFORMANCE NUTRITION, EXERCISEPHYSIOLOGY, MICROBIOME-TARGETED STRATEGIES
2013– 2016 BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSC) IN NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES
MAJOR SUBJECTS: HUMAN NUTRITION, BIOCHEMISTRY,PHYSIOLOGY, DIETETICS
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (BSC) IN SPORT SCIENCEFOCUS: EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY, TRAINING THEORY, SPORTSMEDICINE, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND HEALTH
2005 – 2010 BACHELOR OF ARTS (BA) IN COMMUNICATION SCIENCE
ALPEN-ADRIA UNIVERSITY KLAGENFURT, AUSTRIAFOCUS: HEALTH COMMUNICATION, MEDIA PSYCHOLOGY,SCIENTIFIC WRITING
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC STUDIES:CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY, ALPEN-ADRIA UNIVERSITY KLAGENFURT,AUSTRIA
UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG: CERTIFIED TRAINING INMITOCHONDRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
WORK EXPERIENCE
2015 – 2025 Austria & International Professional Triathlete
Multiple Austrian National Champion, European ChampionshipsParticipant, International Victories– Competed at elite level in Olympic, Half-Ironman, and long-distance triathlons– Specialized in performance optimization, recovery strategies,and sports nutrition in practice2018
2018 – 2023 Graz, Austria
Head of Global Brand Manager OMNi POWERHead of OMNi BiOTiC POWERTEAMInstitut Allergosan, GrazFocus: Scientific communication and stakeholder liaison innutraceutical and allergy research
2023 – CURRENT Graz,
AustriaHead of Product Development & Innovations (Freelancer)Institut AllergosanFocus: R&D leadership and innovation strategy
01/2025 – CURRENT Graz,
AustriaDirector of Medical Science (Freelancer)Dr. med. Schütze GmbH
2021 – CURRENT Graz & Villach,
AustriaFounder & Independent ConsultantAgency for Product & Project Development in Health, MicrobiomeResearch & Metabolic Diseases
Since 2024 Villach,
AustriaNutritional Medicine SpecialistCommunity Practice "Auxilium", 10. Oktober StraßeFocus: Nutritional medicine for chronic inflammation, gut health,and metabolic diseases
Since 2022 Graz,
AustriaLecturer in Sports NutritionFederal Sports Academy (BSPA) GrazTeaching modules on applied sports nutrition for coaches, trainers,and health professionals
Publikationen 2024 -2025
OM und Ernährung, & Kumhofer, S. (2025).Longevity Code: Die Mikrobiom- Mitochondrien-Achse als Schlüssel zellulärer Resilienz. In OM &Ernährung (Bd. 191, S. 40–46). Zenodo.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16734139
OM & Ernährung & Kumhofer, S. (2024). CoenzymQ10 und seine Rolle in der Mundgesundheit.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16750887
OM & Ernährung, & Kumhofer, S. (2025).Mukositismanagment in der Onkologie.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16741998