User:Petr Karlovsky
Prof. Dr. Petr Karlovsky
Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research
Georg-August-University Goettingen
Grisebachstrasse 6
D-37077 Goettingen
Germany
Phone + 49-(0)551-3912918
Website www.gwdg.de/~instphyt/karlovsky
Karlovsky group studies fungal and plant secondary metabolites such as mycotoxins, plant defense chemicals, and root exudates. Genetic manipulation, chemical analysis and metabolic profiling are the major techniques used. Research projects focus on chemical interactions of fungi with other fungi, plants and recently invertebrates and on enzymatic detoxification of mycotoxins.
Professional activities and awards
2014 Awards of Senior Visiting Fellowship by Institute of Advanced Studies, Bologna
2014 Academic Editor for PLOS ONE
2014 Expert group "Reactions and Potential Mitigation of Mycotoxins", ILSI Europe, Brussels
2013 Vice president of the Society for Mycotoxin Research
2010 Expert Group "Food plant metabolites of mycotoxins", ILSI Europe, Brussels
2008 Editorial board of Mycotoxin Research
2008 Award of German Mycological Society for best publication in medical microbiology
2004 Advisory Board of Amity Institute of Microbial Sciences, New Delhi, India
2004 Expert for Twinning program of the EU
2003 Editorial board of Journal of Phytopathology
1996 Invitation as Guest Professor by Cairo University, Egypt
1993 Guest Professorship at the University of Connecticut, Storrs (CT), USA
Reviewer for grant agencies (selection)
National Science Foundation, NSF (USA)
Grant Agency of the Czech Republic (Czech Republik)
Volkswagen-Stiftung (Germany)
German Research Foundation, DFG (Germany)
Agricultural Research and Development Fund (USA – Israel)
Austrian Science Fund, FWF (Austria)
Foundation of the National University of Singapore (Singapore)
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, FCT (Portugal)
Selected 5 recent invited lectures
2015: "Pre- and post-harvest management of mycotoxins" at 1st African Symposium on Mycotoxicology in Victoria Falls, Zambia.
2014: "Detoxification of mycotoxins in GM crops" at International Mycotoxin Conference 2014 in Beijing, China.
2013: "Mycotoxin detoxification in genetically modified plants" at ISM-MycoRed International Conference Europe 2013 in Martina Franca, Italy.
2013: "Mycotoxin management in Europe" at Mycotoxins in Food and Feed, Stellenbosch, South Africa
2012: "Engineering crops to cope with mycotoxins: concepts and industrial applications" at World Mycotoxin Forum in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Publications
A total of 99 peer-reviewed publications listed in the by Thomson Reuters (ISI) database on September 14, 2014, with an average number of citations 13.78 per publication.
