Tasks and research areas

• Development of molecular diagnostic methods for the identification of harmful organisms in potato cultivation
• Characterization of pathogenic fungal, bacterial and viral populations
• Evaluation of the resistance of potato cultivars to fungal diseases and viruses in the context of official testing at the Bundessortenamt (BSA)

Scientific background

• Since 2021 Research associate at the Institute of Plant Protection in Arable Crops and Grassland at the Julius Kühn-Institute in Braunschweig, Germany.
• 2017 – 2021 Research associate at the Institute for Molecular Phytopathology and Mycotoxin Research at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany
  • Dissertation: 'Molecular diagnostics and mycotoxin analysis in Fusarium spp. from maize'

• 2014 – 2017 Master of Science, Plant Biotechnology at the Institute of Horticultural Production Systems (AG Plant Virology) at the Leibniz University in Hannover, Germany
• 2011 – 2014 Bachelor of Science, Biology at the Institute of Genomic and Applied Microbiology at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany

ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon-Schiwek-2

Participation in committees and memberships

• German Phytomedical Society (DPG)
• Society for Mycotoxin Research e.V.

Publications in the Julius Kühn-Institut