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  • Kirsty Bentley 

    Kirsty Bentley 

    Research Assistant

    Kirsty Bentley is a research assistant at the University of Vienna and a member of the ALTERBIOTIC team. Kirsty holds a Master’s in Chemistry from the University of St Andrews, with a Master thesis entitled: Can pulse dipolar EPR really go the distance? An investigation via simulation into the limits of pulse dipolar EPR in protein structure validation. She is now working towards an MA in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the University of Vienna, specialising in medical STS. As part of ALTERBIOTIC, Kirsty conducts research into how chemical and social mechanisms of resistance are understood and translated into drug discovery practices. 

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  • Andreas Albiez

    Andreas Albiez

    Researcher (Doctoral)

    Andreas Albiez is a doctoral researcher at the University of Vienna and a member of the ALTERBIOTIC team. Andreas received his MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of Vienna with a thesis entitled: A window into macroeconomics: The case of Modern Monetary Theory. As part of ALTERBIOTIC, Andreas conducts research into how scientific and economic practices influence and shape each other in antibiotic innovation. 

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  • Erin L. Paterson 

    Erin L. Paterson 

    Researcher (Post-doctoral) 

    Erin Paterson is a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Vienna and a member of the ALTERBIOTIC team. Erin received her PhD at Université de Strasbourg in 2025 in the field of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine. Her dissertation was entitled: A crumbling infrastructure: questioning the stability of access to antibiotics new and old. She was previously a member of the Research Council of Norway funded project Dry AP, investigating why new antibiotics are no longer being developed. As part of ALTERBIOTIC, Erin conducts research into tuberculosis and the increasing relevance of new vaccine R&D as prevention strategies. 

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  • Christian Haddad

    Christian Haddad

    Principal Investigator

    Christian Haddad is the principal investigator of ALTERBIOTIC and an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in the social studies of Medicine, Planetary Health and Biopolitics at the University of Vienna. Trained in social sciences with a long-standing interest in the life sciences and social theory, Haddad received his PhD from the University of Vienna in 2016 with a thesis on the scientific, economic and ethical tensions involved in the clinical development of stem cell therapies. Haddad’s current research takes antimicrobial resistance as a window to investigate shifting scientific, political and economic regimes underpinning global health, biomedical R&D and pharmaceutical innovation. 

     

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