Dr. Wolfgang Hinterdobler,

Scientific Director of MyPilz

Wolfgang Hinterdobler is an enthusiastic natural scientist and biotechnologist. Studying Botany at the University of Vienna enabled Wolfgang to spend a research period at La Gamba tropical station in Costa Rica. There, he analysed the compounds produced by tropical fungi living in symbiosis with plants. Fascinated by these complex interactions, he continued his research at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, completing his doctorate on the topic of 'Chemical Communication of Fungi' at the Vienna University of Technology.

Wolfgang wants to use his expertise to develop and implement sustainable, resource-efficient projects. By founding MyPilz, he has turned a lifelong fascination into a profession.

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Waschk, P., Spiegel, P., Gessler, A., Saurer, M., Bock, B.M., Hinterdobler, W., Anthony, M.A. 2026. Evidence for resource transfer via common endophyte networks. Scientific Reports.

Steindorff, A.S., Cai, F.M., Ding, M., et al. 2026. Phenogenomics reveals the ecology and evolution of Trichoderma fungi for sustainable agriculture. Nature Microbiology.

Schalamun, M., Li, G., Hinterdobler, W., Großkinsky, D., Compant, S., Dreux-Zigha, A., Schmoll, M. 2026. Plant recognition by Trichoderma harzianum elicits upregulation of a novel secondary metabolite cluster required for colonisation. Scientific Reports.

Rodler, C., Schinnerl, J., Schalamun, M., Hinterdobler, W., Brecker, L. 2024. Diosgenin and solasodine-based saponins and sapogenines - Effects of structural modifications on Panagrellus redivivus, Spodoptera littoralis and Trichoderma reesei. Results in Chemistry, 101994.

Schalamun, M., Hinterdobler, W., Schinnerl, J., Brecker, L., Schmoll, M. 2024. The transcription factor STE12 influences growth on several carbon sources and production of dehydroacetic acid (DHAA) in Trichoderma reesei. Scientific Reports, 14:9625.

Schalamun, M., Beier, S., Hinterdobler, W., Wanko, N., Schinnerl, J., Brecker, L., Engl, D.E., Schmoll, M. 2023. MAPkinases regulate secondary metabolism, sexual development and light dependent cellulase regulation in Trichoderma reesei. Scientific Reports, 13:1912.

Hinterdobler, W., Bacher, M., Shi, B., Baurecht, D., Krisai-Greilhuber, I., Schmoll, M., Brecker, L., Valant-Vetschera, K., Schinnerl, J. 2021. New Cytochalasans from an endophytic Xylaria species associated with Costa Rican Palicourea elata (Rubiaceae). Natural Product Research.

Hinterdobler, W., Li, G., Spiegel, K., Basyouni-Khamis, S., Gorfer, M., Schmoll, M. 2021. Trichoderma reesei Isolated From Austrian Soil With High Potential for Biotechnological Application. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12:105.

Speckbacher, V., Ruzsanyi, V., Martinez-Medina, A., Hinterdobler, W., Doppler, M., Schreiner, U., Böhmdorfer, S., Beccaccioli, M., Schuhmacher, R., Reverberi, M., Schmoll, M., Zeiliger, S. 2020. The Lipoxygenase Lox1 Is Involved in Light- and Injury-Response, Conidiation, and Volatile Organic Compound Biosynthesis in the Mycoparasitic Fungus Trichoderma atroviride. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:2004.

Hinterdobler, W., Beier, S., Monroy, A. A., Berger, H., Dattenböck, C., Schmoll, M. 2020. The G-protein Coupled Receptor GPR8 Regulates Secondary Metabolism in Trichoderma reesei. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 8:1293.

Beier, S., Hinterdobler, W., Monroy, A. A., Bazafkan, H., Schmoll, M. 2020. The kinase USK1 regulates cellulase gene expression and secondary metabolite biosynthesis in Trichoderma reesei. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11:974.

Beier, S., Hinterdobler, W., Bazafkan, H., Schillinger, L., Schmoll, M. 2020. CLR1 and CLR2 are light dependent regulators of xylanase and pectinase genes in Trichoderma reesei. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 136:103315.

Hinterdobler, W., Schinnerl, J. 2019. Chemical diversity and richness of fungal endophytes from Costa Rican Palicourea and Psychotria species (Rubiaceae). Acta ZooBot Austria, 156.

Hinterdobler, W., Schuster, A., Tisch, D., Özkan, E., Bazafkan, H., Schinnerl, J., Brecker, L., Böhmdorfer, S., Schmoll, M. 2019. The role of PKAc1 in gene regulation and trichodimerol production in Trichoderma reesei. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, 6:12.

Dattenböck, C., Tisch, D., Schuster, A., Monroy, A. A., Hinterdobler, W., Schmoll, M. 2018. Gene regulation associated with sexual development and female fertility in different isolates of Trichoderma reesei. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology, 5:9.

Hinterdobler, W., Valant-Vetschera, M.V., Brecker, L. 2017. New Primula-type Flavones from Exudates of Selected Dionysia spp. (Primulaceae). Natural Product Communications, 12(11):1673.

Schmoll, M., Hinterdobler, W. 2022. Tools for adapting to a complex habitat: G-protein coupled receptors in Trichoderma. In Shukla, A.K. (Ed.), Progress in Molecular Biology and Translational Science, 193:1, 65-97, Academic Press.

Hinterdobler, W., Beier, S., Kindel, S., Schmoll, M. 2020. Sexual development, its determinants, and regulation in Trichoderma reesei. In Gupta, K.V., Zeilinger, S., Singh, H.B., Druzhinina, I. (Eds.), New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering (185-206), Elsevier.

Pilze: Rohstoff für vielseitige Anwendungen in einer regionalen und biobasierten Kreislaufwirtschaft. Fungi Economy Day, Pilzfestspiele, Vienna, Austria, 06.-12.10.2025.

Warum wir Pilze endlich richtig verstehen müssen. Citizen Science & Education, Pilzfestspiele, Vienna, Austria, 06.-12.10.2025.

Pilze – Die Architekten unserer Ökosysteme. Pint of Science Festival, Vienna, Austria, 19.05.2025.

DNA Barcoding – Hintergründe, Methoden und moderne Anwendungen. Austrian Mycological Society, Austria, Online lecture, 27.03.2025.

Flora, Fauna, Funga? – Die unsichtbaren Architekten unserer Ökosysteme. UMWELT.WISSEN TAGUNG, WIFI St. Pölten, 17.10.2024.
Guerilla Mushrooming und DNA-Barcoding. Austrian Mycological Society, 14.03.2024, online lecture.

Warum Pilze eine Wunderwaffe für den Klimaschutz sind. Revolution durch Myzel, Bioeconomy Austria, 13.03.2024, online lecture.

Von Wurzeln und Myzel: Der Wald aus der Sicht eines Mykologen. Waldpädagogik im Gespräch, Chamber of Agriculture of Lower Austria, 08.03.2024.

Von der Ökologie zu modernen Produkten. Munich Creative Business Week, iam lab MYCELIUM, Munich, Germany, 10.05.2023, short lecture.

Chance favours the prepared spore - how to jumpstart cellulase production. Fungal Genetics Conference, California, United States, 15.-20.03.2022.

Chemical dialogues between mating partners and sexual development in Trichoderma reesei. iBAM Seminar, IFA-Tulln, BOKU Vienna, 27.04.2021, seminar lecture.

Austrian Trichoderma spp. impact mycotoxin production of the plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum. European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Italy, 17.-20.02.2020.

Sensing, signalling and sexual development in the ascomycete Trichoderma reesei. University of Innsbruck, Austria, 30.01.2020, seminar lecture.

A fungus’ proposal - Chemical dialogues between mating partners as influenced by VEL1 and G-protein linked signalling. Molecular Biology of Fungi Conference, Göttingen, Germany, 19.-21.09.2019, conference presentation.

Receptor-mediated chemical communication influences secondary metabolite production in Trichoderma reesei. DocDay Conference, Tulln, Austria, 23.10.2018.

Plant-inhabiting fungi - Ingredients of endophytes from Rubiaceae in Costa Rica. 4th workshop on Austrian tropical research, Vienna, Austria, 07.12.2017, seminar lecture.

Hinterdobler, W., Spiegel, K., Schalamun, M., Schmoll, M. Sensing in the dating game: Assuming the male or female part in a cross is influenced by the GPCR GPR8. European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Innsbruck, 05.-08.03.2023.

Schalamun, M., Hinterdobler W., Benocci T., Wanko N., Schinnerl J., Schmoll M. Genome wide insights into signal integration by the G-protein pathway for regulation of carbon- and secondary metabolism in Trichoderma reesei. Westerdijk Spring Symposium Rise of the Fungi, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2022.

Schalamun, M., Hinterdobler W., Benocci T., Wanko N., Schinnerl J., Schmoll M. Genome wide insights into signal integration by the G-protein pathway for regulation of carbon- and secondary metabolism in Trichoderma reesei. Fungal Genetics Conference, California, United States, 2022.

Hinterdobler, W., Beier, S., Krautloher, J., Schwartz, I., Böhmdorfer, S., Schinnerl, J., Bazafkan, H., Dattenböck, C., Schmoll, M. The interplay between ENV1 and VEL1 is crucial for appropriate mating partner recognition and chemical communication in Trichoderma reesei. European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Italy, 17.-20.02.2020.

Hinterdobler, W., Beier, S., Stiegler, M., Krautloher, J., Böhmdorfer, S., Schmoll, M. RGS domain containing G-protein coupled receptors impact chemical communication in Trichoderma reesei. European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Italy, 17.-20.02.2020.

Beier, S., Hinterdobler, W., Krautlohner, J., Bazafkan, H., Hitzenhammer, E., Schmoll, M. Sensing by GPR16 impacts balanced regulation of enzyme production and chemical communication in Trichoderma reesei. European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Italy, 17-20 February.2020.

Hinterdobler, W., Scholda, J., Li, G., Böhmdorfer, S., Schmoll, M. Austrian Trichoderma spp. impact mycotoxin production of the plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum. miCROPe Conference, Vienna, Austria, 02.-05.12.2019.

Beier, S., Hinterdobler, W., Krautlohner, J., Bazafkan, H., Stappler, E., Schmoll, M. A G-protein coupled receptor impacts secondary metabolism and enzyme production in Trichoderma reesei. Molecular Biology of Fungi Conference, Göttingen, Germany, 19.-21.09.2019.

Li, G., Hinterdobler, W., Turrà, D., Kindel, S., Sauer, U., Rodriguez-Iglesias, A., Compant, S., di Pietro, A., Schmoll, M. From posttranscriptional regulation to plant sensing - integration of glucose sensing with carbon catabolite repression to distinguish litter from plants. Molecular Biology of Fungi Conference, Göttingen, Germany, 19.-21.09.2019.

Hinterdobler, W., Beier, S., Böhmdorfer, S., Krautloher, J., Özkan, E., Schwartz, I., Scholda, J., Schmoll, M. Understanding the signals of fungi for application in biotechnology. AIT Poster Award, Vienna, Austria, 28.05.2019.

Hinterdobler, W., Beier, S., Krautloher, J., Schwartz, I., Schinnerl, J., Böhmdorfer, S., Bazafkan, H., Dattenböck, C., Schmoll, M. Chemical communication upon mating is associated with distinct, partner dependent gene regulation and metabolite patterns and involves G-protein coupled receptors and VEL1. Fungal Genetics Conference, California, United States, 12.-17.03.2019.

Hinterdobler, W., Krautlohner, J., Böhmdorfer, S., Schmoll, M. Functions of G-protein coupled receptors in secondary metabolite production in Trichoderma reesei. ÖGMBT Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 17.-20.09.2018.

Basyouni-Khamis, S., Li, G., Hinterdobler, W., Gorfer, M., Schmoll, M. Characterisation of Trichoderma reesei nature isolates and their improvement for biological biomass pretreatment and cellulase production by sexual crossing. ÖGMBT Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria, 17.-20.09.2018.

Ellena, V., Hinterdobler, W. 2025. Pilze: Rohstoff für vielseitige Anwendungen in einer regionalen und biobasierten Kreislaufwirtschaft. Commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management.

Hinterdobler, W. 2023. Native recycling specialists. PermacultureMAGAZINE.

Hinterdobler, W. 2023. Die chemische Sprache der Pilze. Spektrum.de, SciLogs, KlarText Blog.