Veronika Ruzsanyi is an Assistant Professor at the University of Innsbruck’s Institute for Breath Research. Her research focuses on the detection and analysis of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in biological samples such as exhaled breath, blood, urine, as well as cell and fungal cultures.

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She holds a PhD in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering from the University of Dortmund and a degree in Bioengineering from the University of Technology and Economics in Budapest. With more than 20 years of experience in ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), she also has extensive expertise in gas chromatography–mass spectrometry (GC–MS), proton-transfer-reaction mass spectrometry, and various sensor technologies.

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Dr. Ruzsanyi has led several nationally funded research projects in the field of personalized medicine, including the project PREDICT (Towards Personalised Medicine: Use of Volatile Metabolites), funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), which focuses on the development of novel breath test precursors for non-invasive drug tolerance assessment. She has also contributed to collaborative security research and led, among others, the German–Austrian bilateral project TRACK, funded by the FFG, which developed a portable dual GC–IMS system with a multi-element sensor array for the rapid and reliable detection of concealed persons.

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She is a recipient of the Erika Cremer Award from the University of Innsbruck and the Lise Meitner Grant from the FWF. In addition to her research, Dr. Ruzsanyi is actively involved in teaching and mentoring, supervising bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD students, and giving lectures on gas analytics, analytical instrumentation, and sensor technologies. Her career spans both academia and industry, with previous positions at the Medical University of Innsbruck, the Institute for Analytical Sciences (ISAS) in Dortmund, and G.A.S. Gesellschaft für Analytische Sensorsysteme in Dortmund, Germany.