Ricarda Maria Schmithausen

About

Ricarda Maria Schmithausen is the Head of Department at the State Public Health Authority of Lower Saxony, Germany. Her research areas focus on infectious diseases, microbiome analysis, and neurodegenerative disease models, as evidenced by her recent publications on SARS-CoV-2 variants, wastewater surveillance, and the use of zebrafish in studying neural disorders. She is actively engaged in developing diagnostic techniques and analyzing microbial populations in various environments.