Function and Responsibilities:

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Interests:

- microbial life in extreme habitats such as the deep biosphere (nuclear waste final repository, geothermal), permafrost or plastic-polluted soils

- microbial genomics and transkriptomics

- Next generation sequencing (NGS)

- applied and environmental microbiology

Career:

• since 2019 PostDoc, Geomicrobiology group (GFZ Potsdam, Germany)
  
• 2013 - 2019 PhD in Microbial Ecology (GFZ Potsdam, Germany)
  

Education:

• 05/2020 doctoral degree at GFZ, section Geomicrobiology
  
• 10/2013 Master of Science - Biochemistry and Molekular Biology (University of Potsdam)
  • Master Thesis at BAM (Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing), Division of Biodeterioration and Reference Organisms
• 12/2010-03/2011 internship abroad in the field Plant Molecular Biology (Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand)
• 11/2010 Bachelor of Life Sciences - Molecular Biology (University of Potsdam)

Projects:

• 2024 - 2025 MikroBioMonitoring für Geothermie - methods and services for mikrobiological monitoring of geothermal and aquifer storages
  
• 2022 - 2025 UnClog ATES clogging and countermeasures in ATES: experiments, modelling and projections considering biogeochemical impacts
  
• 2021 - 2022 ENSURE plastics in the environment - biodegradability of plastics
• 2019 - 2020 iCross Integrity of nuclear waste repository systems - Cross-scale system understanding and analysis
  
• 2013 - 2019 MicroCene Microbial Communities of Terrestrial Pleistocene and Holocene Deposits
  

Awards:

2024 Invited Paper - Biospektrum special "Next Generation Sequencing"

2023 Invited Paper - Applied Microbiology special "Exclusive Papers Collection of Editorial Board Members and Invited Scholars”

2019 Highlight Paper in Biogeosciences vol.16-19

2017 Research Spotlight (Eos, 2017, 98, DOI:10.1029/2017EO080655)