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Dr. Daria Morozova

Helmholtz Centre Potsdam
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Section 4.1, Reservoir Technologies

Telegrafenberg, E 257
D-14473 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 288 1579
Fax: +49 331 288 1529
Mail: daria.morozova@gfz-potsdam.de

Scientific interests:

  • Microbiology
  • Microbial ecology
  • Molecular biology
  • Alternative energies
  • CO2 underground storage
  • Deep biospheres
  • Extremophiles
  • Mycology
  • Astrobiology

Characterisation of the microbial communities using
  • PCR-SSCP Methods
  • FISH
  • CARDFISH
  • Cloning
  • DGGE

Projects:

  • GRASP
  • CO2SINK
  • CLEAN 
  • AquiScreen

Career:

2004 - 2007 Dr. rer. nat. in Microbiology
DFG Project “Mars and the Terrestrial Planets”
Alfred-Wegener-Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Universität Potsdam, Germany
1998 - 2004 Diploma in Microbiology
Carl-von-Ossietzky-University, Oldenburg, Germany
June 1999 The DAAD Price
(Deutschen Akademiker Austauschdienst) for the best abroad study
1996 - 1998 Bachelor study at the State Agrarian University of St. Petersburg
Scholarship for the excellent study

Experience:

Since 2007 Post-Doctoral Research Associate
GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam
2004 - 2007 Doctoral Research Associate
Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam
2005 - 2007 Assistant Lecturer
At the Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Universität Potsdam
Summer 2004 Expedition “Lena Delta 04”, Siberia, Russia
October 2001 Assistant by the „International Congress of 3, 5 ga of Biodiversity“
Oldenburg, FB 7, Zoology
May 1999 Practical courses assistant, FB 7, Geomicrobiology
Carl-von-Ossietzky-University, Oldenburg, Germany
July - August 1998 Scientist and interpreter at the European Forest Institute (EFI), Finland

Selected publications:

Morozova, D., Wandrey, M., Lerm, S. and Würdemann, H. (2008) "Characterisation of the microbial community of the CO2 reservoir in saline aquifer in Ketzin, Germany" EGU General Assembly 2008, Vienna, Session IS72 - ERE8/GMPV28.

Morozova, D. and Wagner, D. (2007) Stress response of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost compared to methanogens from non-permafrost habitats. (Manuscript, FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61: 16-25, DOI 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00316.x).

Morozova, D., Moeller, R., Rettberg, P. and Wagner, D. (2007) Radiation resistance of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost. (Manuscript, submitted to Applied and Environmental Microbiology).

Morozova, D., Möhlmann, D., Wagner, D. (2007) Survival of Methanogenic Archaea from Siberian Permafrost under Simulated Martian Thermal Conditions. (Manuscript, “Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biospheres” 37: 189-200; DOI 10.1007/s11084-006-9024-7).

Morozova, D., Moeller, R., Rettberg, P. and Wagner, D. (2007) Radiation resistance of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost-affected soils, European Planetary Science Congress 2007, 20-24 August, Potsdam, Germany (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2007) Tolerance limits of methanogenic life in terrestrial permafrost, DFG Colloquium: Mars and the Terrestrial Planets, 7 SPP 1115, Berlin, 19-20 February 2007 (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D. and Wagner, D. (2007) Effect of high salinity, freezing and desiccation on methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost. (Manuscript, submitted to Applied and Environmental Microbiology).

Morozova, D., Möhlmann, D., Wagner, D. (2007) Response of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost to Martian thermo-physical conditions, C.S. Cockell (ed.) Microorganisms and the Martian Environment, Special Publication of the European Space Agency (book).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2006) Highly resistant methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost as candidates for the possible life on Mars, 6th European Workshop on Astrobiology, 16-18 Oct., Lyon, France (Abstract; published in International Journal of Astrobiology 2007).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2006) Methanogenic Archaea from Siberian Permafrost as Prime Candidates for Life on Mars, DFG Workshop, May 4-5, Cologne, Germany (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2006) Methanogenic Archaea in terrestrial permafrost as a model for probable microbial life on Mars, International conference on alpine and polar microbiology, 27-30 March, Innsbruck, Austria (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2006) Response of methanogens from Siberian permafrost to extreme conditions of terrestrial and extraterrestrial permafrost, VAAM, 19-22 March, Jena, Germany (Poster).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2006) Methanogene Achaea aus Sibirischem Permafrost als Modellsysteme für das Leben auf dem Mars, DPG-AEF Tagung, 13-16 März, Heidelberg, Deutschland (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2005) Methanogenic archaea under permafrost extreme conditions: a model for putative life on Mars, International workshop on Astrobiology: Life in extreme conditions, 21-22 November, Oslo, Norway (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2005) Methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost: fit for Mars?, 5th European Workshop on Astrobiology, Budapest, Hungary, 10-12 October 2005 (Abstract/Talk; published in International Journal of Astrobiology 5: 67-88).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2005) Survival potential of methanogenic archaea from Siberian permafrost: investigation of possible extraterrestrial life, VAAM-Jahrestagung, 25-28 September, Gottingen, Deutschland (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2005) Microbial Life under Extreme Environments of Permafrost: Tolerance Limits of Methanogenic Archaea as Keystone Organisms for the Investigation of Extraterrestrial Life, 22. Internationale Polartagung, September 18-23 Sept., Jena, Deutschland (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D., Wagner, D. (2005) Tolerance limits of methanogenic life in terrestrial permafrost, DFG Colloquium: Mars and the Terrestrial Planets, Berlin, 29-30 August 2005 (Abstract/Talk).

Morozova, D. and Wagner, D. (2005) Tolerance Limits of Methanogenic Archaea from Siberian Permafrost: Effects of high Salinity and low Temperatures. 2. European Conference on Permafrost (EUCOP), Potsdam, Germany, June 12-16, 2005 (Abstract/Talk).

Wagner, D., Morozova, D. (2005) Methanogenic archaea in terrestrial permafrost: a model for probable microbial life in Martian permafrost, ARCHAEA - The First Generation, Hohenheimer Castle Academy, Munich, June 2-4, 2005 (Abstract/Talk).

  • Morozova, D. (2005) Tolerance Limits of Methanogenic Archaea from Siberian Permafrost: Effects of high Salinity and low Temperatures. Annual PhD Students Meeting, Helgoland, Germany, April 15-17, 2005 (Poster).
  • Morozova, D. (2004) New clues to life on Mars. Deutsche Welle, September 30, 2004 (Interview)
  • Wagner, D. and Morozova, D. (2004) Tolerance Limits of Methanogenic Archaea in Terrestrial Permafrost. International Conference Cryosphere of Oil-And-Gas Bearing Provinces, Tyumen, Russia, May 22-29, 2004 (Abstract/Talk)
  • Morozova, D., Wagner, D. and Hubberten, H. -W. (2004) Subsurface microbial life as a model for extraterrestrial permafrost habitats. El`gygytgyn Lake Workshop, Leipzig, Germany, March 24-26, 2004 (Abstract/Talk)


  • Dr. Daria Morozova


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