Function and Responsibilities:

Postdoctoral research associate for the BMBF profect MOMENT

Research Interests:

• environmental microbes in dependence of local seasonality
• methane relevant microorganisms in permafrost-affected soils
• molecular methods for soil microbiome characterization
• microbial methane oxidation and production
  

Career:

since 2023    Postdoc (GFZ)

2022 - 2023   Postdoc (Aberystwyth University Wales, UK)

Education:

2017 - 2022    Dr. rer. nat. (University Bremen, Alfred-Wegener-Institute Bremerhaven)

2013 - 2016    Master of Science, Water Science (University Duisburg-Essen)

2008 - 2013    Bachelor of Science, Biology (Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf)

Projects:

I am part of the BMBF-funded project MOMENT (Modelling and measuring methane in permafrost), in which I am investigating the role of soil microorganisms in the Greenlandic Arctic on methane production and oxidation.