Function and Responsibilities:

Postdoc in the section Geomicrobiology

Research Interests:

microbial life in extreme environments such as deep biosphere (final repository, geothermal energy resources), permafrost or plastic-polluted soils

- reconstruction of microbial communities and their functional potential

- influence of microbes on their habitat

- effects of changing environmental conditions on microbial community structure and function

Career:

• since 06/2019 PostDoc at GFZ, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Section Geomicrobiology
• since 11/2013 PhD student at GFZ, German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Section Geomicrobiology

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:

• 2022 - 2025 UnClog ATES clogging and countermeasures in ATES: experiments, modelling and projections considering biogeochemical influences
  
• 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:

2019 Highlight Paper at Biogeosciences vol.16-19

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