Laura Schwab
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To reach governmental goals of reduced climate gas exhaust, technologies for improving the production, storage and distribution of renewable energies are necessary. An example is underground storage of hydrogen (H2) gas or hydrogen-methane (H2-CH4) gas mixtures, which can be produced with excessive renewable energies (Power-to-Gas). Salt caverns have excellent geochemical properties to serve as a short- and long-term underground storage for gases. However, the potential oxidation of stored H2 by lithoautotrophic microorganisms is an important but less studied aspect. It is assumed that indigenous sulfate-reducing microorganisms oxidize available H2, and with that produce H2S and other sulfur compounds which in turn lead to corrosion of facility infrastructure and pollution of the gases stored. To investigate these microbial communities I study enrichment and pure cultures with stable-isotope probing (SIP, nanoSIMS, ICPMS) and next-generation sequencing technologies.
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Curriculum Vitae
Since 01/2023
Postdoctoral researcher / Assistant to the Chair
Institute for Biodiversity, Chair of Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena07 - 12/2022
Scientist
Microbial Interaction Ecology, UFZ, Leipzig01/2019 - 06/2022
Phd student
Isotopebiogeochemistry, UFZ, Leipzig10 - 12/2019
Scientific-technical Assistant
Electrobiotechnology, UFZ, Leipzig10/2016 - 09/2018
M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Leipzig
Thesis: Current in the gut?: baseline investigation on the interaction of electroactive intestinal bacteria Electrobiotechnology group, UFZ Leipzig9/2017 - 1/2018
Internship
Functional metamining of the human gut microbiome
Reunanen Group, University of Oulu, Finland4/2015 - 9/2016
Scientific-technical Assistant
Molecular biology of cardiovascular diseases
German Heart Centre, Munich10/2014 - 3/2015
Scientific-technical Assistant
Biocide restistance in microbial pathogens
Bioanalyitcs, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg10/2010 - 9/2014
B.Sc. Bioanalytics
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Publications
- Dai, S., Korth, B., Schwab, L., Aulenta, F., Vogt, C., Harnisch, F. (2022):
Deciphering the fate of sulfate in one- and two-chamber bioelectrochemical systemsExternal link
Electrochim. Acta 408 , art. 139942
full text (doi)External link - Schwab, L., Popp, D., Nowack, G., Bombach, P., Vogt, C., Richnow, H.H. (2022):
Structural analysis of microbiomes from salt caverns used for underground gas storageExternal link
Int. J. Hydrog. Energy 47 (47), 20684 - 20694
full text (doi)External link - Metze, D., Popp, D., Schwab, L., Keller, N.-S., Nunes da Rocha, U., Richnow, H.-H., Vogt, C. (2021):
Temperature management potentially affects carbon mineralization capacity and microbial community composition of a shallow aquiferExternal link
FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 97 (2), fiaa261
full text (doi)External link - Schwab, L., Rago, L., Koch, C., Harnisch, F. (2019):
Identification of External linkClostridium cochlearium as an electroactive microorganism from the mouse gut microbiomeExternal link
Bioelectrochemistry 130 , art. 107334
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- Dai, S., Korth, B., Schwab, L., Aulenta, F., Vogt, C., Harnisch, F. (2022):
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Room 314
Dornburger Strasse 159
07743 Jena