Former Group Members
Former Scientists
Dr. Karel Castro MoralesExternal link, until 2023
Dr. Alison FavaroniExternal link, until 2022
Marina Martin SandovalExternal link, until 2022
Dr. Will Alan OverholtExternal link, until 2022, now Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory (ABiL)External link, Atlanta, USA
Dr. Syrie M. HermansExternal link, until 2022, now Postdoc at Auckland University of TechnologyExternal link, New Zealand
Johanna BößneckExternal link, until 2022
Kevin BisdorfExternal link, until 2022
Dr. Rebecca Cooper,External link until 2021, now Research Scientist at Biobot AnalyticsExternal link, USA
Dr. Lijuan YanExternal link, until 2019, now Executive Specialist BASF BerlinExternal link
Dr. Cassandre LazarExternal link, until 2017, now Professor at Université du Québec à MontréalExternal link, Canada
PD Dr. Steffen Kolb,External link until 2015, now Professor of Microbial Biochemistry at Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF)External link e. V., Müncheberg, Germany
Dr. Shipeng LuExternal link, until 2015, now Research Assistant at Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of SciencesExternal link.
Dr. Juanjuan WangExternal link, until 2015, China
Denise M. Akob, Ph.DExternal link. until 2012, now Research group leader at U.S. Geological Survey, Reston USAExternal link
Dr. Anna RusznyakExternal link, until 2011, now Scientific Coordinator at Leibniz Institute for Plant BiochemistryExternal link, Halle (Saale), Germany
Dr. Peter BouwmaExternal link, until 2010
Dr. Marco Reiche, until 2010, now Managing Director at Umwelt-Geräte-Technik GmbHExternal link, Müncheberg, Germany
Dr. Sharon Avrahami, until 2007
Dr. Bernd SpänhoffExternal link, until 2006
Former Doctoral Researchers
Dr. Rachael AkinyedeExternal link, until 2022, now Scientific Coordinator at Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena
Dr. Qianqian LiExternal link, until 2021, now Service Lab Scientist at Singleron BiotechnologiesExternal link
Dr. Patricia GeesinkExternal link, until 2020, now Postdoc at Wageningen University & ResearchExternal link, The Netherlands
Dr. Stefan Kügler, until 2019, now AbbottExternal link Jena
Dr. Anke Hädrich, until 2018, now Scientific Coordinator of IRTG AquaDiva at FSU Jena
Dr. Swatantar KumarExternal link, until 2018, now Postdoc at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, VA, USA
Dr. Jiro MoriExternal link, until 2017, now Assistant Professor at Yokohama City University, Japan
Dr. Tsing BohuExternal link, until 2015, now Research Assistant at Mineral Resources, CSIRO
Dr. Felix Beulig, until 2015, now Staff Scientist, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for BiosustainabilityExternal link,
Dr. Maria Fabisch, until 2014, now Scientific Coordinator of CRC AquaDiva at FSU Jena
Dr. Shipeng LuExternal link, until 2012, now Research Assistant at Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Dr. Jana Sitte, until 2011
Dr. Eva-Maria Burkhardt, until 2010
Dr. Marco Reiche, until 2009, now Geschäftsführer Umwelt-Geräte Technik GmbH
Dr. Ute-Risse Buhl,External link until 2008, now Research Assistant at Department Fließgewässerökologie Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH - UFZ, Magdeburg
Dr. Elisabeth Pohlon, until 2006, now Research Assistant at Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Animal Ecology
Former Master, Diploma and Magister Students
Brusch, Johanna, 2022, Bachelor thesis: Vergleichende Analyse der mikrobiellen Gemeinschaften auf Borke und Blättern von Bäumen einschließlich ihres Transportes durch den Bestandsniederschlag
Reilly-Schott, Vincent, 2022, Master thesis: Detecting labeled microbial cells in complex communities by Raman microspectroscopy
Finck, Jessica, 2020, Master thesis: Metabolic potential of the microverse iron-oxidizer Sideroxydans sp. CL21, isolated from an iron-rich, slightly acidic fen
Montoya, Eugenio Perez Molphe, 2020, Master thesis: The distributions and lifestyles of Omnitrophica populations within shallow groundwater
Mielke, Lydia, 2020, Master thesis: Untersuchung des Einflusses von höheren trophischen Ebenen
Heinze, Beatrix Maria, 2019, Master thesis: Impact of autochthonous primary producation on a groundwater microbial community
Gorniak, Linda, 2019, Master thesis: Insights into lanthanide-dependent physiology in novel Beijerinckiaeae metholytrophs isolated from early industrial soft coal slags
Deckner, Florian, 2018, Master thesis: Communicty structure and activity of soil nitrifiers under different land use in the Hanich Critical Zone Exploratory
Micheller, Franz Josef, 2016, Master thesis: Revealing the diversity and antimicrobial potential of Agelas sventres-associated baceteria along a depth gradient via cultivation-depdendent approaches
Rosenberger, Silvia, 2016, Master thesis: Exploration of the attachment of microorganisms on rock surfaces
Vetter, Sebastian, 2016, Master thesis: Physiologische Anpassung von Bodenalgen an extreme CO2 Konzentrationen in Nassmofetten
Schellhorn, Danny, 2016, Master thesis: Effects of anopy throughfall patterns and tree species on soil physicochemical parameters and soil ammonia oxidizers aboudnance and diversity in the Hainich National Park
Stähli, Jan, 2016, Master thesis: Cellulose, starch, and xylan-degrading microbionoms in an oxic limestone aquifer
Rughöft, Saskia, 2015, Master thesis: Soil microbial communities involved in nitrogen cycling along two geologically different catenas in Kruger National Park
Hackbusch, Steffen, 2014, Master thesis: Abundance and activity of methane oxidizing bacteria in the River Elbe estuary
Seiler, Katrin, 2014, Master thesis: Ecophysiology of a Manganese(II)-oxidizing fungal isolate from the former uranium-mining district Ronneburg
Kögler, Felix, 2013, Master thesis: The impact of in situ microorganisms on oil recovery measured and evaluated in sandpack experiments
Jung, Marco, 2013, Master thesis: Effects of strongly increasing coastal iron export on the receiving system - chemical and biological aspects
Litzba, Ulrike, 2013, Master thesis: Influence of humic acids on microbially formed Fe(III) oxides
Freyer, Gina, 2012, Master thesis: Fe-oxidizing bacteria involved in heavy metal adsorption or co-precipitation with iron oxyhdroxid
Lange, Patricia, 2012, Master thesis: Characterization of the eukaryotic life in limestone aquifers affected by a land use gradient
Schulze, Isabell, 2011, Master thesis: Charakterisierung bakterieller Gemeinschaften in Karstgrundwasserökosystemen im Hainich (Thüringen)
Beyer, Andrea, 2010, Master thesis: Formation of Mn oxides by new Mn(II)-oxidizing bacterial isolates
Beulig, Felix, 2010, Master thesis: Microbial communities involved in iron cycling at an acid mine drainage-affected creek
Stefan Gischkat, 2010, Master thesis: Ecophysiology of acidophilic Fe (III)-reducing bacteria isolated from the sediment of a former mine lake
Lüdecke, Claudia, 2009, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Aktivität und Diversität Fe(II)-oxidierender Mikroorganismen aus einem Niedermoor entlang oxisch-anoxischer Gradienten
Trefzger, Nicolai, 2009, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Autochthoner Kohlenstofffluss in Biofilmen kleiner Fließgewässer
Kaufmann, Christian, 2009, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Interaktionen von Sulfatreduzieren mit Schwer- und Halbmetallen
Keller, Tina, 2009, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Bacterial Diversity in and cytotoxic potential of Pseudomonas spp. associated with the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis
Torburg Grit, 2009, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Aktivität von Eisen(III)-reduzierenden und Fe(II)-oxidierenden Mikroorganimen in einem Niedermoor
Hädrich, Anke, 2008, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Microbial mineralization processes in iron-rich fens subjected to water table manipulations
Bischoff, Sebastian, 2008, Magisterarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Interaktionen von Fe(III)-reduzierenden Mikroorganismen und Schwermetallen
Böhme Anne, 2008, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Effects of Protozoa with different feeding modes on biofilm morphology
Löffler, Sylvia, 2007, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Charakterisierung der geochemischen Barrieren am Gessenbach
Bauer, Isabel, 2007, Magisterarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Aktivität und Abundanz von Mikroorganismen in geochemischen Barrieren am Gessenbach
Scheibe, Andrea, 2007, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Änderung der Aktivität und Gemeinschaft nitrifizierender Mikroorganismen in Biofilmen kleiner Fließgewässer: ein Fließrinnenexperiment
Domhardt, Heidi, 2006, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Handpumpen versus Freeze-Coring - Vergleich der Methoden zur Beprobung der Invertebraten-Fauna im hyporheischen Interstitial
Huchel, Anne, 2006, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Einfluss von Sedimentpartikeln auf die mikrobielle Struktur und Kohlenstoffdynamik in Biofilmen
Gebühr, Christina, 2005, Diplomarbeit im Studiengang Biologie: Struktur und Sukzession der Algengemeinschaften in den Phytotelmen einer allochthonen Population von Sarracenia purpurea L.
Former Bachelor Students
Negin Khodabakhshi: 2022, Bachelor thesis: Net aquatic biological productivity from O2/Ar measurements in Kolyma River, Siberia.
Klußmann, Aspasia, 2021, Bachelor thesis: Diversität und Aktivität von nitrifizierenden und nitrat-reduzierenden Mikroorganismen in der Aerationszone des Hainich Critical Zone Exploratory
Fuchs, Carolin, 2021, Bachelor thesis: Metabolie labeling with D20: How does Deuterium incorporation affect microbial DNA?
Sellmaier, Samuel, 2020, Bachelor thesis: Carbon cycle metabolishm and aquatic ecosystem metabolism in River Kolyma, Siberia
Gogesch, Sarah Patrizia, 2019, Bachelor thesis: Evaluation of microbial communities in a dehesa using PLFA and NLFA
Kusturica, Annemarie, 2017, Bachelor thesis: Aufreinigung von Siderophoren aus Bodenbakterien des Schlöppnerbrunnens
Gorniak, Linda, 2016, Bachelor thesis: Assessing the temporal microbial diversity shifts during 13C-sodium bicarbonate stable isotope probing incubations with groundwater
Carstens, Lena, 2016, Bachelor thesis: Abundance and diversity of groundwater microorganisms that pass through 0,2 um pore size filters
Lücking, Dominik, 2016, Bachelor thesis: Growth, activity and functional gene expression of denitrifying bacteria isolated from groundwater
Kessler, Vincent, 2016, Bachelor thesis: Assessing archaeal nitrifier community structure in mineral leached soft coal slag
Nettemann, Sara, 2016, Bachelor thesis: Investigation of the diversity of methylamine-utilising microorganisms in freshwater ecosystems
Schweer, Elena, 2016, Bachelor thesis: Characterization and Quantification of the micro-eukaryotic community in two superimposed aquifers in the Hainich (Thuringia, Germany)
Polst, Bastian, 2015, Bachelor thesis: Bacterial colonization of aquifer rocks in biofilm reactors
Ganzauge, Anja, 2014, Bachelor thesis: Untersuchung von Algen-Bakterien-Mineral-Konsortien in stark metallhaltigem Süßwasser, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Kempf, Michaela, 2014, Bachelor thesis: Evaluation of model iron-oxidizing and –reducing microorganisms as ecological-relevant for iron snow communities, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Raabe, Daniel, 2014, Bachelor thesis: Die Auswirkungen von Barium, Cadmium und Kupfer auf die bakterielle Mn(II)-oxidation bei saurem pH, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Wirsch, Daniela, 2014, Bachelor thesis: Der Bait Lamina Test: Verbesserung der Methode durch verschiedene Färbemethoden in Anwesenheit von Springschwänzen
Boje, Felizitas, 2013, Bachelor thesis: Indentification and isolation of Mn-oxidizing bacteria and funghi in soil from a farmer uranium mining site
Vetter, Sebastian, 2013, Bachelor thesis: Microbial formation and charakterisation of iron snow profides obstained form a lignite mine lake
Harzer, Romy, 2013, Bachelor thesis: Nitrat-Reduktionspotential und Charakterisierung oberflächenassozierer denitrfizierender Gesellschaften in Aquiferes des Nationalparks Hainich
Simon, Carsten, 2012, Bachelor thesis: Einfluss von aufströmenden CO2 auf den exoenzymatischen Umsatz von organischen Material im Boden
Stamm, Carolin, 2012, Bachelor thesis: Microbial Fe(III) reduction potential of iron ochres clogging acidic mining wells
Degenkolb, Laura, 2012, Bachelor thesis: : Gesteinsassoziierte Nitrifizierergesellschaften in Karstgrundwasserleitern
Bold, Sina, 2012, Bachelor thesis: Idendification of oxidation stress in Chironomus riparius larvae exposed to fullerene anoparticles (C60)
Abel, Sebastian, 2012, Bachelor thesis: The potential of activated carbon and biochar adddition ofr remediation of a PCB-contaminated sediment. A comparison of effects on vital functions and PCB-bioaccumlation in Lumbriculus variegatus
Kögler, Felix, 2011, Bachelor thesis: Bacterial communities of two subsurface habitats: Biomineralization in the karstic Herrenberg Cave and mineralogical and bacterial investigations of the Svornost mine
Jung, Marco, 2011, Bachelor thesis: Characterization of the active microbial communities in Iron Snow
Gutmann, Falko, 2011, Bachelor thesis: Nitrat-Reduktionspotential und Gesellschaft dentrifizierender Bakterien und Archaea in Muschelkalk - Aquiferen des Nationalpark Hainich
Schulze, Alexander, 2011, Bachelor thesis: Biogeochemische Charakterisierung eines Mofettenfeldes bei Hartousov im Cheb Becken
Burow, Katja, 2010, Bachelor thesis: Rhizopshären - assoziierte mikrobielle Gemeinschaften von Ammonium-Oxidiern in einem sauren Niedermorr
Wätzel, Tobias, 2009, Bachelor thesis: Einfluss der Torfqualität unterschiedlicher Niedermoore auf die potentielle Bildung der klimarelevanten Gase Kohlenstoffdioxid und Methan
Rasigraf, Oliva, 2009, Bachelor thesis: Einfluss von Metall und Arsenionen auf die Aktivität der Sulfatreduzierer
Litzba, Ulrike, 2009, Bachelor thesis: Diversity and activity of iron-oxodizers and iron-reducers at oxic-anoxic interfaces
Köpf, Heiko, 2009, Bachelor thesis: Der Einluss des pH-Wertes auf die mikrobielle Gemeinschaft der Eisenreduzierer im Sediment eines sauren Sees
Gilbert, Dorothea, 2009, Bachelor thesis: HS-SPME and extraction with digestive fluid to estimate the bioavailabel fractions of sediment-bound PCBs to benthic-invertebrates
Freyer, Gina, 2009, Bachelor thesis: Biogeochemische Charakterisierung eines Baches im ehemaligen Uranabbaugebiet Ronneburg/Seelingstädt
Fischer, Andreas, 2009, Bachelor thesis: Enrichment and Isolation of heavy metal tolerant Fe(ll) oxidizing bacteria from a contaminated creek
Rothardt, Steffi, 2008, Bachelor thesis: Charakterisierung von eisenoxidierenden Mikroorganismen aus schwermetalkontaminierten Sediment und Boden