Mission

We focus on the role of microbes that are driving the Earth's biogeochemical cycles. Here microbes are also involved in mediating mineral precipitation and dissolution, and sorbing organic matter. Our research encompasses biodiversity, microbial interactions, climate change mitigation, mining, and the deep biosphere.

Our Research Fields

Image: Beatrix Heinze

Subsurface Microbiology
Since 2013, we are studying groundwater microbiomes within activities of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) AquaDiva. Here we test the central hypothesis that surface and subsurface are coupled by fluid flow, so that surface changes will propagate into the subsurface bioreactor and change its functioning.