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Welcome to HIGRADE!
The "Helmholtz Interdisciplinary GRADuate School for Environmental Research (HIGRADE)" provides a coherent framework for qualifying new generations of internationally competitive doctoral researchers in the field of environmental science. Our aim is to prepare doctoral researchers at the UFZ for careers in a range of environmental fields, i.e. for taking over leading positions in research, management and policy, technology development, or consulting and education.
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Auwalu Bala (Nigeria)
Technical Biogeochemistry
Research topic:Investigating the potentials of anaerobic, thermophilic microbial communities in biodegradation of hydrocarbons in contaminated aquifer sediments