Florian Centler
Contact/Address
Dr. Florian Centler
Scientist
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone: +49 341 235 1336
Fax: +49 341 235 1351
florian.centler@ufz.de
CV / Scientific Career
since 07/2007
Scientist in the 
Young Investigators Group GReaT MoDE, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology (UMB), Leipzig
2003-2007
PhD student in the 
Bio Systems Analysis Group, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena
2003-2007
Part-time studies in economics, Distance University of Hagen
1995-2002
Studies in Applied Systems Science, University of Osnabrück
Research interests
The degradation of contaminants in subsurface environments is a complex process consisting of a multitude of interlinked biotic and abiotic processes. Reactive transport models have proven essential in their quantitative and qualitative analysis. Focusing on the biotic aspects, I am interested in the influence of bacterial interactions and interdependencies on the biodegradation potential. In order to address this question, we couple the Biogeochemical Reaction Network Simulator (BRNS), a highly flexible 1D reactive transport model, to a state-of-the-art 3D transport model. The resulting simulation tool will allow us to consider
- arbitrary biochemical reaction networks and kinetics, and
- microbial driven stable isotope fractionation
in our models, helping to determine key factors that enhance and limit the biodegradation potential in the subsurface domain.
Publications
- Leibeling, S., Maeß, M.B., Centler, F., Kleinsteuber, S., von Bergen, M., Thullner, M., Harms, H., Müller, R.H., (2013):
Posttranslational oxidative modification of (R)-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)propionate/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenases (RdpA) leads to improved degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetate (2,4-D)
Eng. Life Sci. 13 (3), 278 - 291
Volltext (URL) - Nick, H., Raoof, A., Centler, F., Thullner, M., Regnier, P., (2013):
Reactive dispersive contaminant transport in coastal aquifers: numerical simulation of a reactive Henry problem
J. Contam. Hydrol. 145 , 90 - 104
Volltext (URL) - Gharasoo, M., Centler, F., Regnier, P., Harms, H., Thullner, M., (2012):
A reactive transport modeling approach to simulate biogeochemical processes in pore structures with pore-scale heterogeneities
Environ. Modell. Softw. 30 (1), 102 - 114
Volltext (URL) - Kalbacher, T., Delfs, J.O., Shao, H., Wang, W., Walther, M., Samaniego, L., Schneider, C., Kumar, R., Musolff, A., Centler, F., Sun, F., Hildebrandt, A., Liedl, R., Borchardt, D., Krebs, P., Kolditz, O., (2012):
The IWAS-ToolBox: software coupling for an integrated water resources management
Environ. Earth Sci. 65 (5), 1367 - 1380
Volltext (URL) - Thullner, M., Centler, F., Richnow, H.-H., Fischer, A., (2012):
Quantification of organic pollutant degradation in contaminated aquifers using compound specific stable isotope analysis – Review of recent developments
Org. Geochem. 42 (12), 1440 - 1460
Volltext (URL) - Centler, F., Fetzer, I., Thullner, M., (2011):
Modeling population patterns of chemotactic bacteria in homogenous porous media
J. Theor. Biol. 287 , 82 - 91
Volltext (URL) - Altenburger, R., Berns, A.E., Bittens, M., Brack, W., Burauel, P., Centler, F., Daus, B., Goss, K.-U., Harms, H., Kopinke, F.-D., Kühnel, D., Liess, M., Mackenzie, K., Miltner, A., Thullner, M., Wennrich, R., Wick, L.Y., (2010):
Chemicals in the environment (CITE). Report of the First Annual Conference of the Helmholtz research topic CITE
UWSF-Z.Umweltchem.Ökotox. 22 (4), 502 - 506
Volltext (URL) - Centler, F., Kaleta, C., Speroni di Fenizio, P., Dittrich, P., (2010):
A parallel algorithm to compute chemical organizations in biological networks
Bioinformatics 26 (14), 1788 - 1789
Volltext (URL) - Centler, F., Shao, H., De Biase, C., Park, C.-H., Regnier, P., Kolditz, O., Thullner, M., (2010):
GeoSysBRNS-A flexible multidimensional reactive transport model for simulating biogeochemical subsurface processes
Comput. Geosci. 36 (3), 397 - 405
Volltext (URL) - Benkö, G., Centler, F., Dittrich, P., Flamm, C., Stadler, B.M.R., Stadler, P.F., (2009):
A topological approach to chemical organizations
Artif. Life 15 (1), 71 - 88
Volltext (URL) - Centler, F., Fetzer, I., Thullner, M., (2009):
Modelling bacterial metapopulations
8th German Workshop on Artifical Life - GWAL-8, Leipzig, 3.7.-1.8.2008
p. 73 - 77 - Shao, H., Centler, F., De Biase, C., Thullner, M., Kolditz, O., (2009):
Comments on "Two-dimensional concentration distribution for mixing-controlled bioreactive transport in steady-state" by O.A. Cirpka and A.J. Valocchi
Adv. Water Resour. 32 (2), 293 - 297
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