Dr. Martha Schattenhofer
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Dr. Martha Schattenhofer
Scientist
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel.: +49 341 235 1375
Fax.: +49 342 235 1351
martha.schattenhofer@ufz.de
CV / Scientific Career
since 2009
Postdoc at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Dept. Environmental Microbiology
2004 – 2009
PhD (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Bremen and Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology Bremen, Department of Molecular Ecology
Title: Distribution of major bacterioplankton groups in the Atlantik Ocean
2000 – 2004
Diplom Biologie (M. Sc., Biology), University of Bremen
Title: Diversity and Distribution of planktonic Archaea in the North Atlantik Ocean
1998 – 2000
Vordiplom Biologie (B. Sc., Biology), University of Bremen
Research interests
During my PhD I participated in several research cruises studying the distribution of major bacterioplankton groups in the Atlantik Ocean. Focussing on the water column I could show that some bacterioplankton groups have a distinct distribution pattern over depth or over the ecological regions that change with latitude.
Currently I am participating in a project investigating the biochemical pathways and microorganisms involved in the complete breakdown of contaminants like BTEX in polluted aquifers. My part in this project is the development of an autonomous in situ profiler to measure parameters like oxygen content in the aquifer. The aim of the developement of a new profiler is to enhance the resolution of depth profiles in aquifers, which commonly ranges between 0.3 - 1 m, and therefore enables us to detect changes in centimeter range.
Publications
Schattenhofer, M and Wendeberg, A*. 2011. Chapter 76. Capturing Microbial Populations for Environmental Genomics. Pages 735-740 in Frans J. de Bruijn (ed.), Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology vol.I: Metagenomics and Complementary Approaches. Wiley/Blackwell. ISBN: 978-0-470-64479-9. July 2011.
Schattenhofer M, Wulf J, Kostadinov I, Glöckner FO, Zubkov MV, Fuchs BM (2011) Phylogenetic characterisation of picoplanktonic populations with high and low nucleic acid content in the North Atlantic Ocean. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 34: 470-475.
Schattenhofer M., Fuchs B.M., Amann R., Zubkov M.V., Tarran G. A. and Pernthaler J. (2009) Latitudinal distribution of prokaryotic picoplankton populations in the Atlantic Ocean. Environmental Microbiology, 11 (8): 2078–2093
Fuchs B.M., Spring S., Teeling H., Quast C., Wulf J., Schattenhofer M., Yan S., Ferriera S., Johnson J., Glöckner F., and Amann R. (2007) Characterization of a marine gammaproteobacterium capable of aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis. PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 104 (8): 2891–2896
Pernthaler A., Pernthaler J., Schattenhofer M., Amann R. (2002) Identification of DNA-synthesizing Bacterial Cells in Coastal North Sea Plankton. Applied & Environmental Microbiology, 68 (11): 5728-5736
