Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber

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Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber
Senior Scientist
Head of the MicAS Group (Microbiology of Anaerobic Systems)

Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone +49 341 6025 1325
sabine.kleinsteuber@ufz.de

Sabine Kleinsteuber

CV / Scientific Career

1990

Diploma in Biology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

1994

Dr. rer. nat., Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Faculty of Natural Sciences

1993-1995

Scientist at the Institute of Genetics of the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg

1995-1999

Post-Doc at the UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Department Environmental Microbiology

since 1999

Senior scientist at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Department Environmental Microbiology


Research interests

My research area is microbial ecology of anaerobic environments, with particular focus on engineered systems such as anaerobic digesters, wastewater treatment plants and bioreactors for the microbial conversion of organic waste into valuable products. The research aims to optimize biotechnological processes based on complex microbial communities and to harness the metabolic potential of anaerobic microbes for novel bioprocesses in the context of the circular economy. My research group combines anaerobic cultivation and lab-scale bioreactor operation with molecular methods for community profiling and multi-omics approaches to explore metabolic functions and interactions in natural, enriched and engineered microbial consortia.


Publications

2024 (1)

2023 (7)

2022 (7)

2021 (4)

2020 (9)

2019 (7)

2018 (13)

2017 (4)

2016 (7)

2015 (4)

2014 (6)

2013 (5)

2012 (6)

2011 (3)

2010 (7)

2009 (6)

2008 (3)

2007 (2)

2006 (2)

2005 (1)

2004 (3)

2003 (2)

2001 (3)

2000 (1)

1999 (1)

1998 (2)

1997 (1)