Theodor Mainka
PhD Student

Department of Environmental Microbiology
Working Group Bioavailability
Helmholtz-Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

Phone +49 341 235-1366
theodor.mainka@ufz.de

Since December 2017

PhD Student at the Dept. of Environmental Microbiology
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany

Topic: "Drivers of stability of microbial contaminant degradation in stressed ecosystems"

2015 – 2017

M.Sc. Biochemistry

Master thesis: " Determination of bioaccumulating perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) in fish - Development of an analytical method for LC-MS / MS"

Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt) Berlin

2012-2015

B.Sc. Biochemistry

Martin-Luther University Halle/Saale

Bachelor thesis: "Functional characterization of different mutants of HP1eGFP in Colletotrichum graminicola"

Institute of Developmental Genetics, Martin-Luther University Halle/Saale