Working groups
Environmental Antimicrobial Resistance
Head: Dr. Anja Worrich
Tel. +49 341 6025-2295
anja.worrich@ufz.de
- Effects of single and combined factors of global change on microbial communities
- Consequences of adaptation for soil functions
- Modulation of the adaptive capacity of plants by microorganisms
Bioavailability
Head: Dr. Lukas Y. Wick
Tel. +49 341 6025-1316
lukas.wick@ufz.de
- Quantification and process-based analysis of the effect of substrate bioavailability/ bioaccessibility on the autecology and ecology of contaminant biodegradation in soil
- Process-based development of novel biotechnological remediation approaches for contaminated soil (‘fungal-highways, electro-bioremediation’)
Flow Cytometry
Head: Prof. Dr. Susann Müller
Tel. +49 341 6025-1318
susann.mueller@ufz.de
- Study of the life strategies of microbial populations
- Optimisation of biotechnological and environmental processes based on single cell data which are obtained with multi-parameter flow cytometry
Microbial Data Science
Head: Dr. Ulisses Nunes da Rocha
Tel. +49 341 6025-1865
ulisses.rocha@ufz.de
- Extending genome-scale microbial interaction models to the diversity observed in terrestrial environments
- Prediction of the capacity of microbial ecosystems to handle disturbances using multi-omics analysis
- Data mining for functional traits related with contaminant degradation
Microbial Interaction Ecology
Head: Prof. Dr. Antonis Chatzinotas
Tel. +49 341 6025-1324
antonis.chatzinotas@ufz.de
- Description of interactions within and between microbial trophic levels focusing on prokaryotes, viruses, protists and fungi
- Emphasis on the importance of these interactions for the establishment, the stability and the resilience of microbial systems and services
Plant Biogeochemistry
Head: Prof. Dr. Marie Muehe
Tel. +49 341 6025-1336
marie.muehe@ufz.de
- Evaluation of how and to what extend climate changes contaminant bioavailability in soils and how that imprints on plant performance
- Emphasis on characterising and optimising root growth and functioning, rhizobiome dynamics and soil geochemistry and mineralogy in rhizosphere
Environmental Mycology
Head: Dr. Dietmar Schlosser
Tel. +49 341 6025-1329
dietmar.schlosser@ufz.de
- Exploration of mechanisms, conditions, and constrains of degradation and biotransformation of environmental pollutants (micropollutants, synthetic polymers, and polymer additives) in fungi of diverse habitats and lifestyles
- Application of fungi in environmental biotechnology and lignocellulosic waste valorisation