Organohalide Geomicrobiology

Current projects:

FOR1530 “Anaerobic Dehalogenation: Organisms, Biogeochemistry and (Eco-) Physiology”

This DFG Research Unit focuses on the organohalide respiration, investigating all significant aspects of this novel type of anaerobic respiration for a better process understanding and for the application of this process for the bioremediation of sites contaminated with halogenated compounds.
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Completed projects:

“SAFIRA II Project ‘Compartment Transfer’ (COTRA)”

Investigation of microbial activities at surface-groundwater interfaces in constructed wetland system using contaminated groundwater from the field site in Bitterfeld.
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“GENESIS”

Within this European Union FP 7 project we investigate how biogeochemical processes affecting natural attenuation of chlorinated benzenes with focus on the microbial community involved in contaminant biodegradation.
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“CSI:ENVIRONMENT”

‘Isotope forensics meets bioeochemistry – linking sources and sinks of organic contaminants by compound specific isotope investigation’. This European Union FP 7 ‘People’ Marie Curie project provides a training platform for young researchers in the emerging field of environmental forensics and biogeochemistry using isotope techniques.
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This joint German-Israeli Water Technology Programme funded by the BMBF focusses on the “Development of innovative tools for the assessment of in situ biodegradation of organobromine contaminants in groundwater”.