Prof. Dr. Hauke Harms
Head of the Department of Environmental Microbiology
Contact
Prof. Dr. Hauke Harms
Department Head
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Helmholtz-Centre
for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Phone +49 341 6025-1260
hauke.harms@ufz.de
CV / Scientific Career
1988
Diploma in Biology, University of Hamburg
1988 - 1990
PhD, University of Hamburg; subject 'Bacterial Degradation of Dioxin'
1991 - 1993
Long-Term Fellow of European Environmental Research Organisation (EERO) at the Agricultural University of Wageningen, The Netherlands
1993 - 1998
Oberassistent at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and head of a research team at the Swiss Federal Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG)
1998 - 2003
Assistant professor for Soil Microbiology at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
since 2004
Professor for Environmental Microbiology at the University of Leipzig and Head of the Department of Environmental Microbiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig
2014 - 2020
Spokesperson of the Helmholtz Research Programme ‘Terrestrial Environment’
since 2017
Head of the Research Unit Environmental Engineering and Biotechnology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig
2019 - 2020
Spokesperson of the Board of the Helmholtz Research Programme ‘Changing Earth: Sustaining our Future’
since 2021
Member of the Board of the Helmholtz Research Programme ‘Changing Earth: Sustaining our Future’
Research interests
I am interested in the ecology and ecophysiology of microbial communities involved in Ecosystem services such as the conversion of pollutants and biomass in soil, water and technical systems. It is my goal to address these processes from an ecological perspective and to propose ecological principles for environmental biotechnology development. Special emphasis is put on the link between microbial diversity in structured habitats and the reliability of their functioning. An ultimate goal is to propose biotechnological processes that are as self-sustained as natural ecosystems and their application for environmentally sound biotechnology.
Internet Resources
UFZ Scientists in Portraithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ9HaBVmaec
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauke_Harms