
Our research in a nutshell

Research topicsMicroorganisms contribute to ecosystem processes sustaining our live on earth. Yet we know very little on how they will react to changes emerging from increased anthropogenic impacts. Soils are threatened by multiple global change factors including drought, salinity and pollutants.Our research focuses on:
To establish causality between drivers and response, we perform experiments in synthetic microbial ecosystems, soil microcosms and in the field using stable isotope labelling, chemical imaging, time-lapse microscopy and -omics approaches. In collaboration with the Department of Ecological Modelling, we also combine our experimental approaches with ecological models to expand the testable scenarios and gain a mechanistic understanding of how microbial ecosystems will function in the future. |
Current projects
Fate and effects of antibiotics in agricultural soils(starting in autumn 2020)![]() Read more |
Selection for antibiotic resistance in multistress environments(since 01/2020)![]() Read more |
Functional stability of microbial ecosystems(since 2013)![]() Read more |
Head
Postdocs
PhD Students
Technicians
Maja Hinkel
Students
Kristina Scholz (research assistant with FULLREMOVAL; Leipzig University)