Rebeca Hernandez Lanz
PhD student

Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig

Tel: 0341 6025 2242
Fax: 0341 6025 2791
rebeca.hernandez-lanz@ufz.de

2025 - current

PhD Student, Deparment of Microbial Biotechnology,  Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzi, Germany.

2024 - 2025

Student Researcher & Master Thesis - Berlin University of Applied Sciences (BHT) & TU Berlin , Germany.

“From plant oils to animal fats: adaptation of high cell density protocol for C. necator for producing P(HB-co-HHx) using waste animal fats”.

2022 - 2023

Graduate Student Assistant in the Department of Cellular Reproductive Biotechnology - TU Berlin &  Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), German.

2022 - 2023

Research Assistant - Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany.

2021

Intern and Student for Bachelor's Thesis - UGRA (Unidad de Genética y Resistencia Antimicrobiana - Molecular Genetics and Antimicrobial Resistance Unit), Universidad El Bosque, Colombia.

"Metagenomic characterization of an ICU patient's rectal microbiome with a focus on antibiotic resistance"

2021 - 2025

M.Sc. Biotechnology - TU Berlin, Germany.

2017-2022

B.Sc. Biotechnology - TU Berlin, Germany.