Microbes as drivers of global element cycles

We explore how microbes drive small to large scale cycling of elements. We work towards understanding how environmental factors regulate these elemental cycles by shaping the microbial communities involved, both at present and in deep time. We further strive to explain the underlying physiological mechanisms and are actively hunting for yet unknown organisms and novel pathways.

PERSONNEL​ (A-Z)

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• Laura BRISTOW, Assistant Professor (N-cycle)

• Don CANFIELD, Professor (OMZ; O2-control of N-cycle; marine biogeochemistry)

• Morten ELSNER KIELER, Engineering Assistant, Lab Technician  (Pressure tanks)

• Paula GARCÍA OTERO, Ph.D. student (Ecophysiology)

• Ronnie N. GLUD, Professor (Carbon mineralization, carbon burial, microbial interactions) 

• Anni GLUD, Lab Technician (Microsensors)

• Heidi GRØN JENSEN, Lab Manager (GC, IC)

• Elisa HERNANDEZ MAGANA, Ph.D. student (Ecophysiology)

• Beate KRAFT, Assistant Professor (Ecophysiology, N-cycle, microbial interactions)

• Carolin LOESCHER, Assistant Professor (N2 fixation; greenhouse gases)

• Alina MOSTOVAYA, Postdoc (freshwater sediment biogeochemistry)

• Amelia-Elena ROTARU, Associate Professor (Interspecies & microbe-mineral interactions; methane-cycle, C-cycle)

• Christian Furbo REEDER, Ph.D. student (Nitrogen fixation; greenhouse gases) 

• Peter STIEF, Associate Professor (N-cycle, deep-sea biogeochemistry, interspecies interactions)

• Bo THAMDRUP, Professor (deep-sea biogeochemistry; N-cycles)

• Alexander TREUSCH, Associate Professor (N-, C-cycles; greenhouse gases)

• Sarah WEBER, Postdoc (N-cycle)

• Peihang XU, Ph.D. student (C-cycle; greenhouse gases)

• Lasse ØRUM-SMIDT, Lab Technician (methanogens, GC)

Image rights: Amelia-Elena Rotaru