Possible student projects

Professor and Head of Section Andreas Schramm 

Email: andreas.schramm@bios.au.dk; Tel: 6020 2659

Research areas:

• Bacteria-Animal Symbiosis (in earthworms, marine invertebrates, spiders…)
• Physiology & Molecular Biology of Cable Bacteria
• Microbial N Cycling

Professor Bente Aagaard Lomstein

Email: bente.lomstein@bios.au.dk; Tel: 871-56595 (60202769)

Research areas: Microbial activity in the deep sub-seafloor:

• How active are they?
• How big are they?
• How many are dormant?

Microbial biogeography evaluated by dispersal of bacterial endospores

Professor Bo Barker Jørgensen, Head of Center for Geomikrobiology

Email: bo.barker@bios.au.dk; Tel: 2010 2123

Research areas:

• Biogeochemical processes and microbiology of the seabed
• Sulfur cycling and sulfur isotopes
• The deep sub-seafloor biosphere

Associate professor Hans Røy

Email: hans.roy@bios.au.dk; Tel: 871-56549

Forskningsområder:

• Energibegrænsede mikrobielle samfund
• Stofkredsløb i havbunden
• Modellering af mikrobielle processer

Professor Kai Finster

Email: Kai.Finster@bios.au.dk; Tel: 5124 0515

Research areas:

• Astrobiology – life on Mars and on Exoplanter
• Aerobiology - the role of bacteria in atmospheric processes
• Glacial microbiology – methane dynamics in glacial environments
• Physiology of sulphur bacteria – Fermentation of sulphur compounds

Professor Lars Peter Nielsen

Email: biolpn@bios.au.dk; Tel: 6020 5624

Forskningsområde: Alt om kabelbakterier og elektriske strømme i naturen:

• økologi, fysiologi,
• forekomst, adfærd, kommunikation, elektronik,
• genetik, evolution og anvendelse

Scientist Marie B. Lund

Email: mblu@bios.au.dk; Tel: 9199 5883

Research areas:

• Microbial Symbiosis

Professor Niels Peter Revsbech

Email: revsbech@bios.au.dk; Tel: 2338 2187

Research areas:

• Respiration and photosynthesis in the pelagic environment
• Optimization of waste water treatment to avoid N₂O emission
• Quantification of anaerobic metabolism by use of a new CO₂ sensor
• Development of a biosensor for short-chain fatty acids in wastewater

Associate professor Nils Risgaard-Petersen

Email: nils.risgaard-petersen@bios.au.dk; Tel: 871-56508

Research areas:

1. Electromicrobiology
2. Biogeochemistry
3. Mikrobial element cycling

Associate professor Rikke Meyer

Email: rikke.meyer@biology.au.dk; Tel: 6020 2794

Forskningsområder:

• Bakterier som danner biofilm
• Mekanismerne bag naturlige antimikrobielle stoffer
• Antifouling overflader
• Mikrobiel syntese af biogene nanopartikler

Associate professor Sebastian Schlafer

Email: sebastians@odont.au.dk; Tel: 871-67497

Research areas:

• Dental biofilms
• In situ analysis of bacteria, pH, and extracellular polymeric substances in oral biofilms

Assistant professor Tina Santl Temkiv

Email: temkiv@phys.au.dk; Phone: 871-68464

Research areas:

• Astrobiology
• Aeromicrobiology Aeromicrobiology