We offer continuously Master theses in our laboratories in Leipzig and invite motivated students to our research. Topics include the following

1. Anaerobic Ammonium-Oxidation
   • enrichment and isolation of bacteria
   • employment of digitalized reactors (continuous stirred tank reactor)
   • upscaling towards a pilot plant
   • physiological characterizatio

2. Anaerobic transformation of contaminants
   • antibiotics (SMX), pharmaceuticals, pesticides
   • anaerobic cultivation of bacteria
   • chemical analysis of transformation products (GC, LC-MS/MS, etc)

3. Metalloproteins
   • Separation and characterization of proteins and protein complexes
   • FPLC, native Gelelektrophoresen
   • analytics of cofactors
   • protein mass spectrometry
   • metal analytics with ICP-MS

4. Bioinformatics / Python
   • remote reactor control
   • mass spectrometric data procession; SQL database
   • retention time prediction
   • artificial intelligence

Currently we cannot offer positions for PhD theses and PostDocs.

You are welcome to investigate the option of external funding, i.e. applying for your project, if that falls into our expertise/interest.

Options for PhD students include DFG, DBU, CSC (China) and other local funding agencies

Options for PostDocs include DFG, Humboldt, EU (IEF)