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Defenses 2021

Defense Clarissa Karthäuser — Congratulations: Clarissa got her hat! (from left to right: Prof. Dr. Michal Kucera, Dr. Sören Ahmerkamp, Clarissa Karthäuser, Dr. Solveig Bühring, Prof. Dr. Marcel Kuypers) © MPIMM

Clarissa Karthäuser

Department: Biogeochemistry

Exam Date: Friday, December 17, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"The role of marine particles for nitrogen loss from oxygen minimum zones"

Defense Maximilian Franke — Congratulations! Max got his hat. (from left to right: Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier, Prof. Dr. Marcel Kuypers, Prof. Dr. Tilmann Harder, Maximilian Franke, Carlotta Kück, Dr. Nikolaus Leisch) © B. Geier/MPIMM

Maximilian Franke

Department: Symbiosis

Exam Date: Thursday, December 16, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Changing perspectives - from ecology to cellular biology in the bathymodioline symbiosis"

Anna Mankowski — Congratulations! Anna got her hat. © Tina Enders/MPIMM

Anna Mankowski

Department: Symbiosis

Exam Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"From genomes to communities Evolution of symbionts associated with globally distributed marine invertebrates"

Defense Cedric Hahn — Congratulations: Cedric got his hat! (from left to right: Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann, Dr. Gunter Wegener, Cedric Hahn, Prof. Dr. Michael Friedrich, Dr. Katrin Knittel, Dr. Tristan Wagner, Isabella Wilkie) © MPIMM

Cedric Hahn

Department: Molecular Ecology

Exam Date: Thursday, November 4, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Ecology and genomics of Archaea involved in anaerobic oxidation of ethane"

Defense Miriam Philippi — Congratulations: Miriam got her hat (from left to right: Dr. Katharina Kitzinger, Miriam Philippi, Dr. Wiebke Mohr, Prof. Dr. Marcel Kuypers) © MPIMM

Miriam Philippi

Department: Biogeochemistry

Exam Date: Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Moving beyond cyanobacteria: Biogeochemical role of elusive marine N₂-fixers"

Defense Marit van Erk — Congratulations: Marit got her hat! (from left to right: Dr. Dirk de Beer, Marit van Erk) © MPIMM

Marit van Erk

Department: Microsensor Group

Exam Date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Microbial activity in energy-rich and redox-variable ecosystems"

Defense Anneke Heins — Congratulations: Anneke got her hat!! (from left to right: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schweder, Prof. Dr. Uwe Bornscheuer, Anneke Heins, Prof. Dr. Jens Harder, Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann © Saskia Kalenborn)

Anneke Heins

Department: Molecular Ecology

Exam Date: Monday, August 30, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Identification and isolation of heterotrophic marine particle-associated bacteria"

Dolma Michellod — Congratulations: Dolma got her hat! (from left to right: Dr. Elizabeth Hambleton, Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier, Prof. Dr. Marcel Kuypers, Dolma Michellod, Dr. Manuel Liebeke) © Max Franke

Dolma Michellod

Department: Symbiosis

Exam Date: Thursday, July 29, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Investigating the lipid profile of animal-microbe symbioses"

Defense_Chiara_Vanni — Congratulations! Chiara Vanni got her hat. (© David Benito)

Chiara Vanni

Exam Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"A computational framework to study microbial genes of unknown function"

Congratulations: Sina Schorn got her hat. (© S. Schorn)

Sina Schorn

Research Group: Greenhouse Gases

Exam Date: Monday, July 12, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Microbial methane metabolism in freshwater and marine environments"

Recently defended: Merle Ücker. ©Tina Enders — Congratulations: Merle Ücker got her hat. (© T. Enders)

Merle Ücker

Department: Symbiosis

Exam Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021

Topic of the dissertation:

"Metagenomic analyses of a deep-sea mussel symbiosis"

Recently defended: Målin Tietjen. ©Tina Enders — Congratulations: Målin Tietjen got her hat! (© T. Enders)

Målin Tietjen

Department: Symbiosis

Exam Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021

Topic of dissertation:

"Physiology and ecology of deep-sea Bathymodiolus symbioses"

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