Research projects
FOR2179, MAD Soil - Impact of soil microaggregate characteristics on microbial colonization patterns (2019 – 2022)
SPP2089, Visualization and quantification of spatiotemporally resolved carbon allocation within the root system and rhizosphere microbiota of maize (2019 – 2022)
BioSC: GreenRelease for plant health – Interactions with the plant and soil microbiota (2018 – 2020)
Responses of apple plants (Malus x domestica) and their associated microbiota to pathogen infection and pest management strategies (2017 – 2020)
SFB1211, Earth, Evolution at the dry limit – Distribution and activity of bacteria in the Atacama Desert (2016 – 2020)
FOR2179, MAD Soil – The importance of soil microaggregates as habitat for microorganisms and their metabolic activity, and the role of microorganisms in aggregate formation and stabilization (2016 – 2019)
FOR1701, ICON – Effect of crop rotation and rice straw mulching on microbial communities involved in carbon conversion processes (2015 – 2018)
Methane Dynamics of Kettle Holes in a Postglacial Agricultural Landscape –Microbial Ecology and Biogeochemistry (Acronym: MeDKet)
Response of soil and rhizosphere microbial communities to long-term variability of near-ground temperature and soil moisture in a topography-shaped arctic-alpine system