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I am a PhD student in the Department of Molecular Ecology at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. My research focuses on computational projects within microbial ecology, with an emphasis on the Verrucomicrobiota phylum.
In my primary project, I study within-species variations of Verrucomicrobiota metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) collected during the Helgoland spring blooms over a 10-year period. This work aims to uncover fine-scale variations and dynamic patterns within these microbial communities. Additionally, I am characterizing a specific family of Verrucomicrobiota based on Helgoland MAGs, while investigating the differences between members of this phylum from various environmental sources. My research also took me to the South Atlantic, where I had the opportunity to collect surface water samples around South Georgia Island for community characterization.
I graduated in 2020 with a BSc in Biochemistry and Cell Biology, along with a minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences, from Jacobs University (now Constructor University). My undergraduate thesis, titled “The Role of Dissolved Inorganic Phosphorus on the Growth and Elemental Composition of Globally Important N2-Fixing Microorganisms”, was conducted at the Biogeochemistry Department of MPI in Bremen under the supervision of Dr. Wiebke Mohr and Prof. Dr. Matthias Ullrich.
I continued my studies at the MPI, completing a Master’s in Marine Microbiology in 2022. For my MSc thesis, titled “Exploring Niche Differentiation in Functionally Similar Heterotrophic Bacteria During Phytoplankton Spring Blooms”, I worked under the supervision of Dr. Luis H. Orellana. Following that, I began my PhD project with him and Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann in April 2022.