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 ## About
 
-I am a PhD student at the department of Molecular Ecology at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany. My work is split into a few computational projects, with most of theim focusing on the _Verrucomicrobiota_ phylum. In my main work, I examine within-species variations of _Verrucomicrobiota_ MAGs recovered from the Helgoland spring blooms over 10 years to examine their dynamics and fine-scale variations. I have also been working on characterising a family of _Verrucomicrobiota_ based on Helgoland MAGs, and trying to characterise the differences within members of the phylum recovered from different sources. As part of my project I also had the opportunity to collect samples around the island of South Georgia and in the South Atlantic for community characterisation.
+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.
 
-I graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry and Cell Biology and minor in Earth and Environmental Sciences from Jacobs University _(now called Constructor University)_ in 2020. My thesis project, entitled "The role of dissolved inorganic phosphorus on the growth and elemental composition of globally important N<sub>2</sub>-fixing microorganisms", was conducted at the Biogeochemistry department of the MPI in Bremen under the supervision of Wiebke Mohr. After my BSc, I continued my studies at the MPI in the Marine Microbiology MSc programme. I graduated in 2022 after having carried out my thesis project called "Exploring niche differentiation in functionally similar heterotrophic bacteria during phytoplankton spring blooms" under Luis H. Orellana's supervision, and subsequently started my doctoral project with him in April 2022.
+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.
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+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 N<sub>2</sub>-Fixing Microorganisms”_, was conducted at the Biogeochemistry Department of MPI in Bremen under the supervision of **Dr. Wiebke Mohr** and **Prof. Dr. Matthias Ullrich**.
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+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.
 
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