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VDS MES is a unique doctoral program is that offers interdisciplinary training at the interfaces of microbiology, ecology, and environmental geosciences to address current challenges in the 21st century society, including the role of microbiomes, adaptation and resistance mechanisms, biogeochemistry, pollutant dynamics and nutrient fluxes in global change and for human, animal,  plant, and environmental health. Our students will acquire a comprehensive understanding of microbes at all levels, from molecular circuits determining the fate of single cells to microbial communities to ecosystem processes and of pollutant dynamics and nutrient and geochemical cycles.

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18.10.2023
 

Anna Mueller successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "Novel, cultivated marine nitrite oxidizers - characterization of their genomes, physiology...

04.10.2023
 

Marlies Dietrich successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "The impact of environmental factors and small-scale interactions on the structure and...

06.09.2023
 

Charlotte Henkel successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled "The Leaching of Phthalates from Polyvinyl Chloride Microplastics into Aquatic...

08.08.2023
 

Lukas Lüftinger successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Antibiotic Resistance Prediction from Sequencing Data by Machine Learning" on August 3,...

05.07.2023
 

Ye Tian successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled "Long-term soil warming effects on soil carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus cycling and soil...

24.06.2023
 

Helene Walch successfully defended her PhD thesis "Heteroagglomeration of particulate contaminants with natural suspended particulate matter in...