Prof. Dr. Kirsten Küsel

Out in the Dunes

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Out in the Dunes
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Microbial life across space and time

Kirsten Küsel investigates how microorganisms shape biogeochemical processes across aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems and through time. Her research connects microbial ecology, geomicrobiology and hydrobiogeochemistry to understand how microbial communities function under energy limitation, regulate elemental cycles and respond to environmental change. A particular focus lies on the terrestrial subsurface—from groundwater and aquifers to the deep biosphere. More recently, her research has expanded into paleomicrobiology, using ancient DNA preserved in carbonate rocks as a microbial archive.

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Publications

    Please see my Google ScholarExternal link profile and my ORCiDExternal link profile.

  • Collaborators

    Here you can find some of my current collaborators outside Jena:

    Denise Akob Ph.D., US Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia, USA - Bioremediation 

    Prof. Clara Chan, University of Delaware, USA - Genomics of Fe-oxidizers

    Prof. Nico Eisenhauer, iDiv Leipzig, Germany - Soil macroecology 

    Dr. Rob Finn - EMBL-EBI, Cambridge - Genomics of groundwater eukaryotes

    Prof. Joel Kostka, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA - Peatland biogeochemistry

    Prof. Cassandre Lazar, University of Quebec, Montral, Canada - SIP of autotrophic and heterotrophic bacteria

    Dr. Sebastian Lücker, Radboud University, The Netherlands - Comammox bacteria

    Prof. Alexander Probst, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany - Groundwater metagenomics

    Prof. Bo Thamdrup, Odense, Denmark - N-cycling rate measurements

    Prof. Christina Warriner, Harvard University - Rock paleogenomics

Contact

MCJ, Room 1059
Rosalind-Franklin-Straße 5
07745 Jena

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