Curriculum Vitae
Postdoc position at NIOO-KNAW
Title of project: Methanotrophic diversity and gene expression as a controlling factor of global methane copnsumption (2010-ongoing)
Doctoral Degree in Microbial Ecology
Title of Doctoral Thesis: Microbial ecology of methanotrophs in flooded rice field soils. Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany (2007-2010).
Research Assistant
Title of Project: Spatial heterogeneity of methanotrophs in rice fields. Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg, Germany (2006-2007).
Master of Science in Biology (Biology of Organisms)
Title of Master Thesis: Population trends of Orthoptera in northwestern Germany. University of Osnabrück, Germany (2004-2006).
Bachelor of Science in Biology (Biology of Organisms)
Title of the Bachelor Thesis: Habitat preferences of Cepero’s groundhopper, Tetrix ceperoi (BOLÍVAR, 1887). University of Osnabrück, Germany (2001-2004).
Research School IMPRS
Associated member of the International Max Planck Research School (2007-2010)
Projects
ESF EuroEEFG: MECOMECON (2010-2013)
Methanotrophic diversity and gene expression as a controlling factor of global methane emission.
 
ESF Eurodiversity: METHECO (2006-2009)
The role of microbial diversity in the dynamics and stability of global methane consumptio: microbial methane oxidation as a model-system for microbial ecology.
Co-Operation
Prof. Pertti J Martikainen and Ph.D. student Henri Siljianen University of eastern Finland (Kuopio), Finland.
Prof. Mette Svenning and Dr. Susanne Liebner. University of Tromsø, Norway.
Prof. Peter Frenzel and Dr. Claudia Lüke. Max-Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany.
Prof. Martin Schroth and Dr. Ruth Henneberger. ETH Zürich, Switzerland.
Prof. Colin Murrell. University of Warwick, UK.
Dr. Tim Urich. University of Vienna, Austria.
Dr. Peter van Bodegom. Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Dr. Martin von Bergen and Dr. Jana Seifert. Helmholtz Centre for Evironmental Resaerch, Leipzig, Germany.
Dr. Levente Bodrossy Marine And Atmospheric Research, CSIRO, Hobart, Australia.
Dr. Pascal Niklaus University of Zurich, Switzerland.
If you are interested in cooperations or internships, B.sc, M.sc theses do not hesitate to drop me a line. I am always happy to cooperate or supervise...
Selected Publications
Reim, A., Lüke, C., Krause, S., Pratcher, J., and Frenzel, P. (2012): One millimetre makes the difference: high resolution analysis of methane-oxidizing bacteria and their specific activity at the oxic-anoxic interface in a flooded paddy soil. ISME J. (in press)
Wang, J., Krause, S., Muyzer, G., Meima-Franke, M., Laanbroek, HJ. and Bodelier, P.L.E. (2012). Spatial patterns of iron- and methane-oxidizing bacterial communities in an irregularly flooded, riparian wetland. Front. Microbio. 3:64. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00064
Krause, S., Lüke, C., and Frenzel, P. (2012). Methane source strength and energy flow shape methanotrophic communities in oxygen–methane counter-gradients. Environ Microbiol Rep 4: 203-208. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00322.x
Siljanen, H.M.P., Saari A., Krause S., Lensu A., Abell G, Bodrossy L., Bodelier P.L.E., Martikainen, P.J. (2011) Spatial heterogeneity in the functioning and community composition of methanotrophs in the littoral zone of a boreal lake. FEMS Microbio Ecol. 75: 430-445.
Pan, Y., Frenzel, P., Hestnes, AG., Krause, S., Lüke, C., Meima-Franke, M., Siljanen, H., Svenning, M.M., Bodelier, P.L.E. (2010). Impacts of Inter- and Intralaboratory Variations on the Reproducibility of Microbial Community Analyses. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76: 7451-7458.
Krause, S., Lüke, C., and Frenzel, P. (2010). Succession of methanotrophs in oxygen-methane counter-gradients of flooded rice paddies. ISME J. 4:1603–1607.
Lüke, C., Krause, S., and Frenzel, P. (2009). Biogeography of wetland rice methanotrophs. Environ. Microbiol. 12: 862 - 872.
Krause, S., Lüke, C., and Frenzel, P. (2009). Spatial heterogeneity of methanotrophs: a geostatistical analysis of pmoA-based T-RFLP patterns in a paddy soil. Environ Micobiol. Rep. 1: 393-397.
Gröning J., Krause S., Hochkirch A. (2007). Habitat preferences of an endangered insect species, Cepero's Ground-hopper, Tetrix ceperoi. Ecol. Res. 22 (5): 767-773.
Hochkirch A., Gröning J., Krause S. (2007). Intersexual niche segregation in Cepero's Ground-hopper, Tetrix ceperoi. Evol. Ecol. 21: 727-738.
 
Links
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