Group leader
Felix studies molecular fingerprints of present and past microbial life and interactions of microbes with geochemical cycles and climate. My main tools are lipidomics via high-resolution mass spectrometry, compound-specific stable isotope analysis, experimental microbiology, phylogenetics and biochemical analyses.
Postdoc
Jan develops state-of-the-art analytical tools such as an in situ mass spectrometer to study greenhouse gas cycling in aquatic systems and their release to the atmosphere and the spooling-wire microcombustion-IRMS to reveal the isotopic systematics of organic compounds.
Postdoc
Unyime studies how marine microorganisms drive carbon cycling in the ocean by examining the distribution of their biomass and distinctive lipids. He links modern biogeochemical processes to past environmental conditions, and works on improving the application of lipid-based proxies in coastal and deep-sea settings
PhD student
Chris studies how the carbon and hydrogen isotopic composition of archaeal lipids can be used as paleoenvironmental proxies.
PhD student
Xiaoxiao studies how microbes responded to past changes in Earth’s climate and the nitrogen cycle during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum.
Wenyong Yao
PhD student
Wenyong studies the lipidome of archaea, including the characterization of the lipidome composition of archaeal subgroups, biosynthetic pathways of archaeal intact polar lipids, and the adaptation patterns of archaeal lipids to the changing habitat during their evolution.
Email: wyao@leibniz.uni-kiel.de
Office: LMS14, Room 01.005
Biswajit Roy
Guest researcher
Email: biswajit@ncpor.res.in
Office: LMS14, Room 01.005
Biswajit studies modern to geological record of carbon cycle and pathways of carbon storage in marine and terrestrial realms through the lens of sedimentological and organic geochemical techniques.
See also Biswajit’s website: https://ncpor.res.in/profiles/details/387
Molecular Geobiology 