Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sara Kleindienst
Emmy Noether Research Group Leader
Address:
Universität Tübingen
Angewandte Geowissenschaften
Schnarrenbergstr. 94 - 96
72076 Tübingen
Office: Room 6U30, Schnarrenbergstr. 94 - 96
Phone: +49-(0)7071-29-74701
Email: sara.kleindienst @uni-tuebingen.de
Education and Professional Background
Since 2017
Junior Professor & Emmy Noether Research Group Leader
Microbial Ecology
University of Tübingen, Tübingen (Germany)
2015 - 2017
Head of the Microbial Ecology Group
Junior Research Group Leader in the Geomicrobiology Group of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler
University of Tübingen, Tübingen (Germany)
2013 - 2015
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Group of Prof. Dr. Frank Loeffler
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Joint Institute for Biological Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN (USA) and University of Tennessee, Department of Microbiology, Knoxville, TN (USA)
2012 - 2013
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Group of Prof. Dr. Samantha Joye
University of Georgia, Department of Marine Sciences, Athens, GA (USA)
2012
Dr. rer. nat.
University of Bremen (Germany)
Thesis: Hydrocarbon-degrading sulfate-reducing bacteria at marine gas and oil seeps
2011 - 2013
Teaching Assistant
Microbial Diversity Course
Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA (USA)
2008 - 2012
PhD Student
Molecular Ecology Group of Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann
International Max-Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen (Germany)
2008
Research Assistant
Paleomicrobiology Group of Prof. Dr. Heribert Cypionka
Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), Oldenburg (Germany)
2008
Diploma
Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany)
Thesis: Combination of microcalorimetry and rRNA-based stable-isotope probing to identify active microorganisms from tidal-flat sediments
2005 - 2006
Student Assistant
Paleomicrobiology Group of Prof. Dr. Heribert Cypionka
ICBM, Oldenburg (Germany)
2002 - 2008
Diploma Studies of Biology
Carl-von-Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany)
Main Research Interests
- Microbial Ecology of Pelagic, Benthic and Freshwater Aquifer Communities
- Identification of Microbial Key Players
- Microbial Degradation of Hydrocarbons and Chlorinated Solvents
- Environments Impacted by Natural and Anthropogenic Contaminants
- Microbial Oxidation of Fe(II) under Microoxic and Anoxic Conditions
Fellowships and Awards
- German Research Foundation’s Emmy Noether Program - An Accelerated Path to Professorship
- Fellowship of AcademiaNet - The Expert Database of Outstanding Women in Academia
- Robert Bosch Foundation's Fast Track Program for Outstanding Women in Science
- Baden-Württemberg Foundation's Elite Program for Postdocs for Leading Early Career Researchers
- Research Scholars: Marine Biological Laboratory's Microbial Diversity Course, Woods Hole, USA
Peer Reviewer for Scientific Journals and Books
- Nature Microbiology
- The ISME Journal
- Scientific Reports
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Environmental Microbiology
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Marine Pollution Bulletin
- Springer Publishing