Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler
Professor of Geomicrobiology
Universität Tübingen
Angewandte Geowissenschaften
Schnarrenbergstrasse 94-96
72076 Tübingen
Office: Room 6M40, Schnarrenbergstrasse 94-96
Phone: +49-(0)7071-29-74992
Fax: +49-(0)7071-29-5059
Curriculum vitae
KAPPLER, Andreas (Prof., Dr. rer. nat.)
Born: November 14, 1969
Education and professional background
2016
Honorary Professor of Geomicrobiology
Aarhus University, Department of Biosciences, Center for Geomicrobiology
since 2008
Professor for Geomicrobiology
Stiftungsprofessur (Deutscher Stifterverband);
Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen
2004 - 2008
Head of the Geomicrobiology group
(Emmy-Noether junior research group);
Center for Applied Geoscience, University of Tübingen
2002 - 2004
Postdoctoral Scholar, Geobiology
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
2003
Teaching Assistant, Microbial Diversity Summer Course
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
2000 - 2002
Postdoctoral Scholar, Environmental Chemistry
Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (EAWAG/ETH) Zürich, Switzerland
2000
Ph.D., Environmental Microbiology/Microbial Ecology
University of Konstanz, Germany
1997
Diploma, Chemistry
University of Konstanz, Germany
Prof. Dr. Andreas Kappler
Fellow of the American Society of Microbiology
Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
Fellow of the Geological Society (GS)
Terry Beveridge Award (Geobiology Society)
Recipient of ERC starting grant „Microbial formation of minerals by communities of Fe(II)-oxidizing
bacteria in modern and ancient environments“ in 2012
Editor for Geobiology, Geochemical Perspectives Letters
Reviewer for DFG, NSF, Nature, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Science, Nature Geoscience, PNAS, Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, mBIO, Environmental Science & Technology, Astrobiology, JGR-Biogeosciences, Applied Soil Ecology, Geobiology, Geomicrobiological Journal, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, Chemical Geology, Geology.