Dr. Ilonka C. Engelhardt
PostDoc
Main research interests:
- Plant-micrbial interactions and their impact on biogeochemical cycles
- Mechanisms of early root colonisation by plant benefical bacteria
- Bacterial migration through soil
Research projects
TERRA initiative: A joint project on the subject of Africa at the Universities of Hohenheim and Tübingen 'Belowground traits of Kenyan grasslands: Establishing and maintaining functional diversity'
CV
Since 2022
Academic assistant at the GBI group
at the University of Tuebingen
2020 - 2022
PostDoc in the Ecology and Natural Resources research group (SENSOIL Project)
Neiker Tecnalia, Basque Institute for Agricultural Research and Development
2018 - 2020
PostDoc in the Ecological sciences research group (SENSOIL Project
James Hutton Institute (Dundee, UK)
2014 - 2018
PhD student in the agroecology research unit
INRA Dijon and the University of Burgundy (France)
2013-2014
Research assistant in the Ecological science group
James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen, UK)
2012 - 2013
Master in Environmental Microbiology
University of Aberdeen
2008 - 2011
Medical Technologist (Microbiology)
National Health Laboratory Services (South Africa)
2005 - 2008
Bachelor in Biomedical Technology
Cape Peninsula University of Technology (South Africa)
Selected publications
- Engelhardt IC, Patko D, Liu Y, Mimault M, de las Heras Martinez G, Sukhodub T, George TS, MacDonald MP, Ptashnyk M, Stanley-Wall N, Daniell TJ, Holden N, Dupuy LX (2022). Novel form of collective movement by soil bacteria. ISME J.
- Liu Y, Patko D, Engelhardt IC, George TS, Stanley-Wall N, Ladmiral V, Ameduri B, Daniell TJ, Holden N, MacDonald MP, Dupuy LX (2021). Whole plant-environment microscopy reveals how Bacillus subtilis utilises the soil pore space to colonise plant roots. PNAS.
- Jones CY, Engelhardt IC, Patko D, Dupuy LX, Holden N, Willat WGT (2021) High-resolution 3D mapping of rhizosphere glycan patterning using molecular probes in a transparent soil system. The Cell Surface.
- Engelhardt IC, Niklaus PA, Bizouard F, Bru D, Breuil MC, Deau F, Rouard N, Spor A, Philippot L, Barnard RL (2021). Recipitation patterns and N availability alter plant-soil microbial C and N dynamics. Plant and Soil.
- Engelhardt IC, Blazewicz SJ, Barnard RL (2019). Impact contrasting moisture regimes on the actively growing and inactive microbial communities using 18O SIP. Soil Biology and Biochemistry.
- Engelhardt IC, Welty A, Blazewicz SJ, Bru D, Rouard N, Breuil M, Gessler A, Galiano L, Miranda Garcia-Roves JC, Spor A, Barnard RL (2018). Effects of precipitation regime on soil microbial activity upon rewetting of a plant-soil system: Depth matters. ISMEJ