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Professor Dr. Andreas Kappler

Address Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
Zentrum für Angewandte Geowissenschaften (ZAG)
Arbeitsgruppe Geomikrobiologie
Schnarrenbergstraße 94-96
72076 Tübingen

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
- Completed projects
  - Geomikrobiologie des Eisens: Anaerobe Oxidation von Fe(II)-Mineralien durch phototrophe und nitratreduzierende Bakterien (Substratspezifität, Produktbildung, Biochemie der Fe(II)-Oxidation, Eisenisotopenfraktionierungen (Research Fellowships)
  - Mikrobielle Bildung reaktiver Eisen- und Huminstoffphasen (Independent Junior Research Groups)
  - Formation of volatile organohalogens by microbially catalyzed redox reactions of iron minerals and humic substances (Research Units)
  - Simulation of iron mineral diagenesis in ancient iron formations by P/T-treatment of biogenic and abiogenic iron minerals (Research Grants)
  - Immobilisation of arsenic in paddy soil by iron(II)-oxidizing bacteria (Research Grants)
  - Redox activity of humic substances and their role as electron shuttles between microorganisms and Fe(III)-minerals (Research Units)
  - Iron cycling in freshwater sediments under oxic and anoxic conditions. (Research Grants)
  - Biological Origin of Precambrian Banded Iron Formations (Research Grants)
  - Mikrobiologisch/chemisch erzeugte adaptive Oberflächen für keramische Hochtemperaturwerkstoffe (Priority Programmes)
  - Change of magnetic mineralogy related to groundwater fluctuation and hydrocarbon contamination (Research Grants)
  - Preservation of bacterial microfossils of Fe-oxidizing bacteria during diagenesis of sedimentary deposits, i.e. banded iron formations (Research Grants)
  - Direct and indirect formation of organohalogens by microorganisms (Research Units)
  - Microbial processes and iron-mineral formation in household sand filters used to remove arsenic from drinking water in Vietnam (Research Grants)
  - Microbial and diagenetic origins for BIFs mineralogy (Research Grants)
  - Abundance, activity and interreation of phototrophic and chemotrophic microbial iron oxidation in freshwater sediments (Research Grants)
  - From a modern highly mineralized spring to the Paleoproterozoic ocean: geomicrobiology and isotopic biogeochemistry of the Arvadi spring, Switzerland (Research Grants)
  - Inducing magnetite formation by microbial Fe(II) oxidation in the presence of mineral nucleation sites: Evaluating a novel approach to heavy metal remediation in the environment. (Research Grants)
  - Geochemical patterns and microbial contribution to iron plaque formation in the rice plant (Oryza sativa) rhizosphere (Research Grants)
  - Microbial oxidation of Fe(II)-natural organic matter complexes (Research Grants)
  - Mechanism of microbial humic substance electron shuttling to Fe(III) minerals (Research Grants)
  - Chemical signatures of magnetite produced by iron-metabolizing bacteria (Research Grants)
  - Retardation and mobilization of arsenic at redox fronts under advective flow conditions - a concerted multidisciplinary approach (AdvectAs) (Research Grants)
  - Microbial Fe(II) oxidation and heavy metal co-precipitation in the Rio Tinto region, Spain (Research Grants)
  - Probing the reactivity of bio-engineered magnetic magnetite nanoparticles with metals and metalloids (Research Grants)
  - Sustainable approaches to minimize arsenic in drinking water and rice in Vietnam (Research Grants)
  - Investigating the roles of Fe(II)-silicate and Fe(III)-silicate complexes and nanoparticles in the survival of early cyanobacteria and photoferrotrophic bacteria (Priority Programmes)
  - DeepEarthshape: Geomicrobiology "Iron-metabolizing bacteria as a driving force in weathering of silicate minerals" (Priority Programmes)
  - The biogeochemical coupling of Cd and Fe cycles in agricultural soils under varying redox and geochemical conditions (Research Grants)
  - The impact of light on microbial iron(II) oxidation in freshwater sediments. (Research Grants)
  - Fe(II) oxidation by metabolically flexible phototrophs under complex geochemical conditions (Research Grants)
  - The importance of iron redox reactions and mineral transformations for the fate of phosphorus in the environment (Research Grants)
  - Nitrate-reducing Fe(II)-oxidizing microorganisms in a geochemical and mineralogical Mars terrestrial analogue (Rio Tinto, Spain) (Research Grants)
As Leader
- Completed projects
  - Cryogenic Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (cryo-FIB-SEM) (Major Research Instrumentation)
As Participating Researcher
- Current projects
  - EXC 2124: Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections (CMFI) (Clusters of Excellence (ExStra))
As Project Head
- Completed projects
  - Floodplain Biochemistry - Redox Buffering and Contaminant Fate in Waterlogged Sediments (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Fractured Aquifers - Pollutant Transformations at the Groundwater - Rock Matrix Interface (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Participating Person
- Completed projects
  - Heterogene Oxidation von Fe(II) in wässrigen Systemen: Abhängigkeit der Produktbildung von Umweltfaktoren (Research Grants)
  - Hydrocarbon induced changes of magnetic properties in soil (Research Grants)
  - Identification of polysulfides and their importance as intermediate sulfur species for electron transfers processes in anoxic aquifers (Research Units)
As Cooperation Partner
- Completed projects
  - The influence of thioarsenic species formation on arsenic complexation to natural organic matter (Research Grants)

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