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| First name: | Amelia Elena |
| Last name: | Rotaru |
| Country: | Romania |
Thesis Subject:Anaerobic hydrocarbon degradation: p-xylene degradation by nitrate respiring microorganisms and limonene biomineralization in methanogenic conditions
| Education: | |
| 1998-2002 BSc in Biochemistry at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Biology | |
| 2002-2003 Master Programm in Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Bucharest | |
| 3/2003-9/2003 Research assistant at the Institute of Biochemistry of the Romanian Academy of Science, Bucharest | |
| 2003-2005 Master of Science, International Max Planck Research School, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology | |
| 2005- PhD student, Department of Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology |
Scientific Interests and Goals:- Carbon and nitrogen cycles with a special focus on hydrocarbon degradation in denitrifying conditions.
- Anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism, from activation of inert compounds to their biomineralization.
- Metabolic interactions between organisms = syntrophic relationships, for degrading complex substrates which neither of the partners involved could perform on its own.
- Anaerobic hydrocarbon metabolism, from activation of inert compounds to their biomineralization.
- Metabolic interactions between organisms = syntrophic relationships, for degrading complex substrates which neither of the partners involved could perform on its own.