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First name:	Judith
Last name:	Klatt
Country:	Germany

Thesis Subject:
Regulation of photosynthetic activity in sulphidic environments

Education:
	since 04/2009 Ph.D. student Microsensor group Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
	10/2007 – 03/2009 MSc. in Marine Microbiology International Max Planck Research School of Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany Master’s thesis: 'Role of light in oxygen and carbon cycling by anoxygenic phototrophs in microbial mats'
	10/2003 – 09/2007 BSc. in Life Science Leibnitz Universitaet Hannover, Germany Bachelor’s thesis: ‘T-RFLP analysis of Planctomycetes in marine sediments’
	07/2007 – 09/2007 Visiting student: CIIMAR (Centro Interdisciplinar de Investigação Marinha e Ambiental), Universidade do Porto, Portugal Project: Isolation and characterization of Planctomycetes (Pirellula group)
	07/2006 - 09/2006 Visiting student Instituto de Ciencia y Technologia de los Alimentos, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina Project: 'Diminution of economic losses in the agro-industrial production by mycotoxins'
	08/2005 - 01/2006 Study abroad semester Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Scientific Interests and Goals:
In the Frasassi cave system, Italy, sulfidic streams and pools are colonized by aerobic chemolithoautotrophic biofilms. Upon emergence of this water from the caves, light becomes available and gives rise to biofilms that are additionally inhabited by highly abundant phototrophic microorganisms. The main objectives of my PhD project are (1) to deepen our understanding of cyanobacterial activity in such sulphidic environments and (2) to elucidate the interaction between the two major biofilm architects cyanobacteria and Beggiatoa.