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Our Team
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Group photo in August 2024 at the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology, where our offices and laboratories are located. From left to right: Marina García Llorca, David Velázquez, Gonzalo Gómez Sáez, Marit Renken, Kathi Muschler and Ömer Coskun. Photo: Sergio Vargas. ​​

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Dr. Gonzalo V. Gomez-Saez
Group Leader / PI

Gonzalo´s main research interest is the investigation of coastal and marine biogeochemical processes affecting organic matter, carbon and sulfur cycling in a large spectrum of low-oxygen environments.

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Dr. Ömer K. Coskun
Postdoc

Ömer´s research interests are related to the fields of microbial ecology and environmental microbiology in a wide range of environments such as hydrothermal ecosystems, freshwater and marine sediments.

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Marit Renken
PhD Student

Marit is working as a doctoral student on experimental geochemistry.

In her PhD, Marit investigates the cycling of dissolved organic matter in anoxic waters in the context of ocean deoxygenation and climate change.

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Marina García Llorca
PhD Student

Marina is working as a doctoral student on experimental geomicrobiology.

In her PhD, Marina investigates the interplay between microbial activities and dissolved organic matter in the context of ocean deoxygenation and climate change.

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Katharina Muschler
Master Student

Kathi worked for two years in our group, including her Master Thesis from the MGAP program. She investigated microbial communities adaptations in oxic-anoxic interfaces.

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Alumni

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Dr. David Velázquez
Visiting Researcher
Center for Advanced Studies (CAS-LMU)

David visited our group during summer 2024. His research focuses on the diversity of terrestrial ecosystems in Antarctica and the Arctic in response to climate change.

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