Name:

Dr Friedrich Widdel

Positions:

Director, Department of Microbiology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology

Specialisms:

• Physiology and metabolic capacities of anaerobic aquatic bacteria
• Anaerobic degradation of long-lived natural compounds such as oil or gas hydrocarbons
• Anaerobic microbial growth with redox-active inorganic species; microbial iron corrosion

Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany

FEMS Expert: Dr Friedrich Widdel

member of EAM and Leopoldina – National Academy of Sciences