Summer semester

• Bachelor module "Basics of Biochemistry and Microbiology"
• Bachelor module "Introduction to Biohydrometallurgy"
• Master module "Biotechnological Production Processes"
• Master module "Sequence-based Bioinformatics" (teaching assignment N.N.).)

Winter semester

• Master module "Biotechnology of Metal Extraction and Recycling"
• Master module "Molecular Ecology of Microorganisms"
• Master module "Extremophiles - Lifestyle and Biotechnological Applications"
• Master module "Enzymes: Purification/Characterisation/Mechanisms" (lectureship Dr Oelschlägel)

Master theses

• Dulguun Davanyam, B.Sc. (Master thesis SINReM) Investigation of Fluoride Toxicity During Bioleaching of Black Mass. (01.04.2024-31.08.2024)
• Mutaz Raja Mohammad Alnaimat, B.Sc. (Master thesis MoRe): Development of Process Simulation-Based Life Cycle Inventory of Managanese Sulphate Used as Active Cathode Material in Lithium-Ion Batteries. (23.10.2023-23.02.2024)
• Lukas Richter, B.Sc. (Master thesis Gök) Assessing the potential of (bio)leaching for the valorisation of metallurgical slags. (12.11.2023-10.05.2024)
• Patrick Sarpong, B.Sc. (Master thesis SINReM) Assessing the potential of bioleaching to recover strategic metals from waste NMC and LFP batteries. (01.03.2024-29.08.2024)

Promotions

• Mareike Fritze, M.Sc. (PhD): Development and optimisation of biohydrometallurgical methods for the recycling of industrial residues. (10/2022-09/2025)
• Helena Fuchs, M.Sc. (PhD): Generation of a new exoelectrogenic bacterium by expression of the electron transfer pathway of iron reduction of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. (01/2022-12/2024 DBU doctoral scholarship)
• Tina Kießlich, M.Sc. (PhD): Identification and Development of a Design of tailor-made Peptides for polymer treatment prior of the plastic metallisation. (03/2020-03/2024) Helmholtz Institute Freiberg (HIF)
• Luise Malik, M.Sc. (PhD): Iron reduction mechanisms in acidophiles. (09/2020-12/2024)

2023

Linus Pester, B.Sc. (Bachelor thesis Nat): Beurteilung unterschiedlicher Expressionstrategien für die heterologe Produktion von Redoxproteinen aus Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans CCM4253. / Evaluation of different expression strategies for the heterologous production of redox proteins from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans CCM4253. (25.10.2023, second supervisor: Dr Ullrich)

Sarah Nadine Hartl, B.Sc. (Bachelor thesis Nat): Heterologous gene expression of green fluorescent protein-coding genes in Escherichia coli: Influence of promoter and expression conditions on product formation. / Heterologous gene expression of green fluorescent protein coding genes in Escherichia coli: Influence of promotor and expression conditions on the recombinant protein production. (20.10.2023, second supervisor: Dr Ullrich)

2022

Mareike Fritze, M.Sc. (Master thesis FH Mittweida) Genomic and physiological investigations of the iron metabolism of a novel Alicyclobacillus sp. (06.09.2022)

Sarah Gogesch, M.Sc. (Master thesis Gök): Optimisation of molecular methods to study microbial diversity in the Reiche Zeche and Roter Graben. / Optimisation of molecular methods to study the microbial diversity in the Reiche Zeche mine and Roter Graben. (02.12.2022, second supervisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr Lau)

Marcel Kuhn, B.Sc. (Bachelor thesis Gök): Ansätze zur Biooxidation von Platinerzen / Approaches to Biooxidation of Platinum Ores. (08.12.2022, second supervisor: Dr Hofmann)

Anna Otto, B.Sc. (Bachelor thesis Nat): Untersuchungen zur Eisenreduktion in Metallosphaera spp. / Studies on Iron Reduction in Metallosphaera spp. (01.12.2022, second supervisor: Dr Hofmann)

2021

Dorothy Alimah Dechie, M.Sc. (Master thesis SINReM): Screening of Various Bacteria for Bioflotation of Hematite. (27.08.2021, Supervisor: Jun.-Prof. Dr Sabrina Hedrich & Dr Sabine Kutschke, Helmholtz Institute Freiberg for Resource Technology)