Education

2011 - University of Duisburg-Essen:
Bachelor of Science in Water Science
Bachelor thesis in aquatic microbiology: "Susceptibility to antibiotics and disinfectants, and biofilm formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones isolated from technical water systems", Axel Semrau-Price (1st price)

2012 - University of Duisburg-Essen:
Master of Science in Water Science
Master thesis in aquatic microbiology: "Does silver induce the viable but non-culturable (VBNC) state in Pseudomonas aeruginosa"; Huntsman-Award (3rd price)

Research Focus

• Bioelectrochemical systems for drinking water production and for waste water treatment
• Biofilm communities on electrodes
• Isolation and characterization of bacterial species

Publications

Julia Heise, Nele Heyer, Leon Steuernagel, Martin Denecke and Rainer U. Meckenstock, 2017. Development of a bioelectrochemical system for the removal of ammonia from wastewater. Poster presentation at Microbiology and Infection 2017 – 5^th Joint Conference of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) and the Association for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM), Würzburg, Germany.

Heike Petry-Hansen, Jasmin Hanke, Julia Heise, Hans-Curt-Flemming and Jost Wingender, 2011. Homogeneous distribution of phenotypic characteristics in clonally unrelated Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from technical water systems. Conference Paper at 63rd Annual Meeting of the German-Society-for-Hygiene-and-Microbiology, International Journal of Medical Microbiology, Volume: 301