RESEARCH GROUP
Division of Microbial Ecology
Updated: June 2025
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Group members
- Stefan Bertilsson
- Jennifer Anderson
- Rafael Augusto
- Charlotta Hagstrom
- Maliheh Mehrshad
- Malin Olofsson
- Fernando Puente Sanchez
- Manuela Seehauser
- Anna Szekely
- Javier Vargas
- Ziming Wang
- Mate Vass
- Claudia Bergin
- Ana Cekol
- Lauren Davies
- Zahra Goodarzi
- Vesna Grujcic
- Jay Håkansson
- Mariana Kluge
- Theresa Lumpi
- Nhat Ton Nguyen
- Ricardo Parizotto Ribeiro
- Bella Safitri
- Vinicius Silva Kavagutti
- Attila Szabò
Related researchprojects
- Fish farming in the North
- Beyond "Everywhere": Disentangling Dispersal Constraints of Aquatic Planktonic Diversity
- ARAMIS - Adaptive Radiation of Aquatic MIcrobial Species
- Dispersal barriers and functional convergence in aquatic microorganisms
- Microbiome monitoring for risk assessment in recirculating aquaculture systems
- Causes and consequences of prokaryotic intra-species diversification at the global scale
- DISCOMIX: Dissemination of antimicrobial resistance by community mixing events
At the Division of Microbial Ecology we study ecosystems and the cycling of carbon and other bioactive elements. Understanding the functional ecology and diversity of microorganisms aid efficient and sustainable management of ecosystems and natural resources.
We share a passion for understanding the diversity, metabolism, and ecology of microbial ecosystem engineers. The group use methods such as environmental genomics, biogeochemical assays for field studies and experiments to address an array of interlinked questions on functional ecology, diversity, and microbial evolution. Our focus is on aquatic ecosystems, but the research also covers bacteria, archaea, microeukaryotes, and viruses in a wide range of ecosystems.