Rotaru Lab

University of Southern Denmark

By - Amelia Rotaru

Jakob Rønning

Jakob Bang Rønning 2017 Spring Semester: Bachelor Thesis Research (NordCEE/RotaruLab) Bachelor Student class of 2017, University of Southern Denmark

By - Amelia Rotaru

Viktor Mebus

Viktor Hundtofte Mebus 2017 Spring Semester: 10ECTS Independent Research Study (NordCEE/RotaruLab) Bachelor Student class of 2017, University of Southern Denmark Now: MSc student Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, SDU

By - Amelia Rotaru

Two new students are joining out lab

Jakob and Viktor have joined our SDU lab to work on different aspects of electrosynthesis to produce valuable chemicals from renewable biogas and renewable electricity. Jakob will do his bachelor thesis with Amelia’s supervision. His thesis deals with green bioplastic production and is incorporated within the framework of the project “Microbial Chemical Plants“. Viktor will do a 10ECTS independent lab study with Mon’s and Amelia’s supervision. His

By - Amelia Rotaru

6 months stay at UMASS Amherst

Amelia will relocate to the University of Massachusetts Amherst for a 6 months period. Her stay at UMASS is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. During this time, Amelia will learn how to metabolically engineer Clostridium ljungdahlii.  This stay is part of the project Microbial chemical plants.

By - Amelia Rotaru

Corrosion meeting in Leipzig

I went to Leipzig to discuss a new collaborative project with my old collaborators (Niculina Musat, Hryhoriy Stryhanyuk, Florin Musat and Hans Richnow) and our new collaborator from MPI Bremen, Prof. Friedrich Widdel. Lots of exciting science was discussed, and we’re ready to learn more about corrosion by methanogens, together.