Rudolf K. Thauer
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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Rudolf K. Thauer
MPI für terrestrische Mikrobiologie
Karl-von-Frisch-Straße
D-35043 Marburg / Germany
Phone: +49 6421 178101
Fax: +49 6421 178109
Email: thauer@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
Research group members
Group leader: Prof. Dr. Rudolf K. Thauer
Secretary: Claudia Schäfer (part time)
Postdoctoral fellows: Dr. Shuning Wang, Dr. Meike Goenrich
Graduate students: Anne-Kristin Kaster
Research student: Haiyan Huang
Technical assistants: Johanna Moll, Reinhard Böcher
Prof. Dr. Rudolf K. Thauer
Curriculum Vitae
Rudolf K. Thauer (born 1939)
Physicum (Medicine), University of Frankfurt, 1961
Diplom (Biochemistry), University of Tübingen, 1966
Dr. rer. nat. (Biochemistry), Univ. Freiburg, 1968
Habilitation (Biochemistry), Univ. Freiburg, 1971
Postdoc (Biochemistry), Cleveland, Ohio, 1972
Professor of Biochemistry, Ruhr Univ. Bochum, 1972-75
Professor of Microbiology, Philipps University Marburg, 1976-2005
(Ergebnisbericht 1976-2005)
Head of the Department of Biochemistry at the MPI Marburg, 1991-2007
Head of an Emeritus Group at the MPI Marburg, since 11/2007
Research Area: Biochemistry of methanogens
Biochemistry, physiology and ecology of anaerobic bacteria and archaea with a focus on the enzymes and coenzymes involved in the energy metabolism of Clostridia, of sulfate-reducing bacteria and archaea, of methanogenic and methanotrophic archaea, and of aerobic methanotrophic bacteria.
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Most important results