Education

05/2011 - Master of Science in „Water Science“
Thesis title: „Investigation of the abiotic methyl transfer from methylcobalamin to metal(loid)s”
Performed at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

09/2008 - Bachelor of Science in „Molecular Medizin“
Thesis title: „Influence of respiratory-chain inhibitors on the mitochondrial membrane potential and growth of Toxoplasma gondii“
Performed at the Georg-August University Göttingen, Germany

7/2005 - Allgemeine Hochschulreife

Academic Positions

Scientific assistant at the Instrumental Analytical Chemistry of the University of Duisburg-Essen (09/2011-9/2015)

Scientific assistant at the Biofilm Centre - Aquatic Microbiology at the University of Duisburg-Essen (since 1/2017)

Research Interests

• Investigation of the CO₂-development potential of bacterial activity
• Determination of the assimilable organic carbon in treated wastewater, process water, and groundwater
• Stable isotope analysis (¹³C and ¹⁵N)
• Isotope Ratio Infrared Spectrometry
• GC-IRMS
• EA-IRMS

Publications

submitted
Marcel Schulte, Maik A. Jochmann, Tobias Gehrke, Andrea Thom, Tim Ricken, Martin Denecke, Torsten C. Schmidt, „Characterization of methane oxidation in a simulated landfill cover system by a stable isotope and a mass balance approach in connection with thermographic imaging”, Waste Management

submitted
Milen Nachev, Maik Jochmann, Friederike Walter, Benjamin Wolbert, Marcel Schulte, Torsten Schmidt, Bernd Sures, „Understanding trophic interactions in host-parasite associations using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen”, Parasites & Vectors

Oliver Wuerfel, Frank Thomas, Marcel Schulte, Reinhard Hensel, Roland A. Diaz-Bone, „Mechanism of multi-metal(loid) methylation and hydride generation by methylcobalamin and Cob(I)alamin – A side reaction of methanogenesis”, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 2012, 26, 94-101