
The research network comprises various institutions from the university and non-university research landscape in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
A total of eight partners and one associate partner from the University of Rostock, the Rostock University Medical Center, the Hochschule Neubrandenburg - University of Applied Sciences, the University of Greifswald and the Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology in Dummerstorf have joined forces to form a research network for the Alg4Nut project.
The project offers young researchers excellent opportunities to:
- conduct research within the framework of PhD and postdoctoral positions,
- network across disciplines with other team members and scientists,
- participate in further training through the graduate academies of the partner institutions,
- gain initial laboratory experience through bachelor’s and master’s theses.


Vice Speaker
University of Applied Science Neubrandenburg
| Name | Position | Institution | |
| Prof. Dr. Lisa Bachmann | Principle investigator and Vice-speaker | University of Applied Science Neubrandenburg, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science | bachmann@hs-nb.de |
| Daniel Bartosik | Project associated scientific assistant | University of Greifswald, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | daniel.bartosik@uni-greifswald.de |
| Prof. Dr. Mirko Basen | Principle investigator and speaker | University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Microbiology | mirko.basen@uni-rostock.de |
| Prof. Dr. Dörte Becher | Principle investigator | University of Greifswald, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Microbial Proteomics | dbecher@uni-greifswald.de |
| Christian Bettoni | PhD Student | University of Greifswald, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | christian.bettoni@uni-greifswald.de |
| Anteneh Tamirat Bogale | PhD Student | University of Greifswald, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Microbial Proteomics | anteneh.bogale@uni-greifswald.de |
| Anne Breitrück | Postdoc | University Medicine Rostock, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Department of Medical Interdisciplinary Subjects | anne.breitrueck@med.uni-rostock.de |
| Saeedeh Ebadat | Project coordinator | University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Microbiology | saeedeh.ebadat@uni-rostock.de |
| Katrina Funkner | Postdoc | University of Greifswald, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Bacterial Physiology | katrina.funkner@uni-greifswald.de |
| Verena Groß | PhD Student | University of Greifswald, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Microbial Proteomics | verena.gross@uni-greifswald.de |
| Jun-Prof. Dr. Klaus Herburger | Principle investigator | University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Cell biology of phototrophic marine organisms | klaus.herburger@uni-rostock.de |
| PD Dr. Katharina Hoff | Principle investigator | University of Greifswald, Institute of Mathematics and Informatics | hoffk83@uni-greifswald.de |
| Klara Kempf | PhD Student | University of Applied Science Neubrandenburg, Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science | kempf@hs-nb.de |
| Karin Krangemann | PhD Student | University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Microbiology | karin.krangemann@uni-rostock.de |
| Prof. Dr. Bernd Kreikemeyer | Principle investigator | University Medicine Rostock, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Department of Medical Interdisciplinary Subjects | bernd.kreikemeyer@med.uni-rostock.de |
| PD Dr. Björn Kuhla | Principle investigator | Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) | b.kuhla@fbn-dummerstorf.de |
| Sonja Kurrer | Postdoc | University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Microbiology | sonja.kurrer@uni-rostock.de |
| Azam Omidi | Posdoc | University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Cell biology of phototrophic marine organisms | azam.omidi@uni-rostock.de |
| Fernanda Pita | Research technician | University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Cell biology of phototrophic marine organisms | fernanda.pita@uni-rostock.de |
| Rocio Jodar Sanchez | PhD student | Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) | jodar-sanchez@ fbn.dummerstorf.de |
| Christian Schmidt | Postdoc | University of Greifswald, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | christian.schmidt2@uni-greifswald.de |
| Prof. Dr. Thomas Schweder | Principle investigator and Vice speaker | University of Greifswald, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology | schweder@uni-greifswald.de |
| Jessica Schwerdtfeger | Postdoc | Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN) | schwerdtfeger@fbn-dummerstorf.de |
| Annely Seyfarth | PhD student | University Medicine Rostock, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Virology and Hygiene, Department of Medical Interdisciplinary Subjects | annely.seyfarth@med.uni-rostock.de |
| Anke Trautwein-Schult | Postdoc | University of Greifswald, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Microbial Proteomics | anke.trautwein-schult@uni-greifswald.de |
| Prof. Dr. Tim Urich | Principle investigator | University of Greifswald, Institute of Microbiology, Department of Bacterial Physiology | tim.urich@uni-greifswald.de |
- Prof. Dr. Jana Seifert, University of Hohenheim, Department of Functional Microbiology of Livestock
- Prof. Dr. Hendrik Schubert, University of Rostock, Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Ecology
- Dr. Jan-Henrik Hehemann,University of Bremen and Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology
- Enzymical/ Dr. Rainer Wardenga, Cofounder
- NORDIC SEAFARM / Mr. Niklas Carlson, Head of Commercial at Nordic SeaFarm
- RINDERZUCHT Augustin / Mr. Klaus-Dieter Augustin, Farmer
- FUTTERMITTEL GMBH SELBELANG / Mr. Jelto Papendieck, CEO







