Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

seit 01/2018
W2 Professorin für Geomikrobiologie am GEOMAR Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel

2011 - 12/2017
Juniorprofessorin  (Assistant Professor) “Molecular Biology of Microbial Consortia” an der Universität Hamburg (positive Evaluation in 2014)

2009 - 2012
Koordinatorin der International Graduate School C1-Chemistry in "Resource and Energy Management" an der Universität Hamburg

2008 - 2011
Postdoc an der Universität Hamburg (Mikrobiologie & Biotechnologie)

2007
Postdoc am  IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel (Marine Mikrobiologie)

12/2003 – 1/2007
Ph.D. in Biologie am IFM-GEOMAR in Kiel (Marine Mikrobiologie): "Comparison of Microbial Communities of Ultramafic- and Basalt-Hosted Hydrothermal Systems: Genetic Characterization of 16S rRNA Genes, H2 Oxidation and CO2 Fixation Pathways" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. J.F. Imhoff)

2003
Labor Assistentin (Hiwi-Vertrag) am Institut für Hydrobiologie und Fischereiforschung, Universität Hamburg

2003
Diplom (M. Sc. Equivalent) in Zoologie, Mikrobiologie, Paläontologie, Hydrobiologie/ Fischereiwissenschaft, Universität Hamburg

2002 - 2003
Diplomarbeit am Max-Planck-Institut, Bremen: "Biogeochemical and Microbiological Characterization of Marine Sediments at Elba – A Contribution to Ecosystematic Analysis of Symbiotic Bacteria from Oligochaetes" (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Nicole Dubilier)

2001 - 2002
Labor Assistentin (Hiwi-Vertrag) am Institut für Fischereiwissenschaften und am Institut für Bodenkunde, Universität Hamburg

1996 - 2002           
Studium der Biologie an der
                         •   Universität Hamburg
                         •   University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
                         •   Universität Göttingen

1997                     
Labor Assistentin, Zoology, Univ. of Capetown, South Africa

1995                     
Labor Assistentin, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, Univ. of Hong Kong

Elternzeit 2012, 2016 und 2019

2014           
Zonta Award for Excellence

1999/2000  
Education Abroad Program and Fulbright Scholarship

• 2016 RV Sonne, Kermadec, Pacific (student participates)
• 2016 RV Meteor, North MAR (student participated)
• 2016 RV Pourquoi Pas?, Indian Ocean (student participated)
• 2009 RV Meteor (M 78/2) (SPP 1144) South-MAR (participated)
• 2009 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM 10/3) (SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
• 2008 RV L’Atalante (replacement for MSM 06/3) (SPP 1144) South-MAR (participated)
• 2008 RV L’Atalante (replacement for MSM 06/2)(SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
• 2007 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM 04/3) (SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
• 2006 RV Maria S. Merian (MSM 03/2) (SPP 1144) North-MAR (participated)
• 2006 RV Meteor (M 64/2) (SPP 1144) North-MAR(participated)
• 2005 RV Meteor (M 64/1)(SPP 1144) South-MAR (participated)
  
  

Artikel in Fachzeitschriften und Büchern - begutachtet/ Patente                                                                                                       

Sass, K, Güllert, S., Streit, W.R.& Perner, M. (2020)
A hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium enriched from the open ocean resembling a symbiont. Environmental Microbiology Reports. DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12847

Adam, N., Schlicht, S., Han, Y., Bechelany, M., Bachmann, J. & Perner, M. (2020)
Metagenomics meets Electrochemistry: utilizing the huge catalytic potential from the uncultured microbial majority for energy-storage. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, section Industrial Biotechnology. DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00567

Sass, K. & Perner, M.* (2020)
Characterization of two hydrogen-oxidizing Hydrogenovibrio strains from the Kermadec volcanic island arc hydrothermal vents. Frontiers in Marine Science.
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00295

Adam, N., Kriete, C., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Gonnella, G., Krause, S., Schippers, A., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Han, Y., Indenbirken, D. & Perner, M.* (2020)
Microbial community compositions and geochemistry of sediments with increasing distance to the hydrothermal vent outlet in the Kairei field, Geomicrobiology Journal.
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2019.1694107

Salmon, S., Borchert,  MS., Blicher, TH., Streit, W. & Perner, M. (2019)
Heat-Stable Metagenomic Carbonic Anhydrases And Their Use. US Patent App. 16/318,672

Böhnke, S., Sass, K., Gonnella, G., Diehl, A., Kleint, C., Bach, W., Zitoun, R., Koschinsky, A., Indenbirken, D., Sander, S.G., Kurtz, S., & Perner, M.* (2019)
Parameters governing the community structure and element turnover in Kermadec volcanic ash and hydrothermal fluids as monitored by inorganic electron donor consumption, autotrophic CO2 fixation and 16S tags of the transcriptome in incubation experiments. Frontiers in Microbiology.
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02296

Böhnke, S. & Perner, M.* (2019)
Seeking active RubisCOs from the currently uncultured microbial majority colonizing deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments. ISME Journal
DOI: 10.1038/s41396-019-0439-3

Gonnella, G., Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2019)
Horizontal acquisition of hydrogen conversion ability and other habitat adaptations in the Hydrogenovibrio strains SP-41 and XCL-2.
DOI: BMC Genomics 20: 339

Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2018)
Microbially mediated hydrogen cycling in deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9 (2873). DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02873.

Han, Y., Adam, N., Gonnella, G., Schippers, A., Burkhards, L., Kurtz, S., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Franke, U., & Perner, M.* (2018)
Hydrothermal chimneys host habitat-specific microbial communities: analogues for studying the possible impact of mining seafloor massive sulfide deposits. Scientific Reports DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28613-5

Fredslund, F., Borchert, M.S., Poulsen, J.-C., N, Perner, M., Streit, W. & Leggio, L.L.* (2018)
Structure of a hyperthermostable carbonic anhydrase identified from an active hydrothermal vent chimney. Enzyme and Microbial Technology: DOI:10.1016/j.enzmictec.2018.03.009

Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2018)
Novel hydrogenases from deep-sea hydrothermal vent metagenomes identified by a recently developed activity-based screen. ISME Journal. DOI:10.1038/s41396-017-0040-6

Adam, N. & Perner, M.* (2017)
Activity-based screening of metagenomic libraries for hydrogenase enzymes. Metagenomics – Methods and Protocols. W.R. Streit & R. Daniel (eds.), Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-1-4939-6691-2_17

Böhnke, S. & Perner, M.* (2017)
Unraveling RubisCO Form I and Form II Regulation in an Uncultured Organism from a Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent via Metagenomic and Mutagenesis studies. Frontiers in Microbiology DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01303.

Gonnella, G., Böhnke, S., Indenbirken, D., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Seifert, R., Mertens, C. Kurtz, S. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Endemic hydrothermal vent species identified in the open ocean seed bank. Nature Microbiology. DOI:10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.86

Perner, M.* (2016)
Hydrothermale Tiefseequellen: ökologisches Modellsystem und biologische Ressource. BIOspektrum 05/16 (invited)

Schlicht, S., Assaud, L., Hansen, M., Licklederer, M., Bechelany, M., Perner, M. and Bachmann, J.* (2016)
An electrochemically functional layer of hydrogenase extract on an electrode of large and turnable specific surface area. Journal of Materials Chemistry A 4, 6487-6494. DOI:10.1039/C6TA00392C

Han, Y. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Sulfide consumption in Sulfurimonas denitrificans and heterologous expression of its three SQR homologs. Journal of Bacteriology DOI:10.1128/JB.01021-15

Hansen, M. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Hydrogenase gene distribution and H2 consumption ability within the Thiomicrospira lineage. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00099

Hansen, M. & Perner, M.* (2016)
Reasons for Thiomicrospira’s recalcitrance towards previous attempts to detect its hydrogen consumption ability. Environmental Microbiology Reports DOI:10.1111/1758-2229.12350

Han, Y. & Perner, M.* (2015)
The globally widespread genus Sulfurimonas: versatile energy metabolisms and adaptations to redox clines. Frontiers in Microbiology. DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2015.00989

Böhnke, S. & Perner, M.* (2015)
A function-based screen for seeking RubisCO active clones from metagenomes: novel enzymes influencing RubisCO activity. ISME Journal 9 (3) 735-745. DOI:10.1038/ismej.2014.163

Hansen, M. & Perner, M.* (2015)
A novel hydrogen oxidizer amidst the sulfur oxidizing Thiomicrospira lineage. ISME Journal 9 (3) 696-707. DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2014.173

Gebert, J.* & Perner, M. (2015)
Impact of preferential methane flow through soil on microbial community composition. European Journal of Soil Biology 69, 8-16. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejsobi.2015.03.006

Han, Y. & Perner, M.* (2014)
The role of hydrogen for Sulfurimonas denitrificans’ metabolism. PLOS ONE 9 (8) e106218.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106218

Perner, M.*, Gonnella, G.*, Kurtz, S. & LaRoche, J. (2014)
Handling temperature bursts reaching 464°C: different microbial strategies in the Sisters Peak hydrothermal chimney. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 80 (15) 4585-4598 (Spotlight article in the July issue). DOI: 10.1128/aem.01460-14

Perner, M.*, Gonnella, G., Hourdez, S., Böhnke, S., Kurtz, S. & Girguis, P. (2013)
In-situ chemistry and microbial community compositions in five deep-sea hydrothermal fluid samples from Irina II in the Logatchev field, Environmental Microbiology 15 (4) 1551-1561. DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12038

Perner, M.*, Hansen, M., Seifert, R., Strauss, H., Koschinsky, A., & Petersen, S. (2013)
Linking geology, fluid chemistry and microbial activity of basalt- and ultramafic-hosted deep-sea hydrothermal vent environments, Geobiology 11 (4) 340-355. DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12039

Klevenz, V., Sander, S.*, Perner, M. & Koschinsky, A. (2012).
Amelioration of free copper by hydrothermal vent microbes as a response to high copper concentrations, Chemistry and Ecology. 28 (5) 405-420 (Cover story and photo; key research article) DOI: 10.1080/02757540.2012.666531

Perner, M.*, Hentscher, M., Rychlik, N., Seifert, R., Strauss, H. & Bach, W. (2011).
Driving forces behind the biotope structures in two low-temperature hydrothermal venting sites on the southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environmental Microbiology Reports 3 (6) 727-737. DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2011.00291.x

Perner, M.*, Ilmberger, N., Köhler, H.U., Chow, J., and Streit, W.R.* (2011)
Emerging fields in functional metagenomics and its industrial relevance - overcoming limitations and redirecting the search for novel biocatalysts, p. 483-498. In Handbook of Molecular Microbial Ecology II: Metagenomics in Different Habitats de Bruijn, F.J. (ed). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ. DOI: 10.1002/9781118010549.ch47

Dekov, V. M.*, Petersen, S., Garbe-Schönberg, C. D., Kamenov, G. D., Perner, M., Kuzmann, E. & Schmidt, M. (2010).
Fe-Si-oxyhydroxide deposits at a slow-spreading centre with thickened oceanic crust: the Lilliput hydrothermal field (9°33´S, Mid-Atlantic Ridge). Chemical Geology 278 (3-4) 186-200. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2010.09.012

Perner, M.*, Petersen, J. M., Zielinski, F., Gennerich, H. H. & Seifert, R. (2010).
Geochemical constraints on the diversity and activity of H2-oxidizing bacteria and archaea in diffuse hydrothermal fluids from a basalt- and an ultramafic-hosted vent. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 74 (1) 55-71. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00940.x

Perner, M.*, Bach, W., Koschinsky, A., Garbe-Schönberg, D., Streit, W. R. & Strauss, H. (2009).
Short-term temporal microbial and physico-chemical variability in low-temperature hydrothermal fluids near 5°S on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Environmental Microbiology 11 (10) 2526-2541. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01978.x

Perner, M., Kuever, J., Seifert, R., Pape, T., Koschinsky, A., Schmidt, K., Strauss, H. & Imhoff, J.F.* (2007).
The influence of ultramafic rocks on microbial communities at the Logatchev hydrothermal field, located 15°N on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 61 (1), 97-109. DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2007.00325.x

Perner, M., Seifert, R., Weber, S., Koschinsky, A., Schmidt, K., Strauss, H., Peters, M., Haase, K. & Imhoff, J.F.* (2007).
Microbial CO2 fixation and sulfur cycling associated with low-temperature emissions at the Lilliput hydrothermal field, southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge (9°S). Environmental Microbiology, 9 (5), 1186-1201. DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01241.x

Haase, K. M.*, Petersen, S., Koschinsky, A., Seifert, R., Devey, C. W., Dubilier, N., Fretzdorff, S., Garbe-Schönberg, D., German, C. R., Giere, O., Keir, R., Kuever, J., Lackschewitz, K. S., Mawick, J., Marbler, H., Melchert, B., Mertens, C., Ostertag-Henning, C., Paulick, H., Perner, M., Peters, M., Sander, S., Schmale, O., Shank, T.M., Stecher, J., Stöber, U., Strauss, H., Süling, J., Walter, M., Warmuth, M., Weber, S., Westernströer, U., Yoerger, D., Zielinski, F. (2007).
Young volcanism and related hydrothermal activity at 5°S on the slow-spreading southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8, Q11002, DOI: 10.1029/2006GC001509
   
*corresponding author