Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie, Huber

Curriculum vitae

NAME:          Harald Huber
Birth:            August, 2nd 1957, Munich, Germany
Nationality:  German

STUDIES:

• winter term 1977/78 to summer term 1981 at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich: Biology / Diploma track
• Diploma thesis at the Institute of Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Germany, Topic: “Isolation and characterization of members of the order Methanococcales” (August 1982);
• Ph. D. (Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Regensburg, Germany; Supervision: Prof. Dr. Karl O. Stetter; Title of dissertation: “Isolation, characterization, and taxonomy of mesophilic, metal-mobilizing bacteria“ (05. 11. 1987).

SCIENTIFIC CAREER:

• November 1987 till May 1990: Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Regensburg, Germany
  Topic: Microbiological, technological and molecular investigations on the oxidation and reduction of economically relevant ores.
• Since June 1990: permanent position at the Institute of Microbiology and Archaea Center, University of Regensburg; Germany; since 2013: Academic director

RESEARCH TOPICS:

• Physiology and molecular biology of Nanoarchaeum equitans; and Ignicoccus hospitalis;
• Energy conservation, metabolic activities, and membrane transporters in in the different compartments of Ignicoccus hospitalis;
• Survival of thermophilic and hyperthermophilic Archaea in space;
• Planetary protection;
• Photodynamic inactivation of microorganisms;
• Supervision of the fermentation plant, coordination of cell delivery