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