Laureen Sarah Ahlers

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EPFL Valais Wallis
EPFL ENAC IIE MACE
Route des Ronquos 86
1950 Sion

Office: ALP 3 802
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Education

Master of Science in Molecular Environmental Biology

Master's thesis entitled "Microbial responses to warming and seasonal temperature changes in sub-Arctic forest and grassland soils"

UiT - The Arctic University of Norway

August 2021 - July 2023

Climate Change Biology Class

External course (master level)

UNIS - University Center of Svalbard

January - February 2023

Arctic Microbiology Class

External course (master level)

UNIS - University Center of Svalbard

June - August 2022

Bachelor of Science in Biology

Bachelor's thesis entitled "Production of recombinant Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae proteins and evaluation of their antigenic properties"

Leibniz University of Hannover

October 2018 - August 2021

Awards

North2North Mobility Programm, UArctic

Field work travel grant

2022

Funding for Master students, Department of Biosciences, Fishery and Economics, UiT

Field work travel grant

2023

Research

Microbial dynamics and greenhouse gas fluxes from

I am an environmental microbiologist interested in soil microorganisms, their responses to climate change and vice versa. My master project at the Arctic University of Norway focused on physiological adjustments (reduction of cellular ribosome contents) of soil microbes in warmed sub-arctic forest and grassland soils. Now at EPFL, my PhD project aims to investigate warming effects on soil microorganisms in permafrost-affected high-altitude ecosystems and down stream greenhouse gas fluxes from the Swiss Alps.