Prof. Dr. Heidrun Rosenthal

Chair of Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Micro- and Molecular Biology

2021

• Comparative Analysis of Collection Efforts for Hair-Traps and Faecal Samples and Evaluation of their Effectiveness for Non-Invasive Genetic Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)
• Optimisation of a process for thermal disinfection of horn shavings
• Investigation of two online oil measuring devices for the early detection of oil contamination in the raw waters at the Zweckverband Landesversorgung (State Supply Association)
• Creation of dilution series and determination of bacterial counts using the cast plate method as evidence of microbial colonisation of microplastics
• Quality improvement of compost (soil revitalisation substrate) by recycling screen overflow as inoculation material
• Establishment of a brilliant black reduction test for wastewater

2020

• Energy efficiency of the soldering process
• Biodegradability of selected shower gels
• Cost and consumption saving possibilities of a microbiological practical course

2019

• Microbial colonisation of microplastic particles in aquatic systems
• Construction and commissioning of an experimental stand for biological methanation
• Solar water disinfection using PET bottles containing antimony

2018

• Mouse barcoding
• Investigation of the phosphate storage capacity of TCR biochar from digestate, magnesium-treated digestate and wood for phosphate buffering in soil
• The effect of removing the extrinsic proteins of photosystem II in the absence of PsbT subunig in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
• Technical methods and alternative options for the reduction and removal of multiresistant bacteria
• Investigation of the epimeric ratios of PSP toxins from Alexandrium catenella and Gymnodinium catenatum

2017

• DNA barcoding with fish
• Dust occurrence and composition indoors and outdoors and estimation of potential background contamination on textile surfaces by dust using the example of house dust
• Impact assessment of individual wastewater streams on the industrial wastewater treatment plant of a textile fibre manufacturer

2016

• Use of sludge assessment in the optimisation of degradation processes at the Ludwigsburg wastewater treatment plants
• Potential analysis of peat substitutes and production processes; evaluation according to technical, economic and ecological criteria
• Reduction of methane gas emissions through methane oxidation in the surface sealing of a landfill site
• Chemistry with CO2 - possibilities for the material use of carbon dioxide as an alternative carbon source
• Utilisation of residual bagasse for the production of biogas

2015

• Elimination of microorganisms and antibiotic resistance genes in drinking water and wastewater treatment plant effluent during disinfection with chlorine and ozone
• Establishment of a DNA extraction process using ultrasound
• Construction of a microbial fuel cell and analysis of current and voltage characteristics using a real activated sludge substrate for innovative wastewater treatment
• Methane enrichment of landfill gases by addition of hydrogen
• Microscopic and molecular biological investigations of Synechococcus in the Great Easter Lake
• Microbial Contamination of Irrigation Systems
• Organic Fertiliser as a Novel Source of Microplastic Pollution
• Production and measurement of dye-sensitised solar cells
• Early crop establishment of wheat and narrow-leafed lupins in Western Australia