Prof. Dr. Kornelia Smalla
Acting head of institute

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Julius Kühn-Institut
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Julius Kühn-Institut
Messeweg 11/12
38104 Braunschweig
Assignments and research activities:
- Vice director of the institute; head of the molecular microbial ecology and bacterial phytopathogen group
- Development and exploitation of molecular cultivation-dependent and -independent detection methods for bacterial pathogens
- Epidemiology of bacterial pathogens by means of molecular detection methods
- Interaction of antagonists, pathogens and microbial communities in the rhizosphere
- Effects of soil, plant species, cultivar, and agricultural systems on the structural and functional diversity of microbial communities in the rhizosphere
- Adaption and diversification of bacteria (among others: bacterial pathogens) via plasmids
- Ecology of bacterial antibiotic resistance genes
Boards, memberships and other activities:
- Member of „Vereinigung für allgemeine und angewandte Mikrobiologie“ (VAAM)
- Member of American Society of Microbiology
- Member of the International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME)
- Member of the Deutsche Phytomedizinische Gesellschaft (DPG)
- Member of the Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG)
- Editor of
- FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Frontiers in Microbiology
- BMC Microbiology
- Ad-hoc-reviewer for diverse scientific journals
- Microbial Ecology
- Soil Biology and Biochemistry
- Plasmid
- Microbiology
- Applied Soil Ecology
- New Phytologist
- Environmental Microbiology
- Member of the DFG Fachkollegiums Agrar 207
Awards
- Ehrennadel des Julius Kühn-Instituts 2016
- Wissenschaftspreis der DPG 2017
Professional career & education:
- 2017 Elected member of the DFG Fachkollegium 207
- 2011 Honorary doctor in Agriculture at the SLU
- 2006 Professor (adjunct) at the TU Braunschweig, Germany
- 1999 Venia legendi for microbiology
- 1991 - 2008 Scientific co-worker and head of the molecular microbial ecology group at the Federal Biological Research Centre
- 1984 - 1991 Bezirkshygiene Institut; head of the reference laboratory on the risks of biotechnology, Magdeburg, Germany
- 1985 Dr. rer. nat. in Biochemistry
- 1980 - 1984 PhD in Biochemistry: Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany
- 1980 Diplom Chemiker Institute for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-University, Halle, Germany
- 1975 - 1980 Study of chemistry at Martin-Luther-University, Halle-Wittenberg, German
Publications/Profil at Researchgate