News and Events

We contributed to Trends in Microbiology's Microbe of the Month, summarizing key insights on Candidatus Methanoperedens.

The Environmental Microbiology Group welcomes three new colleagues.

Our short film about the ERC IRMIDYN project has been selected to be shown at the Spotlight on Academics Science Film Festival 2025. The showing will happen on site and online on Saturday the 8th of March.

For researching Swiss peatlands Marie Schölmerich, group leader of the Environmental Microbiology group, receives funding from the Messerli Foundation.

The new article, published in Environmental Science & Technology, follows the transformation of ferrihydrite, with and without P absorption, within reduced intertidal sediments.

Dr. Olga Schubert and Prof. Martin Ackermann, co-leaders of the Microbial Systems Ecology group at the Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics, have been honoured with the ALEA Award. This accolade recognises their exemplary leadership and significant contributions to fostering an inclusive and innovative research environment at ETH Zurich and Eawag.

Congratulations to Joëlle Kubeneck, who has been awarded the ETH Medal in recognition of her doctoral thesis work.

Dr. Astrid von Mentzer from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at University of Gothenburg visited the Environmental Microbiology Group.

Low molecular weight organic acids stabilise siderite against oxidation and influence the composition of iron (oxyhydr)oxide oxidation products: This is the title and major finding of the new article has rescently been published in the journal Environmental Science Processes and Impacts.