Yang Luhua defended successfully her thesis entitled „The role of the seed microbiome of barley (Hordeum Vulgare) as driver for the composition of root endophytes“ and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Uksa Marie defended successfully her thesis entitled “Spatial Distribution and Functional Traits of Microbial Communities in Arable Subsoils” and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Nicole Treichel defended successfully her thesis entitled "The response of the gut microflora to exercise and diet" and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Antonios Michas defended successfully his thesis entitled "Major functional traits of sediment microbiomes exposed to oil for millennia" and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Maria de Vries defended successfully her thesis entitled "Functional and phylogenetic diversity of cellulase genes in agricultural soil und two different tillage treatments" and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Friederike Gnädinger defended successfully her thesis entitled "High-Throughput Phenotyping the Nitrogen and Carbon Dynamics in Maize at the Reproductive Phase " and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Feiran Chen defended successfully her thesis entitled: "Phytoremediation of water contaminated with Oxybenzone: Implications for plant-mediated uptake and transformation of a widely used UV-filter" and obtained the degree “Dr. rer. nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences in Weihenstephan

Fabian Bergkemper defended successfully (suma cum laude) his thesis entitled "Reconstruction of the microbial phosphorus turnover in forest soils with different phosphorus stocks" and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Andrés Sauvêtre defended successfully (suma cum laude) his thesis entitled "Uptake and metabolism of the antiepileptic drug carbamazepine in plants and role of endophytic bacteria" and obtained the degree "Dr."
Doctoral Program in Plant Biology and Biotechnology; Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)

Simone Rankl defended successfully her thesis entitled "Interkingdom signalling: The role of homoserine lactones in early responses and resistance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L." and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences at TUM

Cui Hao defended successfully his thesis entitled “Options for the Phytoremediation of Polar Pharmaceuticals” and obtained the degree “Dr. rer.nat.” at the Faculty of Life Sciences in Weihenstephan