Katharina Kujala

Dr. rer. nat., Docent
Academy Research Fellow
Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering
Faculty of Technology

Katharina Kujala

I am an environmental microbiologist and an Academy Research Fellow in the Water, Energy and Environmental Engineering Research Unit. I am a Docent in Applied and Environmental Microbiology and currently (co-)supervising 5 PhD students that are working on different topics in the field. My research interests lie in microbial ecology of (sub)arctic ecosystems, microbial processes involved in the cycling of metals and metalloids, monitoring of microbial communities in soil and water, as well as applied topics such as microbial wastewater treatment, degradation of emerging pollutants and bioremediation of mining waste.

Research interests

  • Microbial ecology
  • Anaerobic metabolism
  • Bioremediation
  • Microbial diversity

Researcher information

Research groups

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Contact information

E-mail

Katharina.Kujala@oulu.fi

Visiting address

Linnanmaa campus
PR347

Postal address

PO Box 4300
90014 University of Oulu
Finland

Keywords

Natural Sciences, Environment Biology diversity of species and organisms identification of species peatland Ecology, evolutionary biology ecosystem ecology Northern environment, environmental change climate change control of natural resources ecology of changes in climate and environment evaluation of environmental effects global change research of the Northern and Arctic regions hydrology international environmental research and collaboration international multidisciplinary research issues of the Arctic and the North Northern regions palsas permafrost the Arctic Technology Environmental technology industrial waste water and mine water purification and treatment

Projects

Capturing the unknown microbial players and genes involved in the cycling of arsenic and antimony in Northern peatland soils