Lars Behrendt

Lars Behrendt is a SciLifeLab Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Uppsala University, focusing on microbial responses to environmental changes. His work integrates microfabrication and physiological imaging to study single-cell and community-level adaptations in aquatic systems.

Research interests include:

• Climate change impacts on microbial ecosystems
• Ecotoxicology and chemical risk assessment
• Lab-on-a-chip technologies for environmental simulations
• Phenotyping phototrophic microorganisms
• Domestication of symbiotic bacteria

His recent publications highlight advancements in high-throughput phenomic platforms (e.g., PhenoChip) and discoveries in far-red light-driven photosynthesis in extreme environments like caves. Key subfields span microfluidics, biofilm dynamics, and host-microbe interactions.

Behrendt leads a research group at Uppsala University's Evolutionary Biology Centre, mentoring PhD student Yuan Cui and collaborating with postdoctoral researchers like Linhong Xiao and Saskia Rughoeft. His lab combines synthetic environments with physiological readouts to model ecosystem-wide responses to anthropogenic stressors.