Rudolf Amann

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Amann serves as Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, Germany, and leads the Department of Molecular Ecology. His work pioneers molecular methods for studying marine microorganisms, with a focus on fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) to identify and quantify microbial cells.

• Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (since 2018)
• Department Head, Molecular Ecology
• Research Center, Bremen, Germany

Research Interests:

• Marine microbial diversity and ecology
• Carbon cycle dynamics in coastal and deep-sea environments
• Phytoplankton-bacterioplankton interactions
• Microbial taxonomy and phylogenetics
• Single-cell identification techniques (FISH, CARD-FISH)
• Integration of metagenomics and proteomics

Publication Trends: Recent work focuses on microbial interactions in extreme environments (hydrothermal vents, Arctic waters), carbohydrate cycling in oceanic systems, and ecological differentiation of bacterial populations through advanced imaging and omics technologies.

Contact: ramann@mpi-bremen.de