Stephanie Eichorst

Stephanie Eichorst is a Researcher at the University of Vienna's Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem Science. She joined the university in 2012 after completing her PhD at Michigan State University, followed by postdoctoral work at Los Alamos National Lab and a research position at the Joint BioEnergy Institute (USA).

Her research focuses on soil microorganisms, particularly Acidobacteriota (Acidobacteria), investigating their survival strategies under energy limitation. Key research areas include:

• Atmospheric gas oxidation as a survival mechanism
• Factors governing terminal oxidase usage in soil microbes
• Physiological flexibility of Acidobacteriota
• Microbial responses to climate stress and warming

Her publication record shows consistent output since 2012 with 28 publications to date, demonstrating increasing focus on atmospheric trace gas metabolism and climate change impacts on soil microbiomes. Recent work emphasizes lipidomics, necromass biomarkers, and metabolic adaptations to nanomolar oxygen conditions.

She leads significant research projects including:

• Faktoren, die mikrobielle terminale Oxidasen beeinflussen (2025-2028, active)
• ubiquitären Acidobact. (2013-2019, completed)
• Funkt.Analyse v.Stickstoff-Fix (2013-2017, completed)

Her editorial work includes serving on the board of Frontiers in Microbiology (2020-2021), and she has presented at numerous conferences including the 'Journey into microbial life on earth' event (2019).

Her research contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to environmental protection and climate action, with fingerprint analysis showing strong expertise in Acidobacterium (100%), Soil Microflora (95%), Phylum classification (83%), and Microorganism studies (69%).