Dipl.-Biol. (University of Bremen, Germany), 1997 Dr. rer. nat (University of Bremen, Germany), 2001

My PhD research at the Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology (Bremen, Germany) and at the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ, Texel, The Netherlands) focused on characterising the diversity of marine microbial assemblages using molecular techniques, such as denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analyses of 16S rRNA encoding genes.

At Warwick I became involved in investigating environmental microorganisms involved in cycling of atmospheric trace gases, including postdoctoral work on methyl halide degrading bacteria. Funded by fellowships from the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) I am now exploring environmental, biochemical and genomic aspects of microbial dimethylsufide degradation.

Microbial degradation of dimethylsulfide (DMS) and related organosulfur compounds Genetics and biochemistry of DMS degradation Genetic and functional diversity of methylotrophs Microbial pollutant degradation

Lidbury, Ian, Kröber, Eileen, Zhang, Zhidong, Zhu, Yijun, Murrell, J. C., Chen, Yin, Schäfer, Hendrik. 2016. A mechanism for bacterial transformation of dimethylsulfide to dimethylsulfoxide : a missing link in the marine organic sulfur cycle. Environmental Microbiology, 18, pp. 2754-2766, View Eyice, Özge, Schäfer, Hendrik. 2016. Culture-dependent and culture-independent methods reveal diverse methylotrophic communities in terrestrial environments. Archives of Microbiology, 198 (1), pp. 17-26, View Kowalczyk, Agnieszka, Price, Oliver R., van der Gast, Christopher J., Finnegan, Christopher J., van Egmond, Roger A., Schäfer, Hendrik, Bending, Gary D.. 2016. Spatial and temporal variability in the potential of river water biofilms to degrade p-nitrophenol. Chemosphere, 164, pp. 355-362, View Zhu, Yijun, Ksibe, Amira Z., Schäfer, Hendrik, Blindauer, Claudia A., Bugg, Tim, Chen, Yin. 2016. O2-independent demethylation of trimethylamine N-oxide by Tdm of Methylocella silvestris. FEBS Journal, 283 (21), pp. 3979-3993, View Eyice, Özge, Namura, Motonobu, Chen, Yin, Mead, Andrew, Samavedam, Siva, Schäfer, Hendrik. 2015. SIP metagenomics identifies uncultivated Methylophilaceae as dimethylsulphide degrading bacteria in soil and lake sediment. The ISME Journal, pp. 1-13, View Kowalczyk, Agnieszka, Eyice, Özge, Schäfer, Hendrik, Price, Oliver R, Finnegan, Christopher J., van Egmond, Roger A., Shaw, Liz J., Barrett, Glyn, Bending, Gary D.. 2015. Characterization of para-nitrophenol degrading bacterial communities in river water using functional markers and stable isotope probing. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81 (19), pp. 6890-6900, View Kowalczyk, Agnieszka, Martin, Timothy James, Price, Oliver Richard, Snape, Jason Richard, van Egmond, Roger Albert, Finnegan, Christopher James, Schäfer, Hendrik, Davenport, Russell James, Bending, Gary D.. 2015. Refinement of biodegradation tests methodologies and the proposed utility of new microbial ecology techniques. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 111, pp. 9-22, View Chan, Jacqueline, Millard, Andrew D., Mann, Nicholas H., Schäfer, Hendrik. 2014. Comparative genomics defines the core genome of the growing N4-like phage genus and identifies N4-like Roseophage specific genes. Frontiers in Microbiology, Volume 5, View Zhu, Yijun, Jameson, Eleanor, Cosatti, Marialuisa, Schäfer, Hendrik, Rajakumar, Kumar, Bugg, Tim, Chen, Yin. 2014. Carnitine metabolism to trimethylamine by an unusual Rieske-type oxygenase from human microbiota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111 (11), pp. 4268-4273, View