Dr. Sathish Mayanna

Work Experiences:

            02/2017 - Present        Electron Microscopy Researcher/Lab Manager, German Research Center for Geoscience, Potsdam. 

           10/2014 - 01/2017        Application Scientist (Electron Microscopes), Carl Zeiss India, Bangalore, India             

           02/2011 - 07/2014        Scientific coworker, Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich-Schiller University Jena, Germany.

           08/2010 – 11/2010       Student Research Assistant, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany 

Academic Qualifications:

                                                               Institute of Geosciences, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany

            07/2013 - 09/2013        Research visit in the group of Dr. Caroline Peacock

                                                               School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, UK

            10/2010 - 11/2010        Student Research Assistant: “Bacterial data analysis”
                                                               Institute of General Botany, Johannes Gutenberg Universitat Mainz, Germany
            08/2010 - 10/2010        Internship: Genetic analysis of atmosphere microorganisms (aerosols)
                                                               Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany
            01/2010 - 06/2010        M.Sc. (European Master in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation): Year-2 (2nd Sem.)        
                                                               Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
            08/2009 - 01/2010        M.Sc. (European Master in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation): Year-2 (1st Sem.)         
                                                               Université Pierre et Marie Curie 06, Paris, France
                                                               (Banyuls-sur-mer oceanological observatory, Villefranche-sur-mer oceanological observatory                                                                                            and Biology station of Roscoff)
            09/2008 - 07/2009        M.Sc. (European Master in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation): Year-1                            
                                                               Universitat Bremen, Bremen, Germany
            10/2003 - 06/2007        B.F.Sc.(Bachelor of Fisheries Science)                                                                                            
                                                               Karnataka Veterinary, Animal And Fisheries Sciences University, Bidar, Karnataka, India

      Conferences, Symposiums and Workshops:

         ·         (Oral Accepted) Sathish Mayanna, Caroline L. Peacock, Erika Kothe and Georg Büchel (2014): Characterization of biogenic Mn                                   oxides produced by Mn(II)-oxidizing bacilli isolated from a Mn oxide-rich soil layer., “92^nd Annual Meeting Deutsche Mineralogische                      Gesellschaft”, Jena, Germany.

·      (Poster) Sathish Mayanna, Caroline L. Peacock,Valerian Ciobota, Vinay K. B. Narayana, Erika Kothe, Petra Rösch, Jürgen Popp and                Georg Büchel(2014):Biomineralization of Mn oxides by Mn(II)-oxidizing bacilli from an extreme environment.,“Goldschmidt                          2014”,California, USA.

·       (Poster) Sathish Mayanna, Caroline L. Peacock, Franziska Schäffner, Anja Grawunder, Dirk Merten, Erika Kothe and Georg Büchel                (2014): Biogenic precipitation of manganese oxides and enrichment of heavy metals at acidic soil pH, “European Geoscience                        Assembly”, Vienna, Austria.

·       (Oral) Sathish Mayanna, Caroline L. Peacock, Valerian Ciobota, Vinay K. B. Narayana, Erika Kothe, Petra Rösch, Jürgen Popp, Georg             Büchel (2014).Biomineralization of Mn oxides by Mn(II)-oxidizing bacilli from a contaminated soil. “4^th International Student                       Conference on Microbial Communication”, April 2014, Jena.

·       Workshop: Synchrotron radiation in environmental and soil sciences.May 30 – 31, 2013,MaxLab, Lund (Sweden).

·      (Poster)Sathish Mayanna (2012): Isolation and characterization of manganese-oxidizing bacteria (MOB) from a former uranium mining     district, contaminated with heavy metals.“5^th International symposium on biosorption and bioremediation”, June 24^th - 28^th 2012,          Prague.

·      (Oral) Sathish Mayanna and Jens Harder (2010): Diversity of culturable attached-living bacteria from North Sea sediment “5^th                       International Student Conference on Biodiversity and Functioning of Aquatic Ecosystems in the Baltic Sea Region”, October 2010,          Palanga, Lithuania.

·      (Oral) Sathish Mayanna and Jens Harder (2010): Diversity of culturable attached-living bacteria from North Sea sediment “European         Student Conference on Microbial Communication”, September 2010, Jena, Germany.

·      Participated in “3rd Joint Conference of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology (DGHM) and the Association for General        and Applied Microbiology (VAAM)” 28^th to 31^st Mar, 2010, Hannover, Germany.

·      International Workshop on “Toxic Algae and Bio-toxins” organized by UNESCO microbial resources center in Marine Biotechnology,           Department of Fisheries Microbiology, College of Fisheries, Mangalore, India.

 Summer Schools:

    20th - 24th Feb, 2012           "MatLab course for Earth Sciences" University of Potsdam, Germany

    27^th – 30^th Sept, 2011           "International School on Minerals and Biosphere" Campiglia Marittima, Italy

         28^th Aug – 3^rd Sept, 2011       “Determination of priority pollutants, transformation products and  transformation

                                                            processes in the environment” 

                                                        Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University, Denmark

           13^th – 21^st June, 2011           "Advanced research using new X-ray sources”

                                                          Nordic summer school in synchrotron radiation science, MAX-lab, Lund, Sweden

    11th - 22nd July 2009           "Physiological and genetic diversity of marine organisms in European coastal systems"

                                                   Hel Marine Station, Institute of Oceanography, University of Gdansk, Poland     

 Extra Curricular Activities:

•      Represented as a team member for University (2005) in national level Culture-Fest held at Orissa Agricultural                      University, Bhubaneswar, India.
•      Participated University (2006 and 2007) in national level event in Table Tennis hosted by "Rajasthan Agriculture                    University"and "Punjab Agriculture University", India.
•      Completed the Advanced level program in All India General Knowledge Examination conducted by “Centre for Human          Resource Development” New Delhi, India.