Joachim Reitner: Professor (chair) for Paleontology and Geobiology, director of the Department of Geobiology and the Courant Research Centre of Geobiology at the University of G├╢ttingen. Awardee of the DFG G.W.-Leibniz award and ordinary member of the G├╢ttingen Academy of Science. Coordinator of the DFG research unit 571 "Geobiology of Organo- and Biofilms"
Nadia-Val├йrie Qu├йric:PhD in microbial ecology of deep marine sediments at the University of Bremen. Research assistant for geomicrobiology at the Department of Geobiology of the University of G├╢ttingen.
Gernot Arp:PhD in paleontology and geobiology of ancient microbial systems at the University of G├╢ttingen. Research associate for paleontology and geomicrobiology at the Department of Geobiology of the University of G├╢ttingen. Associate coordinator of the DFG research unit 571 "Geobiology of Organo- and Biofilms".
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