Personal web page of Andrea Cherkouk
Scientific career
- Since 2014:Head of the Junior Research Group MicroSalt at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden- Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology
- 2009-2013:Research Associate at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Resource Ecology (formerly Institute of Radiochemistry)
- 2006-2009:Research Associate University of Manchester, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
- 2007:PhD at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
- 2003-2006:PhD student at the Forschungszentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Institute of Radiochemmistry
- 2003:Diploma in Geoecology at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Research fields
- Microbe-actinide interactions
- Microbial ecology
Projects
- Microbiology In Nuclear waste Disposal (MIND)
- Transformation mechanisms in bentonites as barrier material for nuclear waste repositories (UMB)
Publications
2024
Numerical modeling and simulation of microbially induced calcite precipitation on a cement surface at the pore scale
Yuan, T.; Cherkouk, A.; Fischer, C.
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Advances in Water Resources 191(2024), 104761
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2024.104761
No signs for microbial influenced corrosion of cast iron and copper in bentonite microcosms after 400 days
Sushko, V.; Dressler, M.; Ting-Shyang Wei, S.; Neubert, T.; Kühn, L.; et al. (8 authors)
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Chemosphere 364(2024), 143007
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.143007
2023
Europium(III) as luminescence probe for interactions of a sulfate-reducing microorganism with potentially toxic metals
Hilpmann, S.; Moll, H.; Drobot, B.; Vogel, M.; Hübner, R.; et al. (7 authors)
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Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 264(2023), 115474
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115474
Presence of uranium(V) during uranium(VI) reduction by Desulfosporosinus hippei DSM 8344T
Hilpmann, S.; Roßberg, A.; Steudtner, R.; Drobot, B.; Hübner, R.; et al. (11 authors)
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Science of the Total Environment 875(2023), 162593
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162593
2022
Microscopic and spectroscopic bioassociation study of uranium(VI) with an archaeal Halobacterium isolate
Hilpmann, S.; Bader, M.; Steudtner, R.; Müller, K.; Stumpf, T.; et al. (6 authors)
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PLOS ONE 17(2022)1, e0262275
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0262275
2021
Bentonite alteration in batch reactor experiments with and without fertilizing agents: implications for the disposal of radioactive waste
Podlech, C.; Matschiavelli, N.; Peltz, M.; Kluge, S.; Arnold, T.; et al. (9 authors)
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Minerals 11(2021), 932
DOI: 10.3390/min11090932
2020
Molecular binding of Eu(III)/Cm(III) by Stenotrophomonas bentonitica and its impact on the safety of future geodisposal of radioactive waste
Ruiz-Fresneda, M. A.; Lopez Fernandez, M.; Martinez-Moreno, M. F.; Cherkouk, A.; Ju-Nam, Y.; et al. (8 authors)
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Environmental Science & Technology 54(2020), 15180-15190
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02418
2019
The year-long development of microorganisms in uncompacted Bavarian bentonite slurries at 30 °C and 60 °C
Matschiavelli, N.; Kluge, S.; Podlech, C.; Standhaft, D.; Grathoff, G.; et al. (10 authors)
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Environmental Science & Technology 53(2019)17, 10514-10524
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02670
Association of Eu(III) and Cm(III) onto an extremely halophilic archaeon
Bader, M.; Moll, H.; Steudtner, R.; Lösch, H.; Drobot, B.; et al. (7 authors)
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research 26(2019), 9352-9364
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04165-7
Microbial diversity in an arid, naturally saline environment
Bachran, M.; Kluge, S.; Lopez-Fernandez, M.; Cherkouk, A.
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Microbial Ecology 78(2019)2, 494-505
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-018-1301-2
2018
Impact of Haloarchaea on speciation of uranium – a multi-spectroscopic approach
Bader, M.; Rossberg, A.; Steudtner, R.; Drobot, B.; Großmann, K.; et al. (10 authors)
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Environmental Science and Technology 52(2018)21, 12895-12904
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02667
Comparative analysis of uranium bioassociation with halophilic bacteria and archaea
Bader, M.; Müller, K.; Foerstendorf, H.; Schmidt, M.; Simmons, K.; et al. (9 authors)
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PLOS ONE 13(2018)1, e0190953
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190953
2017
Plutonium interaction studies with the Mont Terri Opalinus Clay isolate Sporomusa sp. MT-2.99: changes in the plutonium speciation by solvent extractions.
Moll, H.; Cherkouk, A.; Bok, F.; Bernhard, G.
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Environmental Science and Pollution Research 24(2017)15, 13497-13508
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-8969-6
Multistage bioassociation of uranium onto an extremely halophilic archaeon revealed by a unique combination of spectroscopic and microscopic techniques
Bader, M.; Müller, K.; Foerstendorf, H.; Drobot, B.; Schmidt, M.; et al. (10 authors)
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Journal of Hazardous Materials 327(2017), 225-232
Online First (2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.12.053
2016
Study of the Interaction of Eu3+ with Microbiologically Induced Calcium Carbonate Precipitates using TRLFS
Johnstone, E. V.; Hofmann, S.; Cherkouk, A.; Schmidt, M.
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Environmental Science & Technology 50(2016)22, 12411-12420
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b03434
Influence of riboflavin on the reduction of radionuclides by Shewanella oneidenis MR-1
Cherkouk, A.; Law, G. T. W.; Rizoulis, A.; Law, K.; Renshaw, J. C.; et al. (8 authors)
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Dalton Transactions 45(2016)12, 5030-5037
Online First (2015) DOI: 10.1039/C4DT02929A
2015
Bacterial diversity in bentonites, engineered barrier for deep geological disposal of radioactive wastes
Lopez-Fernandez, M.; Cherkouk, A.; Vílchez-Vargas, R.; Sandoval, R.; Pieper, D.; et al. (8 authors)
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Microbial Ecology 70(2015)4, 922-935
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-015-0630-7
2014
Interactions of the Mont Terri Opalinus Clay isolate Sporomusa sp. MT-2.99 with curium(III) and europium(III)
Moll, H.; Lütke, L.; Geissler, A.; Selenska-Pobell, S.; Bernhard, G.; et al. (6 authors)
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Geomicrobiology Journal 31(2014), 682-696
DOI: 10.1080/01490451.2014.889975
2012
Strong paramagnetism of Gold nanoparticles deposited on a Sulfolobus acidocaldarius S-layer
Bartolome, J.; Bartolome, F.; Garcia, L. M.; Figueroa, A. I.; Repolles, A.; et al. (17 authors)
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Physical Review Letters 109(2012)24, 247203-1-247203-5
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.247203
ISSN: 0031-9007
2011
Magnetic Au Nanoparticles on Archaeal S-layer Ghosts as Templates
Selenska-Pobell, S.; Reitz, T.; Schönemann, R.; Herrmannsdörfer, T.; Merroun, M.; et al. (11 authors)
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Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology 1(2011)2, 8-16
ISSN: 1847-9804
Uranium redox cycling in sediment and biomineral systems.
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Geomicrobiology Journal 28(2011), 497-506
DOI-Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2010.512033
Microbial communities associated with the oxidation of iron and technetium in bioreduced sediments.
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Geomicrobiology Journal 28(2011), 507-518
DOI-Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01490451.2010.515287
2010
Geomicrobiological redox cycling of the transuranic element neptunium.
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Environmental Science and Technology 44(2010), 8924-8929
DOI-Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es101911v
Role of nitrate in conditioning aquifer sediments for technetium bioreduction.
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Environmental Science and Technology 44(2010), 150-155
DOI-Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es9010866
2009
Biogeochemical changes induced in uranium mining waste pile samples by uranyl nitrate treatments under anaerobic conditions
Geissler, A.; Merroun, M.; Geipel, G.; Reuther, H.; Selenska-Pobell, S.
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Geobiology 7(2009)3, 282-294
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2009.00199.x
Biomarker indicators for anaerobic oxidizers of methane in brackish-marine sediments with diffusive methane fluxes.
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Organic Geochemistry 41(2009), 414-426
DOI-Link: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2009.09.009
Impact of the Fe(III)-reducing bacteria Geobacter sulfurreducens and Shewanella oneidensis on the speciation of plutonium.
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Biogeochemistry 94(2009)2, 191-196
DOI-Link: http://doi.org/10.1007/s10533-009-9318-8
2005
Addition of U(VI) to a Uranium Mining Waste Sample and Resulting Changes in the Indigenous Bacterial Community
Geissler, A.; Selenska-Pobell, S.
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Geobiology 3(2005)4, 275-285
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4669.2006.00061.x