Heribert Insam

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Heribert Insam (born September 26, 1957 in Zell am See ) is an Austrian microbiologist and university professor at the University of Innsbruck . He is known for his work in the fields of microbial ecology, including anaerobic digestion ( biomethanization ), soil microbiology, microbiological aspects of wastewater treatment and general environmental biotechnology.

Life

Insam studied biology at the University of Innsbruck from 1976 to 1985. In 1985 he received his doctorate with distinction (PhD). From 1985 to 1986 he was initially a research assistant at the Research Institute for Agriculture, Institute for Soil Biology (today Institute for Biodiversity at the Thünen Institute) in Braunschweig (Germany), then from 1987 to 88 as a research assistant at the Kananaskis Center for Environmental Research at the University of Calgary , Canada, then again until 1991 at the Thünen Institute, before he moved to the Institute of Microbiology at the University of Innsbruck as a university assistant. Insam completed his habilitation in the field of microbial ecology at the University of Innsbruck in 1993. From 1993 to 2011 he was Associate Professor there. From 2005 to 2007 he worked as head of the Studio BioTreaT (Biological Treatment and Recycling Technologies, Innsbruck) at Research Studios Austria and from 2008 to 2011 he was head of the K-regio competence center BioTreaT. In 2011 he was appointed professor for microbiology at the University of Innsbruck, where he has headed the department for microbiology since 2011. In 2014, Insam co-founded the spin-off company BioTreaT GmbH.

Scientific contribution

After his dissertation on microbiological aspects of greening ski slopes, Insam dealt with the carbon balance in soils long before the climate discussion. At the time when the separate collection of biogenic waste was introduced in Europe, Insam's scientific focus shifted to the microbiology of composting processes and methodologically towards Community Level Physiological Profiling (CLPP), whereby the Biolog Ecoplates® was based on the idea and work of Insam and others go back. After the international congress Microbiology of Composting held in Innsbruck in 2000, mainly molecular biological approaches to research the compost microbiota, u. a. followed with the development of the CompoChip microarray. Since 2005, Insam's research group has been working increasingly on anaerobic digestion (biomethanization), ranging from physiological aspects of methane-forming archaea to implementation in biogas plants, which led to the establishment of the spin-off company Bio4gas GmbH Innsbruck in 2008. In connection with the use of fermentation residues , soil biological issues also remained on the agenda. With the increasing incidence of wood ash from biomass cogeneration plants , studies of their use came to the fore (EU2020 project residue2heat). Through cooperation with Ionicon GmbH, Insam also worked on volatile carbon compounds from soils, which led to the coining of the term Soil Volatilomics. Since 2006, Insam's Microbial Resource Management group has also been working on microbiological aspects relating to wastewater treatment , in particular on anaerobic ammonium oxidation (DEMON®). The recovery of valuable materials from biogenic residues was also an important topic, such as the production of lactic acid from biowaste or the use of anaerobic fungi ( Neocallimastigomycota ) for the pretreatment of substrates to be fermented. Basic research in the field of soil biology has always remained one of Insam's scientific topics, since 2010, for example, in the field of research into the causes of soil fatigue in fruit growing, with the Tripmarks project, which included soil studies along a bicycle route from Innsbruck to Laos, altitude gradients in the Alps or Chrono sequences in glacier retreat areas of tropical glaciers in Mexico at the Iztaccíhuatl .

Memberships and editorial activities

  • 1996–2006 Editor-in-Chief of GEODERMA magazine (Elsevier)
  • Since 2007 Editor-in-Chief of Applied Soil Ecology (Elsevier)

honors and awards

  • Eduard Wallnöfer Prize together with Alexander Knapp u. a. for the BioTreaT 2010 research project

Publications

Books (co-editor)

Publication lists

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ BioTreaT GmbH
  2. ↑ H. Insam, KH Domsch: Relationship between soil organic carbon and microbial biomass on chronosequences of reclamation sites. In: Microbial Ecology. 15, 1988, pp. 177-188.
  3. ^ H. Insam, K. Haselwandter: Metabolic quotient of the soil microflora in relation to plant succession. In: Oecologia. 79, 1989, pp. 174-178.
  4. ^ H. Insam: Are the soil microbial biomass and basal respiration governed by the climatic regime? In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry. 22, 1990, pp. 525-533.
  5. ↑ H. Insam, K. Amor, M. Renner, C. Crepaz: Changes in functional abilities of the microbial community during composting of manure. In: Microbial Ecology. 31, 1996, pp. 77-87.
  6. ↑ H. Insam, A. Rangger (Ed.): (1997) Microbial Communities. Functional versus structural approaches. Springer, 261 pp
  7. ↑ H. Insam, S. Klammer, N. Riddech (Ed.): Microbiology of Composting. Springer, 2002, p. 632 ff.
  8. ^ IH Franke-Whittle, B. Knapp, J. Fuchs, R. Kaufmann, H. Insam: Application of COMPOCHIP microarray to investigate the bacterial communities of different composts. In: Microbial Ecology. 57, 2009, pp. 510-521.
  9. ↑ M. Goberna, M. Gadermaier, C. García, B. Wett, H. Insam: Methanogenic communities fermenting cattle excreta and olive mill wastes into biogas monitored using the AnaeroChip and quantitative PCR. In: Applied Environmental Microbiology. 76, 2010, pp. 6564-6571.
  10. ↑ Bio4gas GmbH
  11. ↑ H. Insam, J. Ascher, M. Gomez-Brandon: Biogas fermentation residues - friend or foe of soil fertility? In: Soil Biol Biochem. 84, 2015, pp. 1–14.
  12. ↑ Residue2Heat
  13. ↑ T. Kuba, A. Tschöll, C. Partl, K. Meyer, H. Insam: Wood ash admixture to organic wastes improves compost and its performance. In: Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment. 127, 2008, pp. 43-49.
  14. ↑ H. Insam, MSA Seewald: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in soils. In: Biology and Fertility of Soils. 46, 2010, pp. 199-213.
  15. ^ IH Franke-Whittle, H. Insam: Treatment alternatives of slaughterhouse wastes, and their effect on the inactivation of different pathogens: A Review. In: Critical Reviews in Microbiology. 39, No. 2, 2013, pp. 139–151.
  16. ^ H. Insam, IH Franke-Whittle, M. Goberna (eds.): Microbes at work. From wastes to resources. Springer, 329 ff.
  17. ↑ M. Probst, J. Walde, T. Pümpel, AO Wagner, H. Insam: A closed loop for municipal organic solid waste by lactic acid fermentation. In: Bioresource Technology. 175, 2015, pp. 142–151.
  18. ↑ S. Leis, P. Dresch, U. Peintner, K. Fliegerova, AM Sandbichler, H. Insam, SM Podmirseg: Finding a robust strain for biomethanation: anaerobic fungi (Neocallimastigomycota) from the Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) and their associated methanogens. In: Anaerobic. 29, 2014, pp. 34-42.
  19. ↑ tripmarks.at
  20. ^ M. Nagler, J. Ascher, M. Gómez-Brandón, H. Insam: Soil microbial communities along the route of a venturous cycling trip. In: Applied Soil Ecology. 99, No. 3, 2016, pp. 13-18.
  21. ↑ Decalp Climate-controlled degradation dynamics of dead wood on alpine soils (Wood decay) (FWF)
  22. ↑ H. Insam, H. Delgado-Granados, M. Nagler, S. Waldhuber, SM Podmirseg, S. Quideau: Soil microbiota along Ayoloco glacier retreat area of ​​Iztaccíhuatl volcano. In: Catena. 153, 2017, pp. 83-88, doi: 10.1016 / j.catena.2017.02.001 .
  23. ↑ BioTreaT wins Eduard Wallnöfer Prize (University of Innsbruck December 21, 2010)
personal data
SURNAME Insam, Heribert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian microbiologist
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Zell am See