Mike Jetten
Mike Jetten (* 1962 ) is a Dutch microbiologist. He is a professor at Radboud University Nijmegen .
Jetten studied at Wageningen University, where he received his doctorate cum laude in 1991 on anaerobic bacteria. He was a post-doctoral student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . From 1994 to 2000 he was assistant professor in the Biotechnology Department at the TU Delft . Since 2000 he has been professor for ecological microbiology in Nijmegen. He has also been an associate professor for environmental microbiology at the TU Delft since 2002. From 2004 to 2010 he was the founding director of the Institute for Water and Wetland Research (IWWR).
Jetten was able to prove that some reactions that were previously classified as impossible are used by bacteria and play a role in the global nitrogen, methane and sulfur cycle. He found that anammox bacteria (anaerobic ammonium oxidizing bacteria) convert ammonium and nitrites into nitrogen gas and water under anaerobic conditions . The reaction plays an important role in the global nitrogen cycle (half of the atmospheric nitrogen is produced in this way). Anammox bacteria are used today in wastewater treatment. His discoveries also had an impact on climate models.
In 2012 he received the Spinoza Prize . In 2008 he received an ERC Advanced Grant. He has been a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences since 2010 and of the Academia Europaea since 2013 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Membership directory: Michael Jetten. Academie Europaea, accessed on October 21, 2017 (English, with biographical and other information).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jetting, Mike |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch microbiologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1962 |