Dr. Simone Heyen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Phone: +49-(0)441-798-3627
Room: W15 2-236
Dr. Simone Heyen
Research Interest
My research focuses on the analysis of the metabolome in the digestive system of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Applying a variety of analytical techniques, including high resolution mass spectrometry, I am investigating the composition of intact phospholipids, fatty acids, sterols, amino acids, quinones, coenzyme A thioesters and B vitamins in this key species of the Southern Ocean.
Academic Career
| Since Feb 2021 | Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, working group Organic Geochemistry |
| Jan 2017 – Dez 2020 | PhD at the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, working group Organic Geochemistry |
| Okt 2014 – Sep 2016 | M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover |
| Sep 2011 – Aug 2014 | B.Sc. in Forensic Sciences, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Rheinbach |
Research Experience
| Apr 2016 – Sep 2016 | Internship at the State Office of Criminal Investigation Lower Saxony, Department of Fire, Environmental, Electrical and general Chemistry, Hannover |
| Mär 2015 – Aug 2015 | Scientific assistant at the Institute for Inorganic Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover |
| Mär 2014 – Mai 2014 | Internship at the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Toxicology, Hannover Medical School |
Publications
- Heyen, S., Scholz-Böttcher, B. M., Rabus, R., and Wilkes, H. 2021. Release of carboxylic acids into the exometabolome during anaerobic growth of a denitrifying bacterium with single substrates or crude oil. Organic Geochemistry 154: 104179. doi:10.1016/j.orggeochem.2020.104179.
- Heyen, S., Scholz-Böttcher, B. M., Rabus, R. and Wilkes, H. 2020. Method development and validation for the quantification of organic acids in microbial samples using anionic exchange solid-phase extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 412: 7491–7503. doi:10.1007/s00216-020-02883-3
- Küppers, J., Mitschke, N., Heyen, S., Rabus, R., Wilkes, H. and Christoffers, J. 2020. Metabolites of the anaerobic degradation of n-hexane by denitrifying betaproteobacterium strain HxN1. Chembiochem 21: 373–380. doi:10.1002/cbic.201900375.