Kara Müller
PhD Student
Education:
since 04/2021
PhD Thesis in Analytical Chemistry with PD Dr. Natalia P. Ivleva, Institute of Water Chemistry, Chair of Analytical Chemistry and Water Chemistry, Technical University of Munich.
09/2019 – 02/2020
External Master Thesis: „Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Titanium Dioxides“. The practical part was performed at the Automotive Catalysts, Research and Technology Devision of Umicore AG & Co. KG in Hanau and the thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Klaus Köhler, Chair of Inorganic Chemistry, Technical University Munich.
10/2017 – 02/2020
Master of Science in Chemistry with Inorganic Chemistry as major and Physical Chemistry as minor at Technical University of Munich.
10/2017 – 02/2018
External Research Project at Syft Technologies in Christchurch, New Zealand: „Monitoring volatiles in CO2 using SIFT-MS“.
10/2014 – 11/2017
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at Technical University of Munich.
Bachelor Thesis: „An Improved UHV-catalysis setup – Modification and Calibration“, supervised by Prof. Dr. Ueli Heiz at Chair of Physical Chemistry, Technical University of Munich.
Project:
Publications
J. Weng, K. Müller, O. Morgaienko, M. Elsner, N. P. Ivleva, Multi-element Stable Isotope Raman Microspectroscopy of Bacterial Carotenoids Unravels Rare Signal Shift Patterns and Single-cell Phenotypic Heterogeneity, Analyst 2023, 148, 128–136, doi.org/10.1039/D2AN01603F
K. Müller, GeoTalk: Meet Kara Müller, Researcher of Biodegradable Plastic!
Talks
Müller, K.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P. Deuterium Labels to Study Biodegradation of Plastics with Raman spectroscopy, EGU24 General Assembly, 14.–19.04.2024, Vienna, Austria
Müller, K.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P. On the Potential of Analysing Biodegradability of Microplastics with Stable Isotope Raman Microspectroscopy, SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting, 30.04.–04.05.2023, Dublin, Ireland
Müller, K.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P. Stabilisotopenansatz für die direkte Analyse der Bioabbaubarkeit von Mikroplastik mittels Raman-Mikrospektroskopie, Wasser 2023, 15.–17.05.2023, Augsburg, Germany
Poster Presentations
Müller, K.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N. P. On the Potential of Stable Isotope Raman Microspectroscopy for Analyzing Microbial Degradation of Microplastics, Anakon 2023, 11.04.-14.04.2023, Vienna, Austria.
Müller, K.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P.; Exploring the Potential of Raman Microspectroscopy for the Analysis of Microbial Degradation of Microplastics. SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting, 15.-19.05.2022, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Müller, K.; Weng, J.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P.; Potential of Stable Isotope Raman
Microspectroscopy for the Analysis of Biodegradation of Microplastics. Wasser 2022, 23.-25.05.2022 (online). Poster Prize 3rd Place.
Müller, K.; Weng, J.; Elsner, M. Ivleva, N.P.; Applicability of a Reverse Stable Isotope Labeling Approach to Show Biodegradation of Microplastics on a Single-cell Level. 10th International Symposium on Isotopomers and 12th Isotopes Conference, 30.05.-02.06.2022, Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Müller, K.; Weng, J.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P.; Potential of a Direct and Reverse D- and 13C-Labelling Approach for the Analysis of Microbial Degradation of Microplastics. Analytica
Conference, 21.-24.06.2022, Munich, Germany.
Müller, K.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P.; Applicability of Stable Isotope Raman Microspectroscopy for the Analysis of Biodegradation of Microplastics. International Symposium on Managing Land and Water for Climate-smart Agriculture, 25.-29.07.2022, Vienna, Austria. Poster Prize 1st Place.
Müller, K.; Weng, J.; Elsner, M.; Ivleva, N.P., Exploring the Potential of Raman Microspectroscopy for the Analysis of Microbial Degradation of Microplastics. 17th Confocal Raman Imaging Symposium, 27.09.-01.10.2021, (online).