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Axel Schippers is affiliated with the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science, with a focus on several specialized subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Water Science and Technology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics investigated by Schippers cover a range of processes and techniques related to mineral resource management and environmental impact. These include:

  • Metal Extraction and Bioleaching
  • Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Mine Drainage and Remediation Techniques
  • Drilling and Well Engineering
  • Radioactive Element Chemistry and Processing
  • Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods

Schippers has contributed to several peer-reviewed papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of microbial metal sulfide oxidation - part A (2022) in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Progress in bioleaching: part B, applications of microbial processes by the minerals industries (2022) in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Bioleaching of cobalt from Cu/Co-rich sulfidic mine tailings from the polymetallic Rammelsberg mine, Germany (2020) in Hydrometallurgy
  • Distribution of Acidophilic Microorganisms in Natural and Man-made Acidic Environments (2020) in Current Issues in Molecular Biology
  • Depth-related variability in viral communities in highly stratified sulfidic mine tailings (2020) in Microbiome

The venues where Schippers frequently publishes research include:

  • Hydrometallurgy
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Throughout their career, Schippers has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, which include:

  • Sabrina Hedrich
  • Bo Barker Jørgensen
  • Steven D'Hondt
  • D.J. Miller
  • Juana Luz Solis Acosta

Best Publications

  • Bacterial leaching of metal sulfides proceeds by two indirect mechanisms via thiosulfate or via polysulfides and sulfur

    Axel Schippers;Wolfgang Sand

  • (Bio)chemistry of bacterial leaching - direct vs. indirect bioleaching

    Wolfgang Sand;Tilman Gehrke;Peter-Georg Jozsa;Axel Schippers

  • Distributions of Microbial Activities in Deep Subseafloor Sediments

    Steven D'Hondt;Bo Barker Jørgensen;D. Jay Miller;Anja Batzke

  • Progress in bioleaching: fundamentals and mechanisms of bacterial metal sulfide oxidation—part A

    Mario Vera;Axel Schippers;Wolfgang Sand

  • Prokaryotic cells of the deep sub-seafloor biosphere identified as living bacteria

    A. Schippers;L. N. Neretin;J. Kallmeyer;T. G. Ferdelman

  • Sulfur chemistry in bacterial leaching of pyrite.

    Axel Schippers;Peter-Georg Jozsa;Wolfgang Sand

  • Sulfur chemistry, biofilm, and the (in)direct attack mechanism — a critical evaluation of bacterial leaching

    W. Sand;T. Gerke;R. Hallmann;A. Schippers

  • Biogeochemistry of pyrite and iron sulfide oxidation in marine sediments

    Axel Schippers;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Oxidation of pyrite and iron sulfide by manganese dioxide in marine sediments

    Axel Schippers;Bo Barker Jørgensen

  • Biomining: metal recovery from ores with microorganisms.

    Axel Schippers;Sabrina Hedrich;Sabrina Hedrich;Jürgen Vasters;Malte Drobe

  • Quantification of microbial communities in near-surface and deeply buried marine sediments on the Peru continental margin using real-time PCR.

    Axel Schippers;Lev N. Neretin;Lev N. Neretin

  • The biogeochemistry and microbiology of sulfidic mine waste and bioleaching dumps and heaps, and novel Fe(II)-oxidizing bacteria

    A. Schippers;A. Breuker;A. Blazejak;K. Bosecker

  • Microbial diversity in uranium mine waste heaps.

    Axel Schippers;Regine Hallmann;Susanne Wentzien;Wolfgang Sand

  • Manganese-Cycling Microbial Communities Inside Deep-Sea Manganese Nodules

    Marco Blöthe;Anna Wegorzewski;Cornelia Müller;Frank Simon

  • Soil microbial community changes as a result of long-term exposure to a natural CO2 vent

    B.I. Oppermann;W. Michaelis;M. Blumenberg;J. Frerichs

  • Microbacterium oleivorans sp. nov. and Microbacterium hydrocarbonoxydans sp. nov., novel crude-oil-degrading Gram-positive bacteria

    Axel Schippers;Klaus Bosecker;Cathrin Spröer;Peter Schumann

  • Aerobic and anaerobic methanotrophs in the Black Sea water column

    Carsten J. Schubert;Marco J. L. Coolen;Lev N. Neretin;Lev N. Neretin;Axel Schippers

  • Microbial Community Analysis of Opalinus Clay Drill Core Samples from the Mont Terri Underground Research Laboratory, Switzerland

    S. Stroes-Gascoyne;A. Schippers;B. Schwyn;S. Poulain

  • Microbial and abiotic controls on mineral-associated organic matter in soil profiles along an ecosystem gradient.

    Robert Mikutta;Stephanie Turner;Axel Schippers;Norman Gentsch

  • Extracellular polymeric substances from Bacillus subtilis associated with minerals modify the extent and rate of heavy metal sorption.

    Robert Mikutta;Anja Baumgärtner;Axel Schippers;Ludwig Haumaier

  • Bacterial and chemical oxidation of pyritic mine tailings at low temperatures

    Bo Elberling;Axel Schippers;Wolfgang Sand

  • Microorganisms persist at record depths in the subseafloor of the Canterbury Basin.

    Maria Cristina Ciobanu;Maria Cristina Ciobanu;Maria Cristina Ciobanu;Gaetan Burgaud;Alexis Dufresne;Anja Breuker

  • Quantitative Microbial Community Analysis of Three Different Sulfidic Mine Tailing Dumps Generating Acid Mine Drainage

    Dagmar Kock;Axel Schippers

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Sand
Wolfgang Sand Institute of Oceanology
Robert Mikutta
Robert Mikutta Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Georg Guggenberger
Georg Guggenberger University of Hannover
Reiner Dohrmann
Reiner Dohrmann Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
Bo Barker Jørgensen
Bo Barker Jørgensen Aarhus University
Andreas P Teske
Andreas P Teske University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Michael E. Böttcher
Michael E. Böttcher Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research
Timothy G. Ferdelman
Timothy G. Ferdelman Max Planck Society
Takuro Nunoura
Takuro Nunoura Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann Leibniz Association

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