Mitra Ghotbi / Microbial ecologist
Small life.
Big
connections.
Exploring the world beneath our feet.
I study how plants, microorganisms and soil chemistry interact—and how these relationships shape nutrient cycling and recovery from environmental stress.
RolePostdoctoral Fellow, 2026–presentInstituteInstitute of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science and Botanical Institute, Kiel UniversityApproachField and mesocosm experiments, stable isotopes, quantitative microbiomesCodeOpen R packages and reproducible pipelines
Contact · Mitra Ghotbi
Let’s connect.
For research collaborations, academic opportunities and conversations about soil–plant–microbe interactions.
mitra.ghotbi@gmail.com ↗