Verena Nikeleit perused studies in environmental science and geoecology, completing her PhD in 2024 in geomicrobiology at the University in Tübingen, Germany. Her PhD research focused on the influence of organic and inorganic substrates on the Fe(II) oxidation by metabolic flexible phototrophs.
Since 2024 she joined NORCE as a Post Doc in the Subsurface Energy Solution group. She is part of the MOCHyS project focusing on enrichment and characterisation of hydrogen consuming bacteria.