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Prof. Wolfgang Liebl investigates applied microbiology with a particular focus on enzymology, polysaccharide degradation, and the analysis of genomes and metagenomes of microorganisms adapted to extreme conditions, particularly extreme temperatures and pH values. His research projects explore the physiology and gene regulation of biotechnologically relevant bacteria such as Bacillus species, Gluconobacter oxydans, and solventogenic Clostridia. He also studies the biosynthesis of hydrocarbons and natural gene transfer in high-GC Gram-positive bacteria like Micrococcus luteus. Prof. Liebl studied biology with a major in microbiology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and received his doctorate in 1986. A grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) allowed him to work in the group of Prof. A.J. Sinskey at MIT from 1986 to 1987. After completing his postdoctoral teaching qualification at TUM in 1997, he became a professor of Genomic Applied Microbiology at the University of Göttingen in 2008, where he also served as Dean of the Faculty of Biology and a member of the Senate. He declined an offer for a full professorship at TU Graz in 2003 and returned to TUM in 2008 as a full professor in microbiology.