Runa Antony

About

My work involves exploring the interplay between microbial metabolism and the carbon cycle in glacial systems at different spatial and temporal scales. I use an interdisciplinary approach combining bulk- and molecular-level analyses of dissolved organic matter, major ions, cell counts, microbial diversity and their metabolic capacity to explore the dynamics of carbon and nutrients in these systems and to understand the functional role of resident microbes in these dynamics.

Employment

• Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Scientist
  2023 - Present
• Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Humboldt Fellow
  2021 - 2023
• Nationl Centre for Polar and Ocean Research Scientist
  2008 - Present

Education

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Projects & Funding

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Publications (20)

• Extraction Strategies for Profiling the Molecular Composition of Particulate Organic Matter on Glacier Surfaces
  Environmental Science & Technology 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c10088
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• Holed up, but thriving: Impact of multitrophic cryoconite communities on glacier elemental cycles
  Science of The Total Environment 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173187
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• Molecular level characterization of supraglacial dissolved organic matter sources and exported pools on the southern Greenland Ice Sheet
  2024 DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-2024-492
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• Contribution of cryoconite holes in the supraglacial discharge of bioavailable iron in Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica
  Polar Science 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.polar.2024.101052
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• Melting glaciers unlock hidden contaminants
  Current Science 2023
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• Fate of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Antarctic Surface Environments During Summer
  Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 2020 DOI: 10.1029/2020jg005958
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• Metabolic activity and bioweathering properties of yeasts isolated from different supraglacial environments of Antarctica and Himalaya
  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2020 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-020-01496-1
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• Chemical characteristics of hydrologically distinct cryoconite holes in coastal Antarctica
  Annals of Glaciology 2018 DOI: 10.1017/aog.2018.30
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• Photo-biochemical transformation of dissolved organic matter on the surface of the coastal East Antarctic ice sheet
  Biogeochemistry 2018 DOI: 10.1007/s10533-018-0516-0
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• Microbial communities and their potential for degradation of dissolved organic carbon in cryoconite hole environments of Himalaya and Antarctica
  Microbiological Research 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2018.01.004
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