Ökopedologie der gemäßigten Zonen

Dr. Nataliya Bilyera

Research Interests

  • Nutrient cycling and mobilization in the rhizosphere (with a focus on phosphorus)
  • The role of soil biota in biochemical cycles
  • Development of soil zymography as a modern method of soil hotspot investigation
  • Soil biochemistry, isotopes (14C, 33P, 13C, 18O) application, soil imaging (soil zymography, pH imaging (optodes), 14C and 33P imaging) and in-depth image analysis (ImageJ)

Scientific CV

2026–
Academic Assistant
Soil Science of Temperate Ecosystems, University of Göttingen
2024–2026
Postdoc and PI
Geo-biosphere Interactions Group, University of Tübingen
2023–2024
Postdoc
Northwest German Forest Research Station, Göttingen
2022–2023
Postdoc
Geo-biosphere interactions Group, University of Tuebingen
2018–2022
Research assistant & PhD Student
Christian-Albrecht University of Kiel
2009–2018
Researcher & Lecturer
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine
2006–2009
Postgraduate Study
National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Projects

Metabolic and energetic costs of microbial substrate degradation to mine phosphorus

DFG, SoilSytems SPP 2322

Diffusive 18O labelling to relate microbial growth and phosphorus solubilization in the rhizosphere

Program for the Promotion of Junior Researchers, University of Tübingen

Selected Publications

Xu, S., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Yu, Y., Fan, H., Zhang, L., Tang, X., Zhang, Z., Wu, S., Bilyera, N., Kuzyakov, Y., C. Tebbe, C., W. Nicol, G., Whalen, J.K., Yao, H., 2026. Global long-term agricultural experiments reveal consequences of mineral fertilization for soil microbiomes. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-026-74614-8

Loginova, I., Bilyera, N., 2025. Novel approach in soil zymography to assess enzyme activity in the rhizosphere. Rhizosphere 33, 101006. doi:10.1016/j.rhisph.2024.101006

Bilyera, N., Kuzyakov, Y., 2024. Soil zymography: A decade of rapid development in microbial hotspot imaging. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 189, 109264. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2023.109264

Bilyera, N., Hummel, C., Daudin, G., Santangeli, M., Zhang, X., Santner, J., Lippold, E., Schlüter, S., Bertrand, I., Wenzel, W., Spielvogel, S., Vetterlein, D., Razavi, B.S., Oburger, E., 2022. Co-localised phosphorus mobilization processes in the rhizosphere of field-grown maize jointly contribute to plant nutrition. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 165, 108497. doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108497

Bilyera, N., Dippold, M.A., Bleicher, J., Maranguit, D., Kuzyakov, Y., Blagodatskaya, E., 2021. Microbial tradeoffs in internal and external use of resources regulated by phosphorus and carbon availability. European Journal of Soil Biology 106, 103353. doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2021.103353