Thomas Fließwasser studied biology (B.Sc.) and microbiology (M.Sc.) at the University of Bonn and has specialized on gut bacteria research since his doctorate, where he elucidated the central carbon and energy metabolism of the important human gut bacterium Segatella copri (basonym Prevotella copri).

In 2021 he became a postdoctoral researcher in Fabian Grein’s DZIF research group ‘Bacterial Interference’ at the IPM, during which he co-developed an in vitro gut community model for the evaluation of decolonization strategies against enteropathogens.

Since the departure of his former group leader in April 2024, Thomas Fließwasser has taken over the junior research group as the commissarial group leader.