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Biochemical Engineering
Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Dirk
Weuster-Botz
Contact
Phone +49.89.289.15712
Management
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Weuster-Botz, Director
Administrative Staff
Marlene Schocher
Ellen Truxius
Gabriele Herbrik
Research Scientists
Dr. Kathrin Castiglione, TUM Junior Fellow
Dr.-Ing. Dariusch Hekmat
Dr. Anna-Lena Heins
Dr. Ludwig Klermund
Dipl.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirt.Ing. Andreas Apel
Sarah Poschenrieder, M.Sc.
Julia Tröndle, M.Sc.
Tom Schwarzer, M.Sc.
Anja Koller, M.Sc.
Benjamin Kick, M.Sc.
Kathrin Doll, M.Sc.
Martin Dorn, M.Sc.
Christina Pfaffinger, M.Sc.
Timm Severin, M.Sc.
Dipl.-Ing. Peter Riegler
Alexander Mayer, M.Sc.
Xenia Priebe, M.Sc.
Samantha Hensler, M.Sc.
Christian Burger, M.Sc.
Christoph Mähler, M.Sc.
Andres Martinez, M.Sc.
Karl Behler, M.Sc.
Ingmar Polte, M.Sc.
Lara Wolf, M.Sc.
Phillip Nowotny, M.Sc.
Johannes Hermann, M.Sc.
Torben Schädler, M.Sc.
Florian Golombek, M.Sc.
Michael Mertz, M.Sc.
Anton Rückel, M.Sc.
Dominik Schäfer, M.Sc.
Jacqueline Wagner, M.Sc.
Technical Staff
Georg Kojro
Norbert Werth
Markus Amann
Florian Sedlmaier
Research Focus
■■Micro-bioprocess engineering
■■Bioreactors
■■Biocatalysis
■■Fermentation
■■Gasfermentation
■■Bioprocess integration
Competence
■■Design and automation of bioreactor
systems
■■Bioprocess development and
optimization
■■Metabolic analysis of microbial
reactions in bioreactors
■■Metabolomics
■■Downstream processing
Infrastructure
■■Stirred-tank bioreactor systems up to a
100 l scale
■■Flat-panel photobioreactor systems
with high-power LEDs
■■Parallel bioreactor systems automated
with lab robots
■■Anaerobic work benches/sterile laminar
flow work benches
■■Syngas labs (CO2, CO, H2)
■■Phage lab
■■Cooled lab (4° C)
■■Electronic/mechanical workshop
■■Analytical lab (LC-MS, flow cytometry,
GC, LC, etc.)
Courses
■■Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals
■■Biochemical Engineering
■■Bioprocesses
■■Bioprocesses and Bioproduction
■■Industrial Bioprocesses
■■Bioreactors/Bioreaction Engineering
■■Environmental and Biochemical
Engineering
■■Separation of Macromolecular
Bioproducts
■■Practical Training on Biochemical
Engineering
■■Practical Training on Bioprocess
Engineering
Selected Publications 2017
■■Praetorius F, Kick B, Behler KL, Hone­
mann MN, Weuster-Botz D, Dietz H
(2017): Biotechnological mass produc­
tion of DNA origami. Nature 552: 84-87
■■Koller A, Löwe H, Schmid V, Mundt S,
Weuster-Botz D (2017): Model-support-
ed phototrophic growth studies with
Scenedesmus obtusiusculus in a flat-
plate photobioreactor. Biotechnol
Bioeng 114: 308-320
■■Weiner M, Tröndle J, Albermann C,
Sprenger GA, Weuster-Botz D (2017):
Metabolic control analysis of L-pheny­
lalanine production from glycerol with
engineered E. coli using data from
short-term steady-state perturbation
experiments. Biochem Eng J 126:
86-100
■■Apel AC, Pfaffinger CE, Basedahl N,
Mittwollen N, Göbel J, Sauter J,
Brück T, Weuster-Botz D (2017): Open
thin-layer cascade reactors for saline
microalgae production evaluated in a
physically simulated Mediterranean
summer climate. Algal Research 25
(2017) 381-390
■■Dorn M, Eschbach F, Hekmat D,
Weuster-Botz D (2017): Influence of
different packing methods on the
hydrodynamic stability of chromato­
graphy columns. J Chrom A 1516:
89-101