Career positions

Since 06/2022

W3 Professor for Bioprocess Engineering, Technical University of Munich, Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability

04/2021 – 02/2022

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, Site Manager for Clariant’s Biotech Center in Planegg

01/2018 – 03/2022

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, Group Biotechnology, Head of Development and Biomanufacturing

01/2013 – 12/2017

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, Group Biotechnology, Department Head “Fermentation & Bioprocesses”

07/2012 – 12/2012

Clariant Produkte (Deutschland) GmbH, Group Biotechnology, Group Leader “Adsorption & Downstream Processing“

04/2010 – 06/2012

Süd-Chemie AG, Corporate Research and Development, Group Leader “Adsorption & Downstream Processing“

12/2008 – 03/2010

Süd-Chemie AG, Corporate Research and Development, Scientist “Adsorption & Downstream Processing“

09/2005 – 11/2008

RWTH Aachen, AVT, Chair for Biochemical Engineering (Prof. Dr.-Ing. J. Büchs), Dissertation “Model-based experimental analysis of enzyme kinetics in aqueous-organic biphasic systems“

Education

10/2000 – 05/2005

Technical University of Munich, Chemical Engineering

11/2004 – 05/2005

Diploma thesis: “Optimization of the polymerase chain reaction by modulating the melting point of DNA“, Roche Diagnostics GmbH, Penzberg

04/2004 – 09/2004

Semester thesis: “Microbreaking waves and their effect on mass transfer“, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA

10/2003 – 03/2004

Semester thesis: “Modeling a two-step repeated-fed-batch-process: for the microbial conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone using Gluconobacter oxydans“, Technical University of Munich

Awards

01/2010

Borchers Badge from RWTH Aachen University

07/2006

Jürgen Manchot Award from the Technical University of Munich

06/2006

Participation at the 18th Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau