Profil

Professional activities

since 10/2022	Chair of Bioseparation Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
since 09/2009	Associate Professorship - Bioseparation Engineering, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany
03/2008 - 08/2009	Professorship - Enzyme Technology, University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany
05/2004 - 02/2010	Group leader - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute of Functional Interfaces, WG Biofunctional Surfaces, Germany
10/2006 - 08/2009	Lecturer – Industrial Biocatalysis, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Faculty of Chemical Engineering und Process Engineering, Germany
02/2005 - 08/2009	Lecturer – Biocatalysis, Fortbildungszentrum für Technik und Umwelt, Karlsruhe, Germany
01/2001 - 01/2004	PhD student – Technical University Braunschweig, Institute of Technical Chemistry, Germany

Studies

12/2003	PhD at Technical University Braunschweig, Institute of Technical Chemistry, Germany
10/1996 - 03/2002	Studies Dipl. Biotechnology at Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
10/1995 - 10/2000	Studies Dipl. Biology at Technical University Braunschweig, Germany

Scientific key data

Reviewed papers	77
Book chapters	2
h-Index	21
Patent pending	6

Awards

2020	Supervisory Award, Technical University of Munich
2019	Supervisory Award, Mechanical Engineering, TUM
2019	top teaching trophy t3, best bachelor lecture, MSE, TUM
2010	Nominated for the Alfried Krupp-award for young scientists

 

Qualifications

2021	Reputation W3 at University Stuttgart (Interfacial Process Engineering and Institute Director IGVP incl. management function at Fraunhofer IGB
2021	Reputation at BOKU, Vienna (Professorship DSP and Institute Director Biochemical Engineering)
since 2021	Member of School Council of TUM School of Engineering and Design
since 2021	DECHEMA - Advisory Board Bioprocess Technology
2021	Guest Editor, Special Issue - Bioseparation, Engineering in Life sciences
2019	Nominated DFG Fachkollegienwahl ,Biochemical Engineering’
since 2019	Editorial Board, Journal ‘Engineering in Life Sciences’
since 2019	Scientific Committee, Affinity 2019, Stockholm, Sweden
2018	Conference Chair, ISPPP International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides and Polynucleotides, 2018, Berlin
2016,2018	Scientific Committee, IBF Industrial Biotechnology Forum, Garching
since 2018	Advisory Board TUM:Junge Akademie
since 2017	Trustee of Bavarian EliteAcademy
since 2016	Scientific Committee, ISPPP International Symposium on the Separation of Proteins, Peptides and Polynucleotides,
since 2012	Member of different internal boards of TUM (faculty board, faculty awards, Honorary doctorates, honorary professorships)
since 2009	Member of the ‚Technikum für Weiße Biotechnologie‘, TUM
seit 2007	Reviewer for different journals and the DFG
2007 - 2008	Junior Professional Management Program at ZWM, Speyer
since 2005	Membership - DECHEMA Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e.V.
since 2005	Project manager and responsible for biological safety class S1 and S2 Laboratories in accordance with § 15 GenTSV

 
International Experience

07/2019 - 09/2019	Visiting researcher, MIT Cambridge, USA, Prof. Alan Hatton
08/2006 - 11/2006	Visiting researcher, ETH Zurich, CH, Prof. Peter Seeberger
04/2000 - 09/2000	Diploma theses at Iowa State University, USA, Prof. Peter Reilly