Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Weuster-Botz
Full Professor
Technical University of Munich
TUM School of Engineering and Design
Department of Energy and Process Engineering
Chair of Biochemical Engineering
Boltzmannstr. 15
85748 Garching
| phone: | +49.89.289.15712 |
| fax: | +49.89.289.15714 |
| room: | 3438 |
| e-mail: | dirk.weuster‑botz@tum.de |
Profile
| Diploma studies | 1979 - 1986 | Chemical Engineering (University of Karlsruhe) |
| Graduate research assistant | 1987 - 1991 | Institute of Biotechnology, Research Centre Juelich, Germany |
| Dr.-Ing. | 1991 | Awarded by University of Karlsruhe |
| Senior researcher, Manager of biopilot plant | 1991 - 2000 | Institute of Biotechnology, Research Centre Juelich, Germany |
| Research stay | 1995 - 1996 | DSM-Research, Bio-Organic Chemistry, Geleen, NL |
| Habilitation | 1999 | Awarded by Technical University of Aachen (RWTH), Germany |
| Full professor | since 2000 | Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technische Universität München |
| Chairman | 2003 - 2009 | Fachausschuss Bioverfahrenstechnik, GVC VDI-Gesellschaft Verfahrenstechnik und Chemieingenieurwesen (since 2007: GVC/DECHEMA-Gemeinschaftsausschuss 'Bioprozesstechnik') |
| Editor-in-Chief | since 2005 | Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering |
| Review board member (German Research Foundation, DFG) | 2008 - 2011 | Biological Process Engineering (DFG-Review Board 403 Process Engineering, Technical Chemistry) |
| Member | since 2012 | National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech), Germany |
| Chairman | since 2014 | TUM Pilot Plant for Industrial Biotechnology |