Lehrstuhlleiter
Fakultät für Verfahrens- und Systemtechnik (FVST)
Personal Facts
Date of Birth: 22 October 1959
Place of Birth: Kaufbeuren, Germany
Nationality: German
University Education
1980-1987 Diploma Biology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken (Germany)
Scientific Career
2019-2020 Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg (Germany)
2017-2018 Managing Director of the Institute for Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg (Germany)
2011-2012 Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg (Germany)
2009-2010 Managing Director of the Institute for Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg (Germany)
2005-2006 Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg (Germany)
2003-2004 Managing Director of the Institute for Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg (Germany)
since 2000 Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Systems and Signal Oriented Bioprocess Engineering, Magdeburg (Germany) Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society
since 1999 Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute for Process Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg (Germany)
1996 Acting Head of Production, Mallinckrodt Vet/ Essex Animal Health GmbH, Burgwedel (Germany)
1993-1995 Head of Virus Production, Pitman-Moore GmbH, Burgwedel (Germany)
1993 Project Leader “Microcarrier”, Pitman-Moore GmbH, Burgwedel (Germany)
1992-1993 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biotechnology Group, Institute for Systems
Dynamic and Control, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
1991-1992 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
1991 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Institute for Systems Dynamic and Control, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
- Mikrobielle Gemeinschaften (Biogas- und Abwasserreinigungsanlagen, Medizin)
- Upstream Processing (Säugerzellen, Hefen, Bakterien)
- Downstream Processing (Separation, Chromatographie)
- Mathematische Modellbildung und Simulation
- Überwachung und Regelung von Bioprozessen
- Analytik (Prozessüberwachung, Stoffwechsel, (Meta)Proteomics, Glycomics
- Virale Impfstoffe/Vektoren, rekombinante Proteine, Glykoproteine