Macro-scale engineering
Our bioprocess engineering efforts include the engineering of suitable enzymes and production strains for small molecule and protein production, the establishment of tailored laboratory-scale bioreactor cultivation protocols, and the development of intensified processing schemes such as separation-integrated bioprocesses in which products are removed in situ to relieve inhibitions or maintain thermodynamic driving forces in enzyme reactions. These aspects emphasize the strong application-oriented focus of our group and the goal to ultimately put our academic efforts into an economically or otherwise societally relevant context.
