Completed projects

„eBiotech: Magnetic resonance imaging for the study of electroactive biofilms in porous electrodes”

Collaborative project together with PD Dr. Wolfgang Dreher  and Dr. Ekkehard Küstermann (FB02 - Universität Bremen)

Awarding agency: German Research Foundation (DFG), 2021 – 2024

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"BROWSE: Reaction cascades for the production of biopolymers from waste material streams"

Collaborative project together with Prof. Dr. Johannes Gescher (Hamburg University of Technology -  Institute for technical Microbiolgy, TMI), Prof. Dr. Harald Horn, Prof. Dr. Michael Meier (KIT Karlsruhe), Dr. Achim Schaadt (Fraunhofer ISE)

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2021 - 2024

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„BIBER: bioelectrochemical system for flexible biogas production”

 

Collaborative project together with Prof. Dr. Johannes Gescher (Technische Universität Hamburg Institut für technische Mikrobiologie, TMI, Koordination des Verbundprojekts), Prof. Dr. An-Ping Zeng (Technical University  Hamburg) und Dr. Zuberbühler (Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg ZSW)

Awarding agency: Federal Ministry of Food Agriculture and (BMEL)/ FNR - central coordinating agency in the area of renewable resources in Germany, (FKZ 2219NR379), 2020 – 2024

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"BioDME: sustainable synthesis of the energy carrier dimethyl ether from waste water"

Collaborative project together with Prof. Dr. Johannes Gescher (Technische Universität Hamburg Institut für technische Mikrobiologie, TMI), Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing (University of Freiburg), Dr. Achim Schaadt (Fraunhofer ISE), and TUTTAHS & MEYER GmbH

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2019 – 2023

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"BioEC-Reaktor: Fixed- and fluidized bed reactors for electrobiotechnology – optimized biofilm development and scalable reactors for bioelectrosynthesis and energy conversion"

Collaborative project together with Dr. Dirk Holtmann (DECHEMA-Research-Institute)  

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BmWi)/ industrielle Gemeinschaftsforschung IGF, 2018 – 2020

"IBÖM03: N-aus-Aquakultur: Application of membrane distillation for the removal and recovery of nitrogen from indoor fish farms"

Collaborative project together with glammeier+john aquakultur GbR / glammeier+john bausysteme GmbH & Co. KG and Alfred-Wegener-Institut (AWI), Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2017 - 2020

"RECICL - Reactor Cascades For The Biotechnological Conversion Of Waste Into Platform Chemicals"

Collaborative project together with Prof. Dr. Johannes Gescher and Prof. Dr. Harald Horn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT), and Dr. Achim Schaadt (Fraunhofer ISE)

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2017 – 2020

"BioElectroPlast – microbial electrosynthesis to produce bioplastic from flue gas"

Collaborative project together with Prof. Dr. Johannes Gescher and Prof. Dr. Harald Horn (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT)

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2016 – 2020

"Tear-fluid operated glucose fuel cells as power supply for electronic contact lenses"

PhD scholarship

Awarding agency: Fritz-Hüttinger-Foundation, 2016 – 2018

"IBÖ-03: N-aus-Aquakultur: Application of membrane distillation for the removal and recovery of nitrogen from indoor fish farms"

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2016 - 2017

"BioElektroGas – Bioelectrochemical production of highly pure biogas from organic waste"

Collaborative project togetehr with Prof. Dr. Johannes Gescher (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT) and Dr. Andreas Lemmer (University of Hohenheim)

Awarding agency: Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector of the Federal State Baden-Württemberg

Baden-Württemberg (UM), 2015 – 2018

"MEKOMAT – Microbe-electrode composite materials for the renewable production of biofuels"

Coordinator and research partner of a collaborative project with Prof. Dr. Johannes Gescher (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT)

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2015 – 2018

"Economic evaluation of the filtrating microbial fuel cell – Simultaneous electricity generation and membrane filtration for energy efficient waste water treatment"

Feasibility study

Awarding agency: Baden-Württemberg Foundation, 2015 - 2017

"BioMethanol – Sustainable synthesis of the energy-carrier methanol from waste-water"

Coordinator and research partner of a collaborative project with partners from academia and industry

Awarding agency: German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2014 – 2017