Dr.-Ing. Jakob Hildebrandt
Contact
Dr.-Ing, M.Sc. in International Material Flow Management
Senior Scientist / Post DocDepartment of Bioenergy
Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig I Germany
in cooperation with:
Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum - DBFZ
Torgauer Straße 116
04347 Leipzig I Germany

Projects and Models
Running Projects
Finished Projects
Models
Research Focus:
- - Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) of
circular bioeconomy strategies
- Benchmarking of sustainability profiles
of value chains in the circular bioeconomy
- Urban Waste Biorefineries for fertilizers, energy,
fodder, fibres and carbon materials
- Wood-based bioeconomy
- Impact decoupling by Resource substitution,
Industrial Symbiosis and Cascading
- Bio-based carbon materials and biochar
- Biomethane Utilization Pathways
Professional experience
Since 10/2019
Senior Scientist at the Department of Bioenergy
09/2016 - 09/2019
04/2013 - 08/2016
Guest Scientist at the Department of Bioenergy and Assistant Plant Manager at an organic waste treatment facility of the Eggersmann Kompotec Kompostierungs-anlagen GmbH in the City of Gütersloh
Department of Bioenergy, Scientific Employee and PhD candidate
2011-2013
Immission Protection Officer in the authority for environmental protection of the municipal administration of the City of Cologne
2012
Master Thesis: "Regionally specified concepts of production facilities for soil amendments with properties of Terra Preta" under the umbrella auf the research project "LaTerra" – Sustainable Land use through regional Energy- and Material Flow Management by Applying the Terra-Preta-Technology on military conversions areas and low yield sites at the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS), FH Trier
2010-2011
Research Assistant at the Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS), FH Trier in the reserach consortia of the ELKE-Project- Entwicklung extensiver Landnutzungskonzepte für die Produktion nachwachsender Rohstoffe als mögliche Ausgleichs- und Ersatzmaßnahmen
2008-2009
Special Program: "Energy Technology" in the School of Environment, Resources and Development (SERD) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand
Since 2014
Further Education as Expert consultant for applied mycology at the German Mycological Society (DGFM e.V.) approved by the Goethe University Frankfurt
Selected publications
Index:
2019 (2)2018 (3)
2017 (5)
2016 (1)
2015 (5)
2014 (3)
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2019 (2)
- Hildebrandt, J., Budzinski, M., Nitzsche, R., Weber, A., Krombholz, A., Thrän, D., Bezama, A., (2019):
Assessing the technical and environmental performance of wood-based fiber laminates with lignin based phenolic resin systems
Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 141 , 455 - 464
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, J., O'Keeffe, S., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2019):
Revealing the environmental advantages of industrial symbiosis in wood-based bioeconomy networks: an assessment from a life cycle perspective
J. Ind. Ecol. 23 (4), 808 - 822
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2018 (3)
- Hildebrandt, J., (2018):
Erwartete Nachfrage nach stofflicher Nutzung von Biomasse
DBFZ-Jahrestagung 2018: Energie & Stoffe aus Biomasse: Konkurrenten oder Partner? 19./20. September 2018
DBFZ Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum gemeinnützige GmbH, Leipzig, S. 54 - 63
full text (url) - Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., (2018):
Cross-fertilisation of ideas for a more sustainable fertiliser market: The need to incubate business concepts for harnessing organic residues and fertilisers on biotechnological conversion platforms in a circular bioeconomy
Waste Manage. Res. 36 (12), 1125 - 1126
full text (doi) - Olsson, O., Roos, A., Guisson, R., Bruce, L., Lamers, P., Hektor, B., Thrän, D., Hartley, D., Ponitka, J., Hildebrandt, J., (2018):
Time to tear down the pyramids? A critique of cascading hierarchies as a policy tool
Wiley Interdiscip. Rev. Energy Environ. 7 (2), art. e279
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2017 (5)
- Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2017):
Cascade use indicators for selected biopolymers: Are we aiming for the right solutions in the design for recycling of bio-based polymers?
Waste Manage. Res. 35 (4), 367 - 378
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2017):
Analyse alternativer Kaskadennutzungssysteme für lignozellulose-basierte Materialien in der Bioökonomie
In: Bockreis, A., Faulstich, M., Flamme, S., Kranert, M., Mocker, M., Nelles, M., Quicker, P., Rettenberger, G., Rotter, V.S., (Hrsg.)
7. Wissenschaftskongress Abfall- und Ressourcenwirtschaft : am 16. und 17. März 2017 an der RWTH Aachen
Innsbruck University Press (IUP), Innsbruck, S. 73 - 77 - Hildebrandt, J., Budzinski, M., Thrän, D., Bezama, A., (2017):
Assessing a bioeconomy network from an integrated life cycle perspective
In: Ek, L., Ehrnrooth, H., Scarlat, N., Grassi, A., Helm, P., (eds.)
Papers of the 25th European Biomass Conference : setting the course for a biobased economy : extracted from the proceedings of the International Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden, 12-15 June 2017
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, p. 1560 - 1565 - Hildebrandt, J., Hagemann, N., Thrän, D., (2017):
The contribution of wood-based construction materials for leveraging a low carbon building sector in Europe
Sust. Cities Soc. 34 , 405 - 418
full text (doi) - Hildebrandt, J., Siebert, A., Thrän, D., Bezama, A., (2017):
Monitoring material flows of a bioeconomy region
In: Ek, L., Ehrnrooth, H., Scarlat, N., Grassi, A., Helm, P., (eds.)
Papers of the 25th European Biomass Conference : setting the course for a biobased economy : extracted from the proceedings of the International Conference held in Stockholm, Sweden, 12-15 June 2017
ETA-Florence Renewable Energies, Florence, p. 1566 - 1574
2016 (1)
- Olsson, O., Bruce, L., Hektor, B., Roos, A., Guisson, R., Lamers, P., Hartley, D., Ponitka, J., Hildebrandt, J., Thrän, D., (2016):
Cascading of woody biomass: definitions, policies and effects on international trade
IEA Bioenergy, 71 pp.
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2015 (5)
- Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2015):
Identification and evaluation of overriding goals in a sustainability monitoring system for a wood‐based bioeconomy region
Conference book of abstracts from the Science Day of the CASTLE Conference "Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy - Innovative Methods and Solutions for the Agriculture and Forest Sectors" in Barcelona, Spain, 21-23 October, 2015
p. 62 - 64
full text (url) - Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2015):
Cascade use indicators for selected biopolymers: are we aiming for the right solutions in design for recycling (DfR) of bio-based composites and polymers?
10th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 27 Sep 2015 - 2 Oct 2015
SDEWES Conference Proceedings
p. 1 - 15
full text (url) - Hildebrandt, J., Budzinski, M., Siebert, A., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2015):
Further developments of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) frameworks in the context of bioeconomy
In: Gawel, E., Thrän, D., Bruckner, T., Holländer, R., Weinsziehr, T., Verhoog, M., (eds.)
Zehn Jahre transdisziplinäre Nachhaltigkeitsforschung an der Universität Leipzig : Festschrift anlässlich des zehnjährigen Bestehens des Instituts für Infrastruktur und Ressourcenmanagement (IIRM)
Studien zu Infrastruktur und Ressourcenmanagement = Studies in infrastructure and resources management 5
Logos-Verlag, Berlin, p. 125 - 130 - Hildebrandt, J., Siebert, A., Bezama, A., Majer, S., Budzinski, M., Thrän, D., (2015):
Assessment tools for Sustainability Monitoring of added-value networks in the bioeconomy
Conference Proceedings of the Global Bioeconomy Summit, Berlin 2015
Office of the Bioeconomy Council, Berlin, p. 103 - 103
full text (url) - Krombholz, A., Theumer, T., Hildebrandt, J., Budzinski, M., Weber, A., (2015):
Werkstoffmechanische und ökobilanzielle Bewertung von Buchenfaser-Laminaten mit ligninbasierten PF-Harz-Systemen
Tagungsband des 11. Holzwerkstoffkolloquiums des Instituts für Holztechnologie (IHD) Dresden
Institut für Holztechnologie Dresden gemeinnützige GmbH, Dresden,
2014 (3)
- Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., (2014):
Entwicklungstreiber für die Modellierung der Altholzkaskade bis 2050
In: Pomberger, R., Adam, J., Aldrian, A., Arnberger, A., Höllen, D., Kreindl, G., Lorber, K.E., Sarc, R., Schwarz, T., Sedlazeck, P., Wellacher, M., Wolfsberger, T., (Hrsg.)
Tagungsband zur 12. DepoTech 2014 - Abfallwirtschaft, Abfallverwertung und Recycling, Deponietechnik und Altlasten in Leoben, Österreich, 04.-07.11.2014
Inst. für Nachhaltige Abfallwirtschaft und Entsorgungstechnik , Leoben, S. 661 - 664 - Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2014):
A hybrid-MCDA tool for assessment of added value networks in a woodbased bioeconomy
Proceedings of the Bioenergy from Forest Conference, Helsinki, Finland from 15th to 18th September - Hildebrandt, J., Bezama, A., Thrän, D., (2014):
Establishing a robust sustainability index for the assessment of bioeconomy regions
Conference Proceedings of the International Conference and Utility Exhibition 2014 (ICUE 2014) on Green Energy for Sustainable Development of the Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and the IEEE Power and Energy Society, Bangkok, 19-21 March 2014
p. 1 - 4
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Hildebrandt, J.; Hartard, S.; Böhmer, J.: "Regional angepasste Konzepte für Anlagen zur Produktion eines Bodenverbesserers aus organischen Reststoffen mit Eigenschaften von Terra Preta", Institut für angewandtes Stoffstrommanagement (IfaS),FH Trier; In: Tagungsband zum 3. Wissenschaftskongress "Abfall und Ressourcenwirtschaft", Deutsche Gesellschaft für Abfallwirtschaft e.V., Stuttgart 2013, ISBN: 978-3-9815546-0-1