Dr. Heike Sträuber

Contact

Dr. Heike Sträuber
Scientist

Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Working Group Microbiology of Anaerobic Systems
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

in cooperation with

Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ)
Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany

Phone +49 341 6025 2264
heike.straeuber@ufz.de

Heike Sträuber

CV / Scientific Career

since 2015

Senior scientist in the Research Group Microbiology of Anaerobic Systems at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Department of Environmental Microbiology

2010 – 2014

Research fellow at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ,
Department of Bioenergy

2007 – 2009

Research fellow in the Research Group Flow Cytometry at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

2005

Postdoc at the SIAB – Saxon Institute for Applied Biotechnology

2002 – 2003

Postdoc in the Research Group Microbial Physiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ

1997 – 2001

PhD student in the Research Group Microbial Physiology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ and University of Leipzig

1992 – 1997

MSc Biochemistry, University of Leipzig



Research interests

The aim of my work is to develop and analyze anaerobic fermentation processes and their embedding in biorefinery processes. The focus is on anaerobic fermentations for the production of green chemicals such as carboxylates as well as hydrogen and biomethane. Organic agro-industrial waste and residues as well as plant material and gaseous substrates (CO, CO2, H2) are used as feedstocks. In recent years, the CAPRAFERM® process has been developed for the production of medium-chain carboxylates from complex biomass (e.g. plants, organic waste), which can be implemented in a biorefinery in cooperation with academic and industrial partners in the future. In addition, research is being carried out into how carboxylic acids can be produced and marketed in existing biogas plants alongside biogas or biomethane. The work is being conducted in close cooperation with the Biochemical Conversion and Biorefineries departments of the DBFZ.
In addition to further development of the processes, systematic material and energy flow analyses are being carried out in the anaerobic fermentation processes. These are intended to provide indications of preferred or critical metabolic flows in the system under certain conditions (e.g. substrate, reactor operation). The aim is to identify indicators for stable or unstable conditions in the process, which in turn leads to measures to enhance the respective production processes in terms of process performance and stability.

Projects (selection)

CapUp

Cell4Chem

PaplGas2 (completed)

AcMp (completed)


Publications

2024 (3)

2023 (3)

2022 (5)

2021 (3)

2020 (6)

2019 (6)

2018 (6)

2017 (4)

2016 (7)

2015 (2)

2013 (1)

2012 (2)

2010 (2)

2009 (2)

2007 (2)

2003 (1)

2002 (3)

2001 (2)

2000 (2)

1999 (1)

1998 (1)