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Expert	Expertise
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid Department of Solar Materials	Biotechnological production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy carriers by means of microorganisms
PD Dr. Katja Bühler Department of Solar Materials	Utilization of microbial biofilms and respective bioprocess and reactor design for the production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy carriers
Prof. Dr. Bruno Bühler Department of Solar Materials	Design and engineering of microbial biocatalysts and bioprocesses for the production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy carriers. Metabolic engineering, in vivo cascades, artificial pathways, photosynthesis as driving force, quantitative physiology

Expert	Expertise
Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber Department of Environmental Microbiology	Anaerobic digestion, microbial ecology of anaerobic conversion
Dr. Heike Sträuber Department of Environmental Microbiology	Anaerobic digestion, biogas technology, anaerobic conversion of biomass
Dr. Florian Centler Department of Environmental Microbiology	Anaerobic digestion, mathematical modelling of microbial systems
Dr. Marcell Nikolausz Department of Environmental Microbiology	Anaerobic digestion, process control by stable isotope fingerprinting
Prof. Dr. Susann Müller Department of Environmental Microbiology	Monitoring and control of biotechnological processes based on microbial community dynamics Single cell analytics of microbial communities
PD Dr. Thomas Maskow Department of Environmental Microbiology	Calorimetric sensors for process control, thermodynamic modelling of bioprocesses
Prof. Dr. Frank-Dieter Kopinke Department of Environmental Engineering	Chemical conversions and technologies, water treatment Hydrothermal conversion of biomasses
Dr. Alberto Bezama Department Bioenergy	Development and evaluation of waste management concepts (with focus on waste reutilization and waste-to-energy)
Dr. Babu Halan Department Solar Materials	Utilization of microbial biofilms and bioprocess design for the production of electricity

Expert	Expertise
Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber Department of Environmental Microbiology	Anaerobic biorefineries using open mixed cultures
Dr. Heike Sträuber Department of Environmental Microbiology	Anaerobic fermentation, carboxylate platform
Dr. Falk Harnisch Department of Environmental Microbiology	Bioeelctrotechnology, electrobiotechnology, microbial electrochemical technologies, microbial fuel cells, Electrochemistry of organic molecules for production of fuels and chemicals
Dr. Thore Rohwerder Department of Environmental Microbiology	Biochemical conversion of C1 compounds, microbial metabolism
Dr. Dietmar Schlosser Department of Environmental Microbiology	Biodegradation, bioconversion, and pre-treatment of lignocellulosic feedstock for production of biofuels / chemicals
Dr. Christian Dusny Department Solar Materials	Single cell analysis. Characterization of microbial biocatalysts on the single cell level, microfluidics, microscopy
Dr. Manfred Schrewe Department Solar Materials	Utilization and characterization of hydrogenases to drive microbial biocatalysis, in vivo cascades, artificial pathways
Dr. Oliver Frick Department Solar Materials	Quantitative physiology, Fluxomics, and metabolomics of microbial biocatalysts