Dr. Christian Willrodt
Research Interests
- integrated catalyst and process engineering for the development of scalable microbial bioprocesses
- development of productive oxygenase-based whole-cell bioprocesses
- biocatalyst and reaction design for the microbial synthesis of challenging (volatile, hydrophobic, toxic) chemicals
- development of novel production concepts for isoprenoid biosynthesis
- metabolic and pathway engineering
CV / Scientific Career
| 10/2015 - 04/2017 |
Postdoctoral Researcher Bioprocess Development Department Solar Materials Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig |
| 01/2014 - 01/2016 |
Research Assistant (Dissertation) Department Solar Materials Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ) Leipzig Supervisors: Prof. Dr. A. Schmid and Dr. Mattijs Julsing |
| 01/2011 - 12/2013 |
Research Assistant (Dissertation), Chair of Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Supervisors: Prof. Dr. A. Schmid and Dr. Mattijs Julsing |
| 03/2011 - 09/2011 |
Master Thesis, Biological and Chemical Microstructuring, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University, Prof. Dr. C. M. Niemeyer, "Preparation and application of semisynthetic Protein-DNA conjugates“ |
| 10/2009 - 09/2011 | Studies, Master of Science Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University |
| 07/2010 - 12/2010 |
Visiting Scientist, Bioanalytical Microsystems and Biosensors Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, Prof. Dr. Antje Baeumner, “Investigations Toward an Nanofiber-enhanced Microfluidic Biosensor for Pathogen Detection” |
| 03/2009 - 07/2009 |
Bachelor Thesis, Chair of Biotechnology, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, TU Dortmund University, Prof. Dr. A. Schmid and Dr. Bruno Bühler, “Purification and Characterization of the Alkane Monooxygenase AlkB” |
| 10/2005 - 09/2009 |
Studies, Bachelor of Science Chemical Biology, TU Dortmund University |
Publications (since 2015)
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2020 (1)
- Willrodt, C., Gröning, J.A.D., Nerke, P., Koch, R., Scholtissek, A., Heine, T., Schmid, A., Bühler, B., Tischler, D. (2020):
Highly efficient access to (S)-sulfoxides utilizing a promiscuous flavoprotein monooxygenase in a whole-cell biocatalyst format
ChemCatChem 12 (17), 4664 - 4671 10.1002/cctc.201901894
2017 (2)
- Kadisch, M., Willrodt, C., Hillen, M., Bühler, B., Schmid, A. (2017):
Maximizing the stability of metabolic engineering-derived whole-cell biocatalysts
Biotechnol. J. 12 (8), art. 1600170 10.1002/biot.201600170 - Willrodt, C., Halan, B., Karthaus, L., Rehdorf, J., Julsing, M.K., Buehler, K., Schmid, A. (2017):
Continuous multistep synthesis of perillic acid from limonene by catalytic biofilms under segmented flow
Biotechnol. Bioeng. 114 (2), 281 - 290 10.1002/bit.26071
2016 (2)
- Willrodt, C. (2016):
Synthetic biology for synthetic chemistry : microbial de novo production and selective functionalization of limonene
Dissertation, Universität Leipzig, Fakultät für Biowissenschaften, Pharmazie und Psychologie
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, Leipzig, 177 pp. - Willrodt, C., Hoschek, A., Bühler, B., Schmid, A., Julsing, M.K. (2016):
Decoupling production from growth by magnesium sulfate limitation boosts de novo limonene production
Biotechnol. Bioeng. 113 (6), 1305 - 1314 10.1002/bit.25883
2015 (2)
- Willrodt, C., Hoschek, A., Bühler, B., Schmid, A., Julsing, M.K. (2015):
Coupling limonene formation and oxyfunctionalization by mixed-culture resting cell fermentation
Biotechnol. Bioeng. 112 (9), 1738 - 1750 10.1002/bit.25592 - Willrodt, C., Karande, R., Schmid, A., Julsing, M.K. (2015):
Guiding efficient microbial synthesis of non-natural chemicals by physicochemical properties of reactants
Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 35 , 52 - 62 10.1016/j.copbio.2015.03.010