Academic Career

Since 12/2018	Research Associate (PhD) at the Professorship Wood Bioprocesses, Holzforschung München
10/2016-11/2018	M. Sc. Pharmaceutical Bioprocess Engineering, Technical University of Munich
10/2013-9/2016	B. Sc. Bioprocess Engineering, Technical University of Munich

Research Area

• PhD Thesis:
  • “Green biorefinery: Utilization of press water for chemical and bio-technological purposes”
• Previous work:
  •  “Influence of pH and temperature on the growth of Dunaliella salina CCAP 19/18 (Master’s thesis)
  •  “An analysis of the determining physico-chemical features of microcrystalline celluloses on their suitability as substrates for cellulase production in filamentous fungi (Bachelor’s thesis)

Publications

• Hassan, L., Reppke, M.J., Thieme, N., Schweizer, S.S., Mueller, C.W., Benz, J.P.* (2017) Comparing the physiochemical parameters of three celluloses reveals new insights into substrate suitability for fungal enzyme production. Fungal Biology and Biotechnology [more...]