Transition to renewable energy sources requires storing energy to buffer the fluctuating production. One way to achieve that is by stash hydrogen in depleted underground gas storages. However, several microorganisms that are sometimes found in these underground gas reservoirs can feed on hydrogen and CO₂, thereby producing methane. This is extremely advantageous as methane rather than hydrogen can be easily transported and used with existing infrastructure. Thus combining energy storage with renewable energy production has a tremendous potential for climate neutral energy production.

Transition to renewable energy sources requires storing energy to buffer the fluctuating production. One way to achieve that is by stash hydrogen in depleted underground gas storages. However, several microorganisms that are sometimes found in these underground gas reservoirs can feed on hydrogen and CO₂, thereby producing methane. This is extremely advantageous as methane rather than hydrogen can be easily transported and used with existing infrastructure. Thus combining energy storage with renewable energy production has a tremendous potential for climate neutral energy production.

You should have a completed training as lab technician with profound knowledge in Chemistry and Biotechnology. Additional know-how in related fields such as Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are highly appreciated. Furthermore, you should enjoy the work in an international interdisciplinary environment.

You should have a completed training as lab technician with profound knowledge in Chemistry and Biotechnology. Additional know-how in related fields such as Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are highly appreciated. Furthermore, you should enjoy the work in an international interdisciplinary environment.

You should have a completed training as lab technician with profound knowledge in Chemistry and Biotechnology. Additional know-how in related fields such as Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are highly appreciated. Furthermore, you should enjoy the work in an international interdisciplinary environment.

You should have a completed training as lab technician with profound knowledge in Chemistry and Biotechnology. Additional know-how in related fields such as Biochemistry and Molecular Biology are highly appreciated. Furthermore, you should enjoy the work in an international interdisciplinary environment.

The advertised research project focuses on process intensification for carbohydrate fatty acid ester synthesis. The challenge is to define in a complex reaction system with several influence parameters a set-up that finally leads to high product titers. Literature research in a broad body of relevant studies will form the basis for hands-on process optimization in the lab (up to gram scale of products). Identification of new suitable enzymes, enzyme optimization and optimization of application form (immobilization) will be part of the project.

The aim of your PhD research is to decipher the bottlenecks in the cultivation of Knallgasbacteria (hydrogen oxidizing bacteria) in order to run gas fermentations at high cell densities within bioreactors. Your research will speed up the development of future bioprocesses from CO₂ as unique Carbon source.

This thesis project focuses on the evaluation and use of DNA aptamers (short single-stranded oligonucleotides) for the recognition and binding of cells of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger.

The project deals with the design and development of biocatalytic strategies for the sustainable bioproduction of a specific optically pure building block for APIs in an aqueous environment. The search for appropriate enzyme candidates from literature and common databases will be the initial task. If required, enzymes will be improved to fit the requirements of the desired reaction conditions by engineering based on structural information as far as available. Optimization of the reaction parameters in order to increase the efficiency of the biocatalytic process will be part of the project.