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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Biological Process Engineering,Microbial Ecology and Applied Microbiology |
| Keywords | Syngas Fermentation, Microbial Electrochemistry, Chain Elongation, Environmental Biotechnology, Resource Recovery |
Current contact address
| Country | Germany |
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| City | Tübingen |
| Institution | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen |
| Institute | Institut für Geowissenschaften |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Bernd Engler | Institut für Geowissenschaften, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen |
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| Prof. Dr. Bernd Engler | Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/04/2017 |
Program(s)
| 2016 | Alexander von Humboldt Professorship |
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Nominator's project description
| The beings on whom all hopes are pinned are miniscule and live in complex communities: bacteria play a key role in gas fermentation, one of the most important sources of clean energy for the future. How to optimise and employ bacteria to synthesise fuels and chemicals is the subject of Lars Angenent’s research. A leading international bioprocess engineer, he himself developed the principles on which his most recent work is based by analysing the composition and interaction of microbial communities in the air of environments like hospitals and fermentation plants. He successfully puts his findings into practice in his own firm which develops and optimises microbes to store hydrogen and carbon dioxide in the form of methane. In the Centre for Applied Geosciences at the University of Tübingen, Angenent is set to generate ideas for developing new technologies. He will also drive microbiome analysis together with colleagues from neighbouring disciplines such as those at the Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine. His presence will help to ensure that Germany’s strong position in basic research in the field will achieve international eminence in applications as well. |