Hops are not only essential for brewing beer. They have also been valued as a medicinal plant since ancient times thanks to their special properties. This is the starting point for Luisa Kober’s and Marco Dürsch’s research. The two doctoral researchers at the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering (BVT) are focusing on the positive effects of hops.
Now, our movie is also available on YouTube! Immerse yourself in the world of Chemical and Biological Engineering at FAU and find out how we combine chemistry and biology to develop technical applications for the world of tomorrow.
Global higher education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds has just released this year's QS World University Rankings. Good news for the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering: The subject area Chemical Engineering remains ranked number five in Germany. Internationally, Chemical Engineering is placed in the 151-200 band amongst world universities.
Dr. Patrick Schühle from the Chair of Chemical Reaction Engineering and his new junior research group hope to succeed in developing a procedure for generating very pure hydrogen from biological waste.
As part of the High-Tech Agenda Bavaria, Prof. Dr. Bastian Etzold, Head of the new Chair of Power-to-X Technologies, has been awarded five million euros in funding.
On 29. of June, we had the pleasure of hosting Associate Professor Ivan Kempson (part of the Visiting Professor programme at FAU), a distinguished researcher and expert in the fields of bio-inorganic chemistry, surface science, and nanotechnology, for a captivating scientific talk on radiation therapy and the intriguing effects of gold nanoparticles.
