The Biotechnology Department within the Faculty of Sciences, Energy and Building Services at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences focuses, among other things, on the development, monitoring, and automated control of bioprocesses. Key areas of research include the development and optimization of high cell density cultivation processes using various microorganisms such as E. coli, S. cerevisiae, and V. natriegens, calorimetric control of fed-batch processes, and the development of remotely operated laboratories for microalgae reactors.
Another area of work involves the modeling and simulation of biological systems, in particular the development of digital twins for bioprocesses, which are also used in teaching.