Electrobiotechnology

Research Topics

  • Development and engineering of electrobiorefineries
  • Interfacing microbial and electrochemical synthesis for sustainble chemistry
  • Energetics of electroactive microorganisms and microbial electrochemical systems
  • Study of the microbial ecology of electroactive microbial cultures
  • Development of electrobioreactors as well as new methods and protocols in the field
  • Fancy ad hoc projects (related to microbiology and/ or electrochemistry)

Part of a vibrant international community

Team-leaders

Dr. Benjamin Korth
Deputy group leader and team-leader  Thermodynamics of electroactive microorganisms

Scientists

Dr. Katharina Röhring (part-time)
Dr. Matthias Schmidt
Dr. Manish Kumar
Dr. Nate Woon Jie Ang
Dr. Nancy Hachicho (part-time)

Technicians

Anne Kuchenbuch
Cornelia Dilßner

Undergraduates & Guests

Susanne Stenz (Research assistant)
Jonas Hübner (Research assistant, jointly with Department TECH)

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2026 (17)

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2025 (10)

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2024 (20)

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  • European Union (EU)
    H2020-Project (HORIZON-MSCA-2023-DN-01)
    "This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska Curie grant agreement Nº 101167647."
    "TRAMPOLINe-: A training programme to promote the industrial adoption of microbial electrochemical technologies"
    Coordinator of the MSCA: Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona
    Tandem-project with Wageningen University, The Netherlands (Prof. Dr. A. ter Heijne)
    PI: F. Harnisch
    Tandem Project with Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (Prof. Dr. Albert Guisasola Canudas)
    PI: B. Korth
    Funding period: 01/2025 - 12/2028
    Link (external)

  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
    Priority Programme SPP2240: eBiotech - 2nd phase
    ESCAPE2.0: Establishing a scalable bioprocess reactor platform for cathodic obligate anaerobic electrobiosynthesis
    PI: F. Harnisch
    Partner und Coordinator for tandem project: Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research (Prof. Dr. M. A. Rosenbaum)
    Funding period: 12/2024 - 11/2027
    Link (external)

  • Saxon State Ministry of Science and Art (SMWK)
    The Biohybrid Solar Power Plant (BISON)
    PIs: F. Harnisch (WP7) and Benjamin Korth (WP8)
    WP7: Development of Scalable Electrochemical Modules
    WP8: Development of an electrochemical Configuration with low cost and high energy efficiency
    Funding period: 06/2024 - 11/2026
    Link

For closed third-party-funded projcts see here   


Group picture 07/ 2025
(c) N. Saeidi
Missing: Benjamin, Gustav and Mr. Elektron