Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniela Thrän



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Prof. Dr.-Ing.

Head of the   Department of System Analysis and Sustainability Assessment (SANA)
Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig I Deutschland

Tel.: 0341 6025 2840
daniela.thraen@ufz.de
www.dbfz.de I www.ufz.de

Secretary's office:
Tel.: 0341 6025 3947
nina.tempelhoff@ufz.de

Chair of Bioenergy Systems
University of Leipzig
Faculty of Economic Sciences
IIRM - Institute for Infrastructure and Resource Management
Grimmaische Strasse 12 I 04109 Leipzig

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniela Thrän, Departmentleiterin Bioenergie. Foto: Sebastian Wiedling/UFZ

Daniela Thrän studied Technical Environmental protection at the Technical University of Berlin and received her doctorate at the Bauhaus University Weimar. 
She holds the chair in bioenergy systems at the Faculty of Economics at the University of Leipzig and heads the department on system analysis and sustainability assessment at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ). Daniela Thraen was co-speaker of the German Bioeconomy council, is active in several international scientific advisory boards (such as IEA bioenergy task 44) and appointed lead author at IPCC.
 

Professional experience

Stages of academic/professional career 2011 – Present: Professorship, University of Leipzig, Institute for Infrastructure and Resource Management Bioenergy Systems 

2011 – Present: Head of Department Bioenergy, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ 

2008 – 2023 Head of Department Bioenergy Systems, Depute Scientific Managing Director, Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum, Leipzig, Germany 

2002 – 2008 Head of Department Bioenergy Systems, Institute for Energy and Environment, Leipzig. Germany 

1996 – 2002 Project Manager in different companies / institutes
Scientific journal editing 2017 – Present: Editor in Chief of the journal “Energy, Sustainability and Society” of Springer Nature Publishing Company
PhD supervision 2016 – Present: more than 20 PhD-Thesis completed
Doctorate 1998 – 2001: Material Flow Account in rural areas – Analysis, determination of objectives and evaluation of the timber balance in a sustainable regional development; Prof. Dr.-Ing Werner Bidlingmeier, at Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany
Degree programme 1989 – 1995 Diploma in Environmental Engineering at Technical University Berlin, Germany

 Engagement in scientific expert networks

Regional 2019 – Present: appointed member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Climate Protection and Mitigation at the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Nature Protection Thuringia 

2012 – 2021: appointed member of the Energy Advisory Board at the Ministry of Economics Saxony
National 2012 – 2023: appointed member (from 2021 on co-chair) of the Bioeconomy Council of the German government 

2010 – Present: leader of the Bioenergy Research Network of the German Ministry of Economics and Climate 

2010 – 2015: appointed member of DECHEMA (expert network for chemical engineering and biotechnology in Germany) working group on Biotechnology of Renewable Resources
International 2026 – Present: appointed lead author for IPCC Methodology Report on CDR and CCUS 

2010 – Present: appointed member and country delegate of the IEA Bioenergy (Technology Collaboration Programme of the International Energy Agency) task 40 /task 44; 2019 - 2024 (co)task lead 

2019 – Present: member of European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) Bioenergy

2007 – Present: member of the working group on „availability of biomass at the European Technology and Innovation Platform (ETIP) Bioenergy 

2016 – 2020: appointed member of the European Bioeconomy Stakeholders' Panel 

2009 – 2020 leader of working group “Terminology, definitions and descriptions“ in ISO/TC 238 "Solid Biofuels" of the International Organization for Standardization
Identifiers/ORCID 0000-0002-6573-6401

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2011 (3)

  • Scholwin, F., Thrän, D., Witt, J., Henning, C., Rensberg, N., Schwenker, A., Scheftelowitz, M., Trommler, M., Daniel, J., Schaubach, K., Grope, J. (2011):
    Wirkungen des EEG auf die Stromerzeugung aus Biomasse
    In: Wiemer, K., Kern, M. (Hrsg.)
    Bio- und Sekundärrohstoffverwertung : stofflich - energetisch. 23. Kasseler Abfall- und Bioenergieforum, Kassel, April 2011
    Bio- und Sekundärrohstoffverwertung VI
    Witzenhausen-Institut für Abfall, Umwelt und Energie, Witzenhausen, S. 376 - 382
  • Thrän, D., Edel, M., Buchhorn, M. (2011):
    Biomasse - Energie der Zukunft
    In: Müller, M.C.M. (Hrsg.)
    Energieerzeugung vor Ernährungssicherung? Biomasse im Spannungsfeld von Energiesicherung und Hungerkrise
    Loccumer Protokolle 19/09
    Evangelische Akademie Loccum, Rehburg-Loccum, S. 11 - 25
  • Thrän, D., Müller-Langer, F. (2011):
    Potenziale in Deutschland und Europa
    In: Graf, F., Bajohr, S. (Hrsg.)
    Biogas: Erzeugung, Aufbereitung, Einspeisung
    Oldenbourg Industrieverlag, München, S. 17 - 40
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