At the moment, my research focuses on three main areas: 

• Metabolic engineering of the acetogenic bacteria Acetobacterium woodii, Clostridium ljungdahlii, and Eubacterium callanderii

• Anaerobic synthetic co‑cultures and sequential C1-fermentation

• Bacteria from anaerobic environments

 

 

More about our ongoing projects see links below: 

> MiMiWin II – Microorganisms as Helpers in Climate Protection (Funded by MWK-BW from 2025 to 2028)

> Microbiological Carbon Capture and Utilization – (MCCU ) as CO2-sink for wood coatings (BMWE funded from 2026 to 2029)
Our subproject: Development of genetically robust A. woodii strains for scaled lactate production from CO2 and H2 

> CaproMix – Development of new and defined co-cultures for bioproduction of caproic acid from carbon dioxide (DFG funded from 2020 till 2023) 

> CaproSyn - CO2-based production of caproic acid by engineered Acetobacterium woodii  and Clostridium drakei, applying a synthetic co-culture (funded from 2023-2026)