Staff members

Joe Max Risse

Dr. Joe Max Risse



Tel +49 (0)5 21 - 106-5290 (office)
Fax +49 (0)5 21 - 106-6475 (secretary)


Email: jrisse@uni-bielefeld.de

Career progression:

1989 - 1998Studies of chemistry at Oldenburg University and Bielefeld University
1998 - 2001Doctoral thesis at Fermentation Engineering at Bielefeld University supervised by Prof. Dr. Flaschel
Thesis title: "Production und analysis of N-acetylphosphinothricin and N-acetylphosphinothricyl-alanyl-alanin"
since 2001Assistant at Chair of Fermentation Engineering at the Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University

Teaching:

Precise information of courses given by myself can be found in the eKVV.

Bachelor:
  • Practical course module biotechnology Ia
  • Practical course module biotechnology II
  • Tutorial of the module biotechnology Ib
  • Tutorial of the module biotechnology IIb

Master:
  • Module practical course specialization biocatalysis
  • Module practical course specialization fermentation engineering
  • Project module biocatalysis
  • Project module fermentation engineering

Master of science students of the degree program molecular biotechnology have the opportunity to do their project thesis on actual research projects. Interested students are invited to contact me in order to get more information.

Feel free to contact me personally (office: D5-142) in order to get actual topics for bachelor or master thesis.

Student Councelling Service for the bachelor and master degree program of molecular biotechnology.

Actual research areas:
  • Biorefinery concepts
  • Recycling of biomass resulting from fermentation processes
  • Biogas production with alternative substrates
  • New substrates for the bio-ethanol production
  • Production of streptavidin by E. coli and Streptomyces avidinii, respectively
  • Production of α-Tocopherol and Paramylon by Euglena gracilis
  • Production of high valuable products by photoautotrophic microorganisms
  • Production of active ingredients by mycellar growing microorganisms
  • Chemical oxygen supply into fermentation processes
  • Biocatalysis on surfaces
  • Enzymatic production of phosphorylated compounds