Christian Wandrey

Christian Wandrey (born April 12, 1943 in Plauen ) is a German chemist and was Professor of Biotechnology at the University of Bonn from 1979 to 2008 and Head of the Institute for Biotechnology 2 at Forschungszentrum Jülich (successor is Wolfgang Wiechert ).

He studied chemistry in Hanover and Bristol , received his doctorate in 1973 and his habilitation in 1977. From 1977 to 1979 he was Professor of Chemical Process Engineering in Clausthal . His fields of work are enzyme and fermentation technologies, cell culture technology , wastewater treatment and bio-organic chemistry.

Awards

• 1983: Technology Transfer Prize from the German Federal Minister for Research and Technology
• 1987: Philip Morris Research Prize for the development of a high-performance biogas process for cleaning highly polluted wastewater
• 1995: Enzyme Engineering Award from the Engineering Foundation
• 1999: Carl Friedrich Gauß Medal from the Braunschweig Scientific Society
• 2002: Friedrich Wöhler Prize of the Society of German Chemists (GDCh)
• 2009: Wilhelm Exner Medal
• Member of the German Academy of Engineering Sciences (Acatech)
• Corresponding member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences (2002)
• Corresponding member of the Braunschweig Scientific Society

Works

He has published more than 330 scientific publications and holds 100 patents or patent applications

• Member of editorial boards of various journals: Advances in Biochemical Engineering, Journal of Molecular Catalysis and Chemical Engineering Technology

Books

• Industrial Biotransformations VCH, Weinheim 2000, (together with A. Liese, K. Seelbach, C. Wandrey)
• Biotechnology . Wirtschaftsverlag Bachem, Cologne 1989

Web links

• Christian Wandrey's homepage ( memento from March 11, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) at Forschungszentrum Jülich
• Entry about Christian Wandrey in the database of the Wilhelm Exner Medal Foundation .