Roland Ulber

Roland Ulber (2018)

Roland Ulber (* 1968 ) is a German chemist . He teaches bioprocess engineering at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern . He completed his chemistry studies at the University of Hanover in 1994 with a diploma. After receiving his doctorate in 1996 at the Universities of Hanover and Münster , he completed his habilitation in 2002 at the University of Hanover in technical chemistry . Since 2004 he has headed the bioprocess engineering department at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern . Call for professorships at the Technical University of Braunschweig and theHe did not follow the Technical University of Munich . Roland Ulber has been involved in DECHEMA e. V. Since 2014 he has been the chairman of the DECHEMA Biotechnology Association. In addition to his professorship, he has been the managing director of the Center for Teacher Education at the TU Kaiserslautern since 2017.

Research areas

• Enzyme screening and production
• Biocatalysis
• Optimization of fermentations
• Work-up
• Chemo - and biosensors
• Phototrophic cultivation of cyanobacteria

Selected publications

• M. Schäfer, B. Hauck, J. Kuhn, R. Ulber; The smartphone as a measuring device: Analytics with light - the smartphone photometer; Chemie in Unserer Zeit 1 (2018) 52–55, doi : 10.1002 / ciuz.201700804
• D. Strieth, R. Ulber, K. Muffler; Application of phototrophic biofilms: From fundamentals to Processes; Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering; doi : 10.1007 / s00449-017-1870-3
• A. Zayed, K. Muffler, T. Hahn, S. Rupp, D. Finkelmeier, A. Burger-Kentischer, R. Ulber; Physicochemical and biological characterization of fucoidan from Fucus vesiculosus purified by dye affinity chromatography; Marine Drugs (2016) doi : 10.3390 / md14040079
• A. Thiel, K. Muffler, N. Tippkötter, R. Ulber; Novel downstream processing approach for recovery of sinapic acid, phytic acid and proteins from rapeseed meal; Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (2015) doi : 10.1002 / jctb.4664
• B. Ludwig, D. Geib, C. Haas, J. Steingroewerb, T. Bley, K. Muffler, R. Ulber; Whole-cell biotransformation of oleanolic acid by free and immobilized cells of Nocardia iowensis: Characterization of new metabolites; Closely. Life Sciences (2014) doi : 10.1002 / elsc.201400121

Web links

• Technical University of Kaiserslautern, subject area of ​​bioprocess engineering
• Center for teacher training

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: New type of photobioreactor opens up access to terrestrial cyanobacteria | GIT-Labor - Portal for users in science and industry - Portal for users in science and industry. Retrieved July 28, 2018 .