Chair of Bioprocess Engineering

Jan-Niklas Hengsbach

Department of Mechanical & Process Engineering

Institute of Bioprocess Engineering
Gottlieb-Daimler Str.
Gebäude 49 , Raum 516
67663 Kaiserslautern

Contact

Tel.: +49 631 205-2978
Fax: +49 631 205-4312
E-Mail: janniklas.hengsbach@mv.rptu.de

Jan-Niklas Hengsbach

Personal Data

Since 05/2021PhD student at the University of Kaiserslautern at the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering

10/2018-

04/2021

 

Master degree in in Biotechnology at the University of Münster

Topic of the master thesis: "Proteome and molecular genetic based analysis of dicarboxylic acid degradation in Ralstonia eutropha H16"

10/2015-

09/2018

Bachelor degree in Biotechnology at the University of Münster

Topic of the bachelor thesis: "Optimization of the synthesis of lysine-rich cyanophycin in Corynebacterium glutamicum"



Research Topic and Task Field

  • Electrofermentation

Aufgabenbereiche am Lehrgebiet

  • Supervision of seminar Brewery technology and of Brewery group
  • Biorectors
  • Laboratory responsibility: "Biotechnikum"

Publications

Journals (peer reviewed)

2023

  • J. Hengsbach, M. Engel, M. Cwienczek, J. Stiefelmaier, N. Tippkötter,  D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Scalable unseparated Bioelectrochemical Reactors by using a Carbon Fiber Brush as Stirrer and Working Electrode; ChemElectroChem (2023) DOI: 10.1002/celc.202300440

2022

  • J. Hengsbach, B. Sabel-Becker , D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Microbial electrosynthesis of methane and acetate - comparison of pure and mixed cultures; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2022), DOI: 10.1007/s00253-022-12031-9
  • C. Strittmatter, J. Eggers, V. Biesgen, J. Hengsbach, A. Sakatoku, D. Albrecht, K. Riedel, A. Steinbüchel; Insights into the Degradation of Medium-Chain-Length Dicarboxylic Acids in Cupriavidus necator H16 Reveal β-Oxidation Differences between Dicarboxylic Acids and Fatty Acids (2022), Applied and Environmental Microbiology, DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01873-21

Lectures

2023

  • .J. Hengsbach, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Channeling metabolism towards production of platform chemicals by microbial electro-fermentation; 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and 7th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (2023); Berlin, Deutschland

2022

  • J. Hengsbach, M. Engel, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Electro-assisted fermentation of Clostridium acetobutylicum in a new designed single chamber bioreactor; (Bio)Process Engineering - a Key to Sustainable Development (2022); Aachen, Deutschland

Posters

2023

  • J. Hengsbach, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Electrification of fermentation with whole-cell catalysts for production of platform chemicals; Electromicrobiology (2023); Aarhus, Dänemark

2022

  • J. Hengsbach, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Production of valuable chemicals with yeasts and clostridia by electro-assisted fermentation; Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2021 - New Bioprocesses, New Bioproducts (2022); Mainz, Deutschland
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