Dr.-Ing. Judith Stiefelmaier

Department of Mechanical & Process Engineering

Chair of Bioprocess Engineering
Gottlieb-Daimler Str.
Gebäude: 49
Raum: 511
67663 Kaiserslautern

Contact

Tel.: +49 631 205-5576

Fax: +49 631 205-5576

E-Mail: judith.stiefelmaier@mv.rptu.de

Judith Stiefelmaier

Personal Data

Since 09/2020

Postdoc at the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering

08/2020

PhD degree (Dr.-Ing.)
Thesis title: Phototrophe Biofilme als Produktionssysteme

Since 07/2019Project coordination in U.EDU (field of work 03) and support of the graduate academy GaLa

06/2016-03/2020

PhD student at the University of Kaiserslautern at the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering

10/2013-04/2016

Master studies in Technical Biology at the University of Stuttgart

 Master thesis at the University of Stuttgart at the Institute of Biochemical Engineering with the subject
"Influence of purine biosynthesis on the production of ATP-intensive products with Corynebacterium glutamicum"

10/2010-10/2013

Bachelor studies in Technical Biology at the University of Stuttgart

 Bachelor thesis at the University of Stuttgart at the Institute of Biochemistry with the subject "Investigation of the interaction partners of Dnmt3a ADD and SETDB1 Tudor domain"

 

Research Topic and Task Field

Research Topic and Task Field:

  • Cable bacteria in Bioprocess Engineering
  • Electrochemical Bioprocess Engineering

Areas of responsibility at the department:

Committees and organisation:

  • Equal Opportunities Officer of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering
  • Representative of the doctoral junior scientists of the FB MV in the TU-Nachwuchsring

 

Publications

Journals

2024

  • J. Stiefelmaier, J. Keller, W. Neupert, R. Ulber; Towards bioprocess engineering of cable bacteria: Establishment of a synthetic sediment; Microbiologyopen (2024) https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.1412
  • J.-N. Hengsbach, M. Cwienczek, W. Laudensack, J. Stiefelmaier, N. Tippkötter, R. Ulber; Succinic Acid Production With Actinobacillus succinogenes – Influence of an Electric Potential on the Intercellular NADH/NAD+ Balance; Engineering in Life Sciences (2024) DOI: 10.1002/elsc.202400053
  • K. Oehlenschläger, M. Volkmar, J. Stiefelmaier, A. Langsdorf, D. Holtmann, N. Tippkötter, R. Ulber; New insights into the influence of pre‑culture on robust solvent production of C. acetobutylicum; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-023-12981-8  
  • A. Schmeckebier, C. Ebel, J. Haffelder, C. Müller-Renno, C. Ziegler, A. Zayed, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; A method for cell separation of Ocimum basilicum CMC cells for AFM measurement; Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-024-02708-6  
  • D. Strieth, J. Kollmen, J. Stiefelmaier, A. Mehring, R. Ulber (2024). Co-cultures from Plants and Cyanobacteria: A New Way for Production Systems in Agriculture and Bioprocess Engineering. In: Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10_2023_247
  • K. Oehlenschläger, E. Schepp, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Simultaneous fermentation and enzymatic biocatalysis - a useful process option?; Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts (2024) https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-024-02519-z

2023

  • J. Kollmen, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Mofrad, D. Strieth; Cultivation of Cyanobacteria on Sustainable Dried Luffa cylindrica. Phycology. 2023; 3(4):472-483. https://doi.org/10.3390/phycology3040032
  • 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
  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, S. Schaefer, B. Wrabl, D. Kronenberger, U. Bröckel, R. Ulber; A new easy method for determination of surface adhesion of phototrophic biofilms; Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2023), https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.28536
  • R. Ulber, S. Antonyuk, J. C. Aurich, T. Beck, M. Bozoglu, G. von Freymann, S. Kieren-Ehses, C. Müller-Renno, K.Muffler, A. Schmeckebier, C. Schönecker, J. Seewig, M. Smaga, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, A. Zayed, C. Ziegler, S. Zimmermann, Manufacturing-Morphology-Property Relationships for Biofilms; in: J.C. Aurich, H. Hasse (Eds.); Component Surfaces - Manufacturing-Morphology-Property Relationships; Springer Series in Advanced Manufacturing, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35575-2_17 

2021

  • A. Mehring, N. Erdmann, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, J. Walther, R. Ulber (2021); A simple and low-cost resazurin assay for vitality assessment across species; J. of Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.04.010
  • D. Strieth, A. Schwarz, J. Stiefelmaier, N. Erdmann, K. Muffler, R. Ulber, New procedure for separation and analysis of the main components of cyanobacterial EPS, Journal of Biotechnology, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.01.007

2020

  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, S. Di Nonno, N. Erdmann, K. Muffler, R. Ulber (2020); Characterization of terrestrial phototrophic biofilms of cyanobacterial species; Algal Research, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2020.101996
  • K. Scherer, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, M. Wahl, R. Ulber (2020), Development of a lightweight multi-skin sheet photobioreactor for future cultivation of phototrophic biofilms on facades 2020, Journal of Biotechnology, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2020.06.004
  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, B. Wrabl, J. Schwing, A. Schmeckebier, S. Di Nonno, K. Muffler, R. Ulber, A new strategy for a combined isolation of EPS and pigments from cyanobacteria, Journal of Applied Phycology, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-020-02063-x
  • D. Strieth, S. Di Nonno, J. Stiefelmaier, J. Kollmen, D. Geib, R. Ulber, Co-cultivation of diazotrophic terrestrial cyanobacteria and Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, Engineering and Life Sciences, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.202000068
  • A. Mehring, J. Haffelder, J. Chodorski, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, R. Ulber, Establishment and triterpenoid production of Ocimum basilicum cambial meristematic cells, 2020, Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture; DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s11240-020-01942-y

2019

  • A. Schwentner, A. Feith, E. Münch, J. Stiefelmaier, I. Lauer, L. Favilli, C. Massner, J. Öhrlein, B. Grund, A. Hüser, R. Takors, B. Blombach (2019), Modular systems metabolic engineering enables balancing of relevant pathways for l-histidine production with Corynebacterium glutamicum. Biotechnol Biofuels 12(1), 44. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-019-1410-2

2018

  • J. Stiefelmaier, B. Ledermann, M. Sorg, A. Banek, D. Geib, R. Ulber, N. Frankenberg-Dinkel (2018),Pink bacteria-Production of the pink chromophore phycoerythrobilin with Escherichia coli. Journal of biotechnology 274, 47–53. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.03.006
  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, K. Scherer, M. Wahl, R. Ulber (2018), Kultivierung terrestrischer Cyanobakterien in emersen Photobioreaktoren. Chemie Ingenieur Technik 90(9), 1256. DOI: 10.1002/cite.201855272

2017

  • R. Z. Jurkowska , S. Qin, G. Kungulovski, W. Tempel, Y. Liu, P. Bashtrykov, J. Stiefelmaier, T. P.Jurkowski, S. Kudithipudi , S. Weirich, R. Tamas, H. Wu, L. Dombrovski, P. Loppnau, R. Reinhardt, J. Min, A. Jeltsch (2017), H3K14ac is linked to methylation of H3K9 by the triple Tudor domain of SETDB1. Nature communications 8(1), 2057. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02259-9

 

Cover Pictures

2022

2021

  • D. Strieth, S. Di Nonno, J. Stiefelmaier, J. Kollmen, D. Geib, R. Ulber, Inside Back Cover Engineering and Life Sciences: Co-Cultivation of diazotrophic terrestrial cyanobacteria and Arabidopsis thaliana.

2020

  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, Cover Picture ChemBioEng: Illuminated aerosol-based PhotoBioReactor for cultivation of phototrophic Biofilms.

Conference Lectures

2024

  • J. Hengsbach, J. Stiefelmaier, N. Tippkötter, R. Ulber; Electrification of fermentations – Increasing production of platform chemicals by combining biotechnology and electrochemistry; DECHEMA Forum (2024); Friedrichshafen, Deutschland 
  • K. Oehlenschläger, M. Lorenz, T. Dang, E. Schepp, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Microbial co-cultivation for ester production; Dechema Forum 2024; Friedrichshafen, Deutschland
  • K. Oehlenschläger, E. Schepp, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Coupling fermentation and enzymatic biocatalysis for ester production; Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2024 - Novel Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Bioprocesses and Bioproducts; Regensburg, Deutschland

2023

  • D. Strieth, J. Kollmen, J. Stiefelmaier; Aerosol-based Photobioreactors - A new generation of photobioreactors for the cultivation of phototrophic biofilms (2023); International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels & Bioproducts; Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii, USA
  • 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
  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, F. Lauer, N. Wehn, R. Ulber, Extended Reality in STEM-Education – How additional representation levels in smart photometry lead to learning efficiency, 14th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and 7th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (2023); Berlin, Deutschland
  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber (2023), Die Kiste macht ́s möglich – Professionalisierungsstrukturen zum Wissenstransfer an der Schnittstelle zwischen universitärer Forschung und Schule im MINT-Bereich, Programmworkshop der Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung „Lehrkräfteprofessionalisierung: Facetten, Förderung und zukünftige Herausforderungen“, Bergische Universität Wuppertal; Wuppertal, Deutschland
  • J. Stiefelmaier, J. Keller, W. Neupert, R. Ulber; First steps towards application of cable bacteria in bioprocess engineering; Electromicrobiology 2023, Aarhus, Dänemark
  • J. Stiefelmaier, J. Keller, W. Neupert, R. Ulber; Cable bacteria as promising microorganisms for bioelectrotechnology; 8th Workshop on Microbial bioelectrotechnology, Bremen, Deutschland
  • K. Oehlenschläger, E. Schepp, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber; Projektüberblick „Production of ethyl-butyrate in a self-sufficient reation cascade“; Kickoff Meeting DFG SPP 2170 “Interzell” 2023; Stuttgart, Deutschland

2022

  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, J. Kollmen, N. Erdmann, A . Mehring; Phototrophe Biofilme: Invasive und nicht-invasive Methoden zur Charakterisierung; 13. Bundesalgenstammtisch, Frankfurt, Deutschland
  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber (2021), Augmented Reality – a new way to enrich and extend real science and engineering experiments in the digital world of the school. 13th European Congress of Chemical Engineering and 6th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (Digital), Deutschland.
  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, J. Kollmen, N. Erdmann, A. Mehring; Comprehensive characterization of phototrophic biofilms; Biofilms 10 (2022); Leipzig, Deutschland

2021

  • J. Stiefelmaier, A. Zayed, A. Mehring, C. ebel, R. Ulber; New possibilities for plant cell culture; Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2021 - New Bioprocesses, New Products (2021), Digital
  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, S. Di Nonno, J. Kollmen, R. Ulber; Diazotrophic terrestrial cyanobacteria as nitrogen supplier for Arabidospsis thaliana, Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2021 - New Bioprocesses, New Products (2021), Digital

2019

  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, B. Wrabl, R. Ulber, Aerosol photobioreactors: A new possibility for cultivation of phototrophic biofilms, The 5th European congress of applied biotechnology (2019); Florenz, Italien

 2018

  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, S. Di Nonno, J. Walther, R. Ulber; Oberflächenassoziierte Kultivierung terrestrischer Cyanobakterien in emersen Photobioreaktoren; 11. Bundesalgenstammtisch 2018 (2018), Karlsruhe, Deutschland
  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, K. Scherer, M. Wahl, R. Ulber; Kultivierung terrestrischer Cyanobakterien in emersen Photobioreaktoren; ProcessNet-Jahrestagung und 33. DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen 2018 (2018), Aachen, Deutschland
  • J. Stiefelmaier, B. Ledermann, N. Frankenberg-Dinkel, R. Ulber; Production of the red chromophore phycoerythrobilin with Escherichia coli; Himmelfahrtstagung 2018: Heterogeneities - A key for understanding and upscaling of bioprocesses in up- and downstream (2018), Magdeburg, Deutschland

 

Conference short Presentations

  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Terrestrial cyanobacteria - a potential source for new bioactive compounds and natural dye; ProcessNet - Jahrestagung und 32. DECHEMA-Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen (2016) Aachen, Deutschland

 

Posters

2024

  • J. Haffelder, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Caffeine and other secondary metabolite production in different plant cell cultures; DECHEMA Forum 2024, Friedrichshafen, Germany
  • J. Haffelder, T. Simon, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber ;Coffee plant cell cultures as a source of plant based products", Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2024- Novel Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Bioprocesses and Bioproducts (2024), Regensburg, Deutschland
  • J. Hengsbach, J. Stiefelmaier, N. Tippkötter, R. Ulber; Electrification of Actinobacillus succinogenes fermentations for increased succinic acid production; Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2024 - Novel Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Bioprocesses and Bioproducts (2024); Regensburg, Deutschland

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

  • L. Geuer, N. Erdmann, M. Roth, G. Liese, J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, R. Ulber;  „Die Kiste macht´s einfach“ – Entdecke die Vielfalt bei Mikroorganismen im naturwissenschaftlichen Unterricht mit forschungsbasierten Experimenten aus der Kiste; Abschlussveranstaltung "Die Zukunft des MINT-Lernens“, Deutsche Telekom-Stiftung (2022); Berlin, Deutschland
  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, J. Kollmen, N. Erdmann, A . Mehring; Phototrophe Biofilme: Invasive und nicht-invasive Methoden zur Charakterisierung; 13. Bundesalgenstammtisch, Frankfurt, Deutschland
  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber (2021), Augmented Reality als digitale Individualisierungsmöglichkeit zum realen natur- und ingenieurswissenschaftlichen Experimentieren. "Diversität Digital Denken – The Wider View" (digital), Zentrum für Lehrerbildung der WWU Münster, Münster, Deutschland.
  • L.Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber (2021), Bioprocess Engineering meets Augmented Reality – Research-Based Experimentation in the Digital World of STEM Education. Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2021 - New Bioprocesses, New Bioproducts Digital.
  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber (2021) Augmented Reality - intelligente Erweiterung des realen natur- und ingenieurswissenschaftlichen Experiments in der digitalen Welt der Lehrkräfte an berufsbildenden Schulen. 7. programmbegleitender Workshop der "Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung" im Rahmen des Young Researcher Meetings (digital), Osnabrück, Deutschland
  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; How Augmented Reality is used as a digital Element in Biotech-Experiments; EARLI SIG 11 Conference(2022); Oldenburg, Deutschland
  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Transfer of biotechnological Lab-Experiments to Education - a new way for lab courses; Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2021 - New Bioprocesses, New Bioproducts (2022); Mainz, Deutschland

2021

  • L. Geuer, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber (2021), AR-unterstütztes Experimentieren an der Schnittstelle Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften in der digitalen Welt der Schulen. programmbegleitender Workshop der "Qualitätsoffensive Lehrerbildung“: Lehrkräftebildung nach dem pandemiebedingten Digital Turn (digital), Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland.

2020

  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, S. Schäfer, D. Kronenberger, B. Wrabl, R. Ulber; Surface adhesion of phototrophic biofilms; 2020; Biofilms 9, Digital, Deutschland
  •  J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, S. Schäfer, D. Kronenberger, B. Wrabl, R. Ulber; Untersuchung der Oberflächenadhäsion von Biofilmen; 2020; ProcessNet-Jahrestagung; Digital, Deutschland
  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, S. Di Nonno, D. Kronenberger, R. Ulber; Climate-friendly production of renewable resources by the innovative use of diazotrophic, terrestrial cyanobacteria; 2020; Biofilms 9, Digital, Deutschland
  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, S. Di Nonno, D. Kronenberger, R. Ulber, Klimafreundliche Produktion nachwachsender Rohstoffe durch die innovative Verwendung von stickstofffixierenden Cyanobakterien; 2020; ProcessNet-Jahrestagung; Digital, Deutschland

2019

  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, K. Muffler, R. Ulber; Flue gas: Influence on the cultivation of terrestrial cyanobacteria?; Jahrestagung der Vereinigung für Allgemeine und Angewandte Mikrobiologie (2019); Mainz) 2019, Deutschland
  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Cultivation of phototrophic biofilms in an aerosol-based photobioreactor; The 5th European congress of applied biotechnology (2019); Florenz, Italien

2018

  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, J. Walther, R. Ulber; Erweiterung des CO2-Kreislaufs mit terrestrischen Cyanobakterien. 11. Bundesalgenstammtisch (2018); Karlsruhe, Deutschland
  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, S. Di Nonno, R. Ulber; Surface-associated cultivation of terrestrial cyanobacteria in emerse photobioreactors; TUK Verfahrenstechnik Doktorandenseminar (2018), Landau, Deutschland

2017

  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, N. Frankenberg-Dinkel, R. Ulber; Production of c-phycocyanin with terrestrial cyanobacteria; 16ème Congrès de la Société Française de Génie des Procédés (2017) Nancy, Frankreich
  • J. Walther, D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Screening of terrestrial cyanobacteria for the production of antimicrobial substances; Himmelfahrtstagung 2017: Models for Developing and Optimising Biotech ProductionProcesses (2017) Ulm, Deutschland
  • J. Stiefelmaier, D. Strieth, N. Frankenberg-Dinkel, R. Ulber; Production of phycobiliproteins with terrestrial cyanobacteria; Himmelfahrtstagung 2017: Models for Developing and Optimizing Biotech Production Processes (2017) Ulm, Deutschland

2016

  • D. Strieth, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Terrestrial cyanobacteria - a potential source for new bioactive compounds and natural dye, ProcessNet- Jahrestagung und 32. DECHEMA- Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen (2016) Aachen, Deutschland