M. Sc. Janik Haffelder
Department of Mechanical & Process Engineering
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Janik Haffelder
Personal Data
| Since 09/2023 | PhD thesis at the RPTU in Kaiserslautern at the Institute of Bioprocess Engineering |
05/2020- 09/2023 | Master Program in bio- and chemical engineering, RPTU in Kaiserslautern |
10/2015- 05/2020 | Bachelor Program in bio- and chemical engineering, TUK Topic of bachelor thesis: „Plant Cell Culture Technology“ |
Research Topic and Task Field
Development of different lines of plant cell cultures for the production of interesting pharmaceutically active secondary metabolites. Research within the framework of the VINO-KLIM EU-funded project to investigate the impact of climate change on grape must and possible strategies for yeast adaptation.
Task field
- Management of the Brewery group
- FPLC
- Microscope
- Responsible for the photolab and the storage room
- Cooperation in teaching
- Student advising, BCI degree program
Publikationen
PUBLICATIONS
2026
- Rana M. Ibrahim, Saleh Alseekh, Janik Haffelder, Nehal S. Ramadan, Ghada M. Abbas, Alisdair R. Fernie, Roland Ulber, Ahmed Zayed; Untargeted metabolomics, lipidomics, and GC–MS profiling reveal species-specific and culture-induced metabolic signatures in brown macroalgae. Algal Research, 96 (2026). doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2026.104748.
2025
- Jan-Niklas Hengsbach, Marcel Cwienczek, Janik Haffelder, Nils Tippkötter, Roland Ulber; Actinobacillus succinogenes in bioelectrochemical systems – Comparative study of redox mediators. Electrochemistry Communications, 179 (2025). doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2025.108003.
2024
- Schmeckebier, A., Ebel, C., Haffelder, J. et al.; Short communication: a method for cell Separation of Ocimum basilicum CMC cells for AFM measurement. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 156, 86 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-024-02708-6
- Elshorbagy, M. I., Haffelder, J., Ulber, R., Wright, C. W., & Zayed, A. (2024). Agrobacterium-Mediated Genetic Transformation; A Cutting-Edge Approach for Enhanced Secondary Metabolites Production. In K. A. Manohar, G. Shukla, S. Gantait, A. P. Das, & S. Chakravarty (Eds.), Propagation to Pharmacopeia: Modern Approaches in Medicinal Plants (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003423416
2020
- Mehring, A., Haffelder, J., Chodorski, J. et al. Establishment and triterpenoid production of Ocimum basilicum cambial meristematic cells. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 143, 573–581 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-020-01942-y
CONFERENCE LECTURES
2025
- J. Haffelder, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Bioreactor Cultivation of Coffea arabica Callus Cultures for Valuable Secondary Metabolites; 15th European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECCE) & 8th European Congress of Applied Biotechnology (ECAB) 2025; Lisbon, Portugal
POSTERS
2026
- J. Haffelder, F. Bozevran, S. Heckmann, E. Jekel Könnel, R. Ulbe1, W. Lauth; Sustainable Strategies to Ensure Reliable Alcoholic Fermentation under Climate Change–Driven Alterations of Grape Must Composition; Wine Active Compounds (WAC) & In Vino Analytica Scientia (IVAS) 2026 in Dijon, France
- J. Haffelder, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Photomixotrophic cultivation of different Coffea cell cultures for the production of valuable secondary metabolites; Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2026; Mainz, Germany
2025
- J. Haffelder, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Precision fermentation for caffeine and other secondary metabolite production using plant cell cultures; Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2025; Bremen, Germany
2024
- J. Haffelder, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Caffeine and other secondary metabolite production in different plant cell cultures; DECHEMA Forum 2024, Friedrichshafen, Germany (Poster award at DECHEMA FORUM 2024)
- J. Haffelder, T. Simon, J. Stiefelmaier, R. Ulber; Coffee plant cell cultures as a source of plant based products" auf der "13. Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2024- Novel Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Bioprocesses and Bioproducts (2024) (DECHEMA Poster Award 2024)