M. Sc. Wolfgang Laudensack
Chair of Bioprocess Engineering
Department of Mechanical & Process Engineering
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Wolfgang Laudensack
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Since 07/2024 | Conducting doctoral research at the RPTU in Kaiserslautern at the Department of Bioprocess Engineering |
04/2022 - 03/2024 | Master's degree in Bio- and Chemical Engineering, RPTU in Kaiserslautern Topic of the Master's thesis: “Application of analytical methods in electro biotechnology” |
10/2017 - 04/2022 | Bachelor's degree in Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, TUK Topic of the Bachelor's thesis: "Pretreatment and fermentative valorization of biomass with Ustilago maydis" |
Research Topic and Task Field
- Work on “GreenProScale”: Scale-up of fermentative valorization of low woody biomass from lab to pilot plant scale (30 L) with a focus on the cultivation of Clostridia and Ustilago maydis
Lectures/Presentations
2025
- W. Laudensack, E. Erenler, S. Heckmann, F. Bartzack, K. Oehelenschläger, M. Volkmar, L. M. Blank, R. Ulber; From Green Waste to Bio-Based Chemicals: Scale-Up of Grass Press Juice as a microbial substrate; Himmelfahrstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2025, Bremen, Germany
W. Laudensack, E. Erenler, S. Heckmann, F. Bartzack, K. Oehelenschläger, M. Volkmar, L. M. Blank, R. Ulber; Identification of scale-up parameters for the production of platform chemicals from grass press juice; International Conference on Renewable Resources & Biorefineries 2025, Turku, Finland
Publications:
2025
- M. Volkmar, W. Laudensack, F. Bartzack, N. Erdmann, S. Schönrock, E. Fuderer, D. Holtmann, L.M. Blank, R. Ulber; Low oxygen availability increases itaconate production by Ustilago maydis, Biotechnology and Bioengineering (2025) https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.70035
2024
- Jan-Niklas Hengsbach, Marcel Cwienczek, Wolfgang Laudensack, Judith Stiefelmaier, Nils Tippkötter, Roland 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
- A. Rudi, S. Schönrock, W. Laudensack, F. Schultmann, R. Ulber, D. Holtmann; Value adding bioconversion of residues and byproducts—a logistics challenge; Discover Applied Sciences (2024) https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-024-06286-2
2021
- J. Weiermüller, A. Akermann, W. Laudensack, J. Chodorski, L.M. Blank, R. Ulber; Brewers’ spent grain as carbon source for itaconate production with engineered Ustilago maydis; Bioresource Technology (2021), Volume 336, September 2021, 125262; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125262
Poster
2024
- W. Laudensack, M. Volkmar, F. Bartzack, S. Schönrock, E. Fuderer, P. Hahn, D. Holtmann, R. Ulber, Bestimmung der Scale-Up Parameter von Ustilago maydis zur Produktion von Itaconsäure, Jahrestreffen BioBall (2024), Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland