Sven Menschel

PhD student with the focus on lactic acid bacteria and bacterial metabolism

• Preparation and execution of practical courses for students • Support of lectures • Responsible for strain collection • Performing fermentations in different fermenter types with the belonging analysis

Worked as data capturer for Vattenfall Europe on the energy net of Berlin. The task was to validate the digital data by finding historical documents of the electricity network of Berlin.

Thesis Title “Activity of mycobacterial promoters during growth and stationary phase in Mycobacterium smegmatis”

Thesis Title “Fermentation von Mucor rouxii auf Dünnschlempe zur Produktion von Chitosan” (translated: „Fermentation of Mucor rouxii on Distiller’s Splent Grains for Production of Chitosan“) - Fermentation of Mucor rouxii in laboratory scale - Isolation and characterization of chitin/chitosan from Mucor roxii

Trained as a tank mechanic, later worked as platoon clerk

Nitrogen metabolism and modelling of Lactococcus lactis

bioprocessing, phage display, biosensors, medical biotechnology

Genetic engineering