Birgit earned her PhD in Organic Chemistry from Martin-Luther University Halle in 1991 and her habilitation (venia legendi: Organic Chemistry) from University of Potsdam in 2005
She was appointed to Honorary Professor of Biorefinery Technology at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus in 2005 and to Honorary Professor of Chemistry of Renewable Resources at the University of Applied Science Dresden in 2007
Her main interests in research and development are the Biorefinery Systems and biobased product family trees. Co-Editor of the book ‘Biorefineries-Industrial Processes and Products’ (Wiley-VCH), 2006
研究方向
Biofuel production and bioconversionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionLignin and Wood ChemistryCatalysis for Biomass ConversionEnzyme Catalysis and Immobilization