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Hier finden Sie eine allgemeine Übersicht über die Kompetenzbereiche der Energieforschung am UFZ, aufgeteilt auf zwei Hauptgebiete: "Elements of the energy system" and "Systemic aspects". Für weitere Details oder um mit UFZ-Mitarbeiterinnen und -Mitarbeitern in Kontakt zu treten, klicken Sie bitte auf die Schlagwörter -  so kommen Sie direkt zu den Expertinnen und Experten.

◊ Elements of the energy system

Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Daniela Thrän
Department of Bioenergy
Bioenergy: potential studies, technology assessment, utilisation concepts for selected bioenergy ressources, fuel standard requirements, sustainability assessment, role/assessment of bioenergy in futer energy systems
Bioeconomy: monitoring approaches, material flow assessment
Dr. Alberto Bezama
Department of Bioenergy
systems analysis of bio-based technologies
resources management under life cycle concepts
sustainability assessments related to complex bio-based industrial clusters and networks; evaluation of cascade and coupled production concepts for the conversion of biomass into biomaterials, bio-based chemicals and bioenergy
development of tools for supporting the implementation of a sustainable bioenconomy
Dr. Sinead O Keeffe
Department of Bioenergy
life cycle analysis, regional approaches, bioenergy systems, green biorefinery systems, grassland systems, GHG emission inventories, environmental impact assessment (life cycle)
Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Department of Ecological Modelling
driver and ecological impacts analysis
environmental modelling
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Department of Economics
energy and environmental economics
Expert Expertise
Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber
Department of Environmental Microbiology
anaerobic microbial conversion and biorefinery
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid
Department of Solar Materials
utilisation of microorganisms, expecially cyanobacteria, for the production of energy carriers such as H2 and electricity
Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler
Department of Solar Materials
utilisation of microbial biofilms and respective bioprocess and reactor design for the production of energy carriers and electricity
Prof. Dr. Bruno Bühler
Department of Solar Materials
metabolic engineering of microorganisms and bioprocess design for the production of energy carriers such as H2
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Andreas Schmid
Department of Solar Materials
Biotechnological production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and energy carriers by means of microorganisms
Prof. Dr. Katja Bühler
Department of Solar Materials
Utilisation of microbial biofilms and respective bioprocess and reactor design for the production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy carriers
Prof. Dr. Bruno Bühler
Department of Solar Materials
Design and engineering of microbial biocatalysts and bioprocesses for the production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and energy carriers
Metabolic engineering, in vivo cascades, artificial pathways, photosynthesis as driving force, quantitative physiology
Expert Expertise
Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Anaerobic digestion, microbial ecology of anaerobic conversion
Dr. Heike Sträuber
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Anaerobic digestion, biogas technology, anaerobic conversion of biomass
Dr. Florian Centler
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Anaerobic digestion, mathematical modelling of microbial systems
Dr. Marcell Nikolausz
Deparment of Environmental Microbiology
Anaerobic digestion, process control by stable isotope fingerprinting
Prof. Dr. Susann Müller
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Monitoring and control of biotechnological processes based on microbial community dynamics
Single cell analysis of microbial communities
PD Dr. Thomas Maskow
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Calorimetric sensors for process control, thermodynamic modelling of bioprocesses
Prof. Dr. Frank-Dieter Kopinke
Department of Environmental Engineering
Chemical conversions and technologies, water treatment
Hydrothermal conversion of biomasses
Dr. Alberto Bezama
Department of Bioenergy
Development and evaluation of waste management concepts (with focus on waste reutilisation and waste-to-energy)
Dr. Babu Halan
Department of Solar Materials
Utilisation of microbial biofilms and bioprocess design for the production of energy
Expert Expertise
Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Anaerobic biorefineries using open mixed cultures
Dr. Heike Sträuber
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Anaerobic fermentation, carboxylate platform
Dr. Falk Harnisch
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Bioelectrotechnology, electrobiotechnology, microbial electrochemical technologies, microbial fuel cells
Electrochemistry of organic molecules for production of fuels and chemicals
Dr. Thore Rohwerder
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Biochemical conversion of C1 compounds, microbial metabolism
Dr. Dietmar Schlosser
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Biodegradation, bioconversion and pre-treatment of lignocellulosic feedstock for production of biofuels / chemicals
Dr. Christian Dusny
Department of Solar Materials
Single cell analysis
Characterisation of microbial biocatalysts on the single cell level, microfluidics, microscopy
Dr. Manfred Schrewe
Department of Solar Materials
Utilisation and characterisation of hydrogenases to drive microbial biocatalysis, in vivo cascades, artificial pathways
Dr. Oliver Frick
Department of Solar Materials
Quantitative physiology, fluxomics and metabolomics of microbial biocatalysts
Expert Expertise
Dr. Marcus Eichhorn
Department of Bioenergy
Monitoring, impact and spatial allocation assessment
Dr. Martin Drechsler
Department of Ecological Modelling
Assessment of energy potential, costs and impacts of spatial allocation of wind turbines
GIS-based modelling
Dr. Jana Bovet
Department of Environmental & Planning Law
Planning law and the relevant procedural law
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling and numerical simulation of multiphysics processes in porous media for energy-related subsurface applications
Computational mechanics, high performance computing (HPC), data integration, visualisation
Junior Professor Dr. Haibing Shao
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling of heat and mass transport and of coupled reactive transport processes
Modelling interactions of Borehole Heat Exchangers in shallow geothermal field
Development of coupled multiphysics models for deep geothermal sites
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Peter Dietrich
Dr. Thomas Vienken
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies
Characterisation and monitoring of subsurface and near surface systems
Evaluation of effects of shallow geothermal energy use, characterisation and monitoring of subsurface storage systems
Geothermal development concepts, temperature regime in urban areas
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Matthias Groß
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Environmental Sociology, science and technology studies, risk and ignorance
Cultural foundations of the energy transition, public perception of the geological underground (especially geothermals), the evolution of geothermal energy systems, experimental practices in society
Dr. Alena Bleicher
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Sociological research on the exploitation of scarce resources from primary and secondary deposits
Science and technology studies
Dealing with non-knowledge in decision making, governance options, public participation, experimental practices
Dr. Conrad Kunze
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Public perceptions, social movements, the energy transition, risk discourses, transition theory
Acceptance and participation in the use of geothermal energy
Expert Expertise
Dr. habil. Birgit Daus
Department of Analytical Chemistry
Metals as critical raw materials and key components for the development of new technologies (e. g. rare earth elements), analytical and environmental chemistry
Dr. Alena Bleicher
Dr. Martin David
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Sociological research on the exploitation of scarce resources from primary and secondary deposits
Science and technology studies
Dealing with non-knowledge in decision making, governance options, public participation, experimental practices
Raw material governance and resource management, knowledge management, social learning
Expert Expertise
Philip Tafarte
Department of Bioenergy
System integration and optimisation of wind, photovoltaics and bioenergy
Dr. Martin Drechsler
Department of Ecological Modelling
Wind and solar energy in a landscape context
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling and numerical simulation of multiphysics processes in porous media for energy-related subsurface applications
Computational mechanics, High Performance Computing (HPC), data integration, visualisation
Junior Prof. Dr. Haibing Shao
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling of heat and mass transport, and of coupled reactive transport processes
Modelling interactions of borehole heat exchangers in shallow geothermal field
Development of coupled multiphysics models for deep geothermal sites
Expert Expertise
Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Biomethanation of renewable hydrogen (Power-to-Gas), anaerobic biochemical conversion of renewable hydrogen (Power-to-Chemicals)
Dr. Falk Harnisch
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Bio-electrotechnology, electro-biotechnology, microbial electrochemical technologies, microbial fuel cells
Electrochemistry of organic molecules for production of fuels and chemicals
Dr. Thore Rohwerder
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Microbial physiology, biochemistry
Bioenergy: biochemical conversion of C1 compounds, microbial metabolism
Expert Expertise
Dr. Sabine Kleinsteuber
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Biomethanation of renewable hydrogen (Power-to-Gas)
Anaerobic biochemical conversion of renewable hydrogen (Power-to-Chemicals)
Dr. Dietmar Schlosser
Department of Environmental Microbiology
Bioconversion of lignocellulose
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling and numerical simulation of multiphysics processes in porous media for energy-related subsurface applications
Computational mechanics, high performance computing (HPC), data integration, visualisation
Junior Prof. Dr. Haibing Shao
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling of heat and mass transport and of coupled reactive transport processes
Modelling interactions of borehole heat exchangers in shallow geothermal field
Development of coupled multiphysics models for deep geothermal sites
PD Dr. Hans Richnow
Dr. Carsten Vogt
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry
Underground gas storage (H2, CCS)
Hydrocarbon biodegradation
Biogeochemical processes
Microbiology of underground storage facilities
Prof. Dr. Peter Dietrich
Dr. Thomas Vienken
Department of Monitoring & Exploration Technologies
Characterisation and monitoring of subsurface and near surface systems
Evaluation of effects of shallo geothermal energy use, characterisation and monitoring of subsurface storage systems
Geothermal development concepts, temperature regime in urban areas

◊ Systemic aspects

Expert Expertise
Dr. Marcus Eichhorn
Department of Bioenergy
Geostatistical analysis of wind and solar energy potentials
Dr. Martin Drechsler
Department of Ecological Modelling
Spatially explicit assessment of wind and solar energy potential
Dr. Franziska Taubert
Department of Ecological Modelling
Mechanistic vegetation modelling (grasslands, forests) for analysing energy-potential (in terms of yield) for different management/logging scenarios
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Department of Ecological Modelling
Ecological impact assessment
Agent-based land use models
Prof. Dr. Andreas Huth
Dr. Franziska Taubert
Department of Ecological Modelling
Mechanistic vegetation modelling (grasslands, forests) including different management/logging options and environmental impact assessment
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Department of Economics
Economic concepts and agent-based modelling of spatial allocation of power infrastructure
Dr. Sinéad O'Keeffe
Department of Bioenergy
Regionally distributed life cycle inventory for bioenergy systems
Dr. Martin Drechsler
Department of Ecological Modelling
Optimisation of spatial allocation of wind and solar plants (fairness aspects)
Dr. Jana Bovet
Department of Environmental & Planning Law
Planning law and the relevant procedural law
Dr. Alena Bleicher
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Production of woody biomass for energy on contaminated areas - innovation between agriculture and ecological restoration
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Department of Ecological Modelling
Ecological and agent-based social-ecological modelling, risk analysis
Modelling (above-ground) land use change driven by the energy transition, ecological impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, evaluation and design of policy instruments
Dr. Marcus Eichhorn
Department of Bioenergy
Spatial trade-off of wind power development and impacts on raptor species
Expert Expertise
Dr. habil. Birgit Daus
Department of Analytical Chemistry
Analytical and environmental chemistry of metals and metalloids (speciation) in the context of secondary mining activities
Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling and numerical simulation of multiphysics processes in porous media for energy-related subsurface applications
Computational mechanics, high performance computing (HPC), data integration, visualisation
Junior-Prof. Dr. Haibing Shao
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling of heat and mass transport and of coupled reactive transport processes
Modelling interactions of borehole heat exchangers in shallow geothermal field
Development of coupled multiphysics models for deep geothermal sites
Prof. Dr. Peter Dietrich
Dr. Thomas Vienken
Department of Monitoring and Exploration Technologies
Characterisation and monitoring of subsurface and near surface systems
Evaluation of effects of shallow geothermal energy use, characterisation and monitoring of subsurface storage systems
Geothermal development concepts, temperature regime in urban areas
Dr. Hans Richnow
Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry
Biogeochemical processes
Expert Expertise
Dr. Alberto Bezama
Department of Bioenergy
Sustainability assessments related to complex bio-based industrial clusters and networks
Evaluation of cascade and coupled production concepts for the conversion of biomass into biomaterials, bio-based chemicals and bioenergy
Dr. Sinéad O'Keeffe
Department of Bioenergy
GHG emission inventories for biomass production
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Department of Economics
Energy and environmental economics, public finance, new institutional economics
Climate, energy and environmental policies in Germany and the EU, support policies for renewables, multi-level governance/regional economics of Energiewende, EEG analysis, energy taxation, energy transition analysis, policy mix analysis
Dr. Paul Lehmann
Department of Economics
Effects of renewable energy support on electricity prices, organisation of electricity markets, market and system integration of renewables
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Department of Economics
Energy and environmental economics, public finance, new institutional economics
Climate, energy and environmental policies in Germany and the EU, support policies for renewables, multi-level governance/regional economics of Energiewende, EEG analysis, energy taxation, energy transition analysis, policy mix analysis
Dr. Paul Lehmann
Department of Economics
Design of the EEG, interactions between EEG and other energy and environmental policies, policy mix
Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Department of Ecological Modelling
Ecological and agent-based social-ecological modelling, risk analysis
Modelling (above-ground) land use change driven by the energy transition, ecological impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services, evaluation and design of policy instruments
Dr. Jana Bovet
Department of Environmental & Planning Law
Environmental energy law
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Department of Economics
Energy and environmental economics, public finance, new institutional economics
Climate, energy and environmental policies in Germany and the EU, support policies for renewables, multi-level governance/regional economics of Energiewende, EEG analysis, energy taxation, energy transition analysis, policy mix analysis
Dr. Paul Lehmann
Department of Economics
EU climate and energy strategy, allocation of responsibilities between EU and member states, multi-level governance and related conflicts
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köck
Department of Environmental & Planning Law
Legal framework
Dr. Jana Bovet
Department of Environmental & Planning Law
Planning law and the relevant procedural law
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Matthias Groß
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Environmental sociology, science and technology studies, risk and ignorance
Cultural foundations of the energy transition, public perception of the geological underground (especially geothermals), public participation and stakeholder analysis, the evolution of geothermal energy systems, experimental practices in society
Dr. Alena Bleicher
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Environmental conflicts, governance options, decision making, public participation
Dr. Martin David
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Raw material governance and resource management, knowledge management, social learning
Dr. Conrad Kunze
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Environmental sociology, science and technology studies, public perceptions, social movements, the energy transition, risk discourses, transition theory
Acceptance and participation in the use of geothermal energy
Dr. Jana Bovet
Department of Environmental and Planning Law
Planning law and the relevant procedural law
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köck
Department of Environmental and Planning Law
Environmental Energy Law
European Environmental Energy Law
Dr. Jana Bovet
Department of Environmental and Planning Law
Planning law and the relevant procedural law
Prof. Dr. Erik Gawel
Department of Economics
Law and economics
Climate, energy and environmental policies in Germany and the EU, support policies for renewables, multi-level governance/regional economics of Energiewende, EEG (German Renewable Energy Act) analysis, energy taxation, energy transition analysis, policy mix analysis
Expert Expertise
Prof. Dr. Karin Frank
Department of Ecological Modelling
Ecological modelling, social-ecological agent-based modelling
Analysis of drivers and impacts of energy-related land use change, evaluation of policy instruments
Prof. Dr. Andreas Huth
Dr. Franziska Taubert
Department of Ecological Modelling
Dynamic modelling of vegetation systems (grasslands, forests)
Effects of species diversity, carbon-/nitrogen-/water-balances, impacts of climate change and resource management
Dr. Martin Drechsler
Department of Ecological Modelling
GIS-based modelling, multi-criteria impact analysis, spatial optimisation
Spatial allocation of energy infrastructures in landscapes
Dr. Marcus Eichhorn
Philip Tafarte
Department of Bioenergy
GIS-based modelling, energy system modelling
Mapping of renewable energy potentials, spatial organisation of energy systems, their performance impacts and sustainability tradeoffs
Dr. Sinéad O'Keeffe
Department of Bioenergy
Life cycle assessment for regional bioenergy systems
Dr. Alberto Bezama
Department of Bioenergy
Systems analysis of bio-based technologies
Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling and numerical simulation of multiphysics processes in porous media for energy-related subsurface applications
Computational mechanics, high performance computing (HPC), data integration, visualisation
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Haibing Shao
Department of Environmental Informatics
Modelling of heat and mass transport and coupled reactive transport processes, coupled multiphysics models
Application to deep and shallow geothermal energy