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Katrin Sulzbacher studied Chemical Engineering at the University of Technology in Dortmund. Started in 2003, she graduated in 2008 with a final thesis about the systematic development of downstream processes using the purification of the cosmeceutical ectoine as example. Since December 2008, she is working at the Laboratory of Plant and Process Design on her PhD. In her research she focuses on the development of a simulation and optimization tool for biotechnological processes.
Biotechnological processes are considered as one of the key technologies of the 21st century.
Their systematic development is however usually limited by inadequate simulation tools, as most commercial software solutions are designed for processes in the chemical industry and are therefore not able to deal with biotechnological processes. This applies especially for the downstream processes, which stand out with the batchwise operation, unconventional unit operations, unknown compositions and missing property data.
Therefore, ways to handle these special features have to be found. The objective is to develop a tool which supports the simulation of biotechnological purification processes from the first idea to the final downstream process and offers along the way the possibility to rate and optimize process alternatives.
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