Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione
Prof. Dr. Kathrin Castiglione
Head of Institute
Paul-Gordan-Str. 3
91052 Erlangen
Germany
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Institute of Bioprocess Engineering
Paul-Gordan-Str. 3
91052 Erlangen
Germany
- Phone number: +49 9131 85-23003
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-23002
- Email: kathrin.castiglione@fau.de
- Website: https://www.bvt.tf.fau.eu
For appointments please refer to:
- Ingrid CalliesRoom: Room 02.023
Paul-Gordan-Str. 3
91052 Erlangen
Germany- Phone number: +49 9131 85-23003
- Fax number: +49 9131 85-23002
- Email: ingrid.callies@fau.de
Current Position:
| W3-Professor | since 2018 | Institute of Bioprocess Engineering, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany |
| Editor in Chief |
since 05/2025 | Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering (Springer) |
Short CV:
| Habilitation | 12/2019 |
TU Munich, Germany “One–pot multi–enzyme syntheses: New strategies beyond whole cells and isolated enzymes” |
| Head of a junior research group | 2012 – 2017 |
Focus on: “Synthetic reaction compartments for multi-enzyme syntheses”, financed by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) |
| Group leader | 2010 – 2017 | Institute of Biochemical Engineering, TU Munich, Germany, Field of Biocatalysis |
| Post doctorate | 02/2010 – 08/2010 | Laboratory of Enzyme Chemistry (Prof. Dr. Yasuhisa Asano), Toyama Prefectural University, Toyama, Japan |
| Doctoral thesis | 2009 | “Asymmetric syntheses with novel oxidoreductases from cyanobacteria” |
| Graduate research assistant | 2006 – 2010: | Institute of Biochemical Engineering (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dirk Weuster-Botz), TU Munich, Germany |
| Bachelor and Master studies | 2001 – 2006: | Study of Molecular Biotechnology, TU Munich, Germany |
Selected awards and scholarships:
| 2025 |
Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award |
| Since 2024 |
Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) |
| 2021 | Teaching Award (“Preis für gute Lehre”) of the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts |
| 05/2021: |
Audience Award for Excellent Teaching, awarded by the student council initiative Chemical and Bioengineering of FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg |
| 11/2020: |
Teaching Award, Faculty of Engineering, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany |
| Since 2019 | Member of the Management Board for Biochemical Engineering of the German Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA) |
| 2015 – 2018: | Member of the „Zukunftsforums Biotechnologie“ (“Future Forum Biotechnology”) (DECHEMA e.V.) |
| 2014 – 2018: | TUM Junior Fellow |
| 2010: | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short Term), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| 2010: | Nomination for the Bertha-Benz-Award |
| 2009: | Scholarship of the Association of German Engineers (VDI) for attending the 59th Meeting of Nobel Prize Laureates in Lindau (dedicated to the discipline of Chemistry) |
| 2004 – 2010: | Scholarship of the career network e-fellows.net |
| 2003: | Scholarship of the Karoline-Steinhart-Fond |
| 2002- 2006: | Scholarship of the “Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Wittmann’schen Stipendienstiftung” |
| 2001: | Karl-von-Frisch-Abiturientenpreis (Prize for High School Graduates) |
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