Stephan Noack

Dr.-Ing. Stephan Noack

Group leader of Quantitative Microbial Phenotyping

Address

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institute of Bio- und Geosciences (IBG)

Biotechnology (IBG-1)

Building 15.4 / Room 308

About me

Vita

2010 – Group leader “Quantitative Microbial Phenotyping”, Institute of Bio- and Geosciences, IBG-1: Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

2014 Visiting scientist, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Hørsholm, Denmark

2009 – 2010 Postdoctoral fellow in “Fermentation Technology" group, Institute of Biotechnology, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

2009 Dr.-Ing. University of Siegen, Thesis title: “Integrative evaluation of multi-omics data of the central metabolism of Corynebacterium glutamicum

2005 – 2009 PhD-Thesis work under supervision of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Wiechert, Institute of Biotechnology 2, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany

2000 – 2005 Master of Bioprocess Engineering, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Thesis title: “Visualization and analysis of biochemical network models”

Key Research Activities

· Automation technologies for targeted and untargeted strain engineering

· Quantitative omics analytics for metabolic and bioprocess modelling

· Lab-scale bioprocess development using tailor-made biocatalysts

Selected Activities and Memberships

2024 – Member of CLIB Focus Group „C1 Feedstocks“

2023 – Co-manager of “Jülich Biofoundry”

2021 – Editorial Board of Current Opinion in Biotechnology

2021 – Editorial Board of Microbial Cell Factories

2020 – Coordinator of “AutoBioTech” innovation lab

2018 – 2021 Coordinator of BioSC FocusLab-Projekt „HyImPAct“

2015 – Co-manager of „Jülich Microbial Phenotyping Center“

2016 – 2019 Co-coordinator of Helmholtz Innovation Lab „MiBioLab

2018 – Member of „Systems Biology and Synthetic Biology“ of DECHEMA e.V.

2016 – Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

2015 – 2019 Coordinator of ERASysAPP-Projekt „XyloCut“

2012 – Editorial Board of Engineering in Life Sciences

2011 – 2016 Member of the “Zukunftsforum Biotechnologie” of DECHEMA e.V.

Honors and Awards

2019 Supervision Award of BioEconomy Science Center

2019 Labvolution Award for Microbial BioProcess Lab

2018 Innovation Plus Award of Forschungszentrum Jülich

2007 Karl-Schügerl Research Award of Biotechnology

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