Projects
List of ongoing doctoral research projects sorted by department:
Department of Agrobiotechnology
Bioleaching of critical metals from spent Lithium-ion batteries
Project assigned to: Lalropuia Lalropuia
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Biotechnical strategies to improve wet-strength of starch-based glues
Project assigned to: Miguel Jimenez Bartolome
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Engineering of Oxidoreductases for Lignocellulose Processing
Project assigned to: Verena Braunschmid
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Enzymatic depolymerization of mixed plastic waste
Project assigned to: Chloe Allo
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Enzymatic synthesis of value-added products from lignin
Project assigned to: Sebastian-Alois Mayr
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Metal recovery from leaching solutions of spent lithium-ion batteries using metal-binding peptides
Project assigned to: Anna Sieber
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Plastics active Enzymes for PET degradation
Project assigned to: Lukas Chalwatzis
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
UV detoxification and fermentation of spent liquor from pulp industry
Project assigned to: Tom Distler
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Versatile Furan-Based Polymers for Advanced Applications
Project assigned to: Bettina Semler
Supervisor: Georg Gübitz
Department of Chemistry
Advanced cellulose characterization for fiber spinning
Project assigned to: Markus Eder
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Advanced lignin characterization
Project assigned to: Oliver Musl
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Analysis of ancient and modern papyri
Project assigned to: Florian Bausch
Supervisors: Antje Potthast
Augmenting Biorefinery Analytics by Data Evaluation
Project assigned to: Matthias Guggenberger
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau, Stefan Böhmdorfer
Project assigned to: Stefano Barbini
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Bioactive compounds in seedy banana
Project assigned to: Hoai Thi Tran
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau
Biobased Impregnation Resins for High Pressure Laminates
Project assigned to: Elisabeth Billich
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Cellulose derivatives and biomass-based non-isocyanate polyurethanes (NIPUs) as binders
Project assigned to: Theodoros Petsoukis
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau, Hubert Hettegger
Characterization and quantification of wood extractives during sulphite pulping and TCF bleaching
Project assigned to: Sebastian España Orozco
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Project assigned to: David Budischowsky
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Elucidating the effects of electron beam irradiation on cellulose and lignin and the consequences for wood-based biorefineries
Project assigned to: Oliver Sarosi
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Enantioseparation on non-conventional cellulose-based chiral phases
Project assigned to: Anna Florentina Lehrhofer
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau, Hubert Hettegger
Extraction, modification and analysis of lignin from residual wood streams
Project assigned to: Stefan Grasböck
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Fast process control and pulp characterization by NIR and chemometrics
Project assigned to: Hajar Khaliliyan
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau, Stefan Böhmdorfer
Investigation of Enzymatic Hydrolysis for Valorization and Circularity of Textile Waste
Project assigned to: Jean Egan
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau
Investigation of indigo and its degradation products’ influence on cellulose stability
Project assigned to: Ivan Melikhov
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Modification of cellulose into thermoplastic materials
Project assigned to: Jonas Simon
Supervisors: Antje Potthast
Nanocellulose as stabilizers for damaged paper
Project assigned to: Laura Völkel
Supervisors: Antje Potthast
Preparation and analyses of insect chitin/protein mixtures
Project assigned to: Piyawan Yimlamai
Supervisor: Antje Potthast, Marco Beaumont
Project assigned to: Olga Ivanova
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau, Hubert Hettegger
Strengthening-strategies for specialty papers and cellulose-based filter products
Project assigned to: Johanna Zieher
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau, Hubert Hettegger
Synthesis and evaluation of polysaccharide-based chiral stationary phases for enantiomer resolution
Project assigned to: Cuong Viet Bui
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau
Tailoring molar mass of cellulose
Project assigned to: Stefanie Gross Belduma
Supervisor: Antje Potthast
Thermal and aging resistance of cellulosic pulp for special papers
Project assigned to: Paul Jusner
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau
Utilization of Lignin for Material Applications
Project assigned to: Nadine Kohlhuber
Supervisors: Antje Potthast
Utilization of lignosulfonates
Project assigned to: Gerhild Katharina Wurzer
Supervisors: Thomas Rosenau, Hubert Hetteger and Antje Potthast
Utilization of viscose process lyes
Project assigned to: Takaaki Goto
Supervisor: Thomas Rosenau, Antje Potthast, Karin Fackler
Department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering
Adapted Manufacturing Technologies and Characterization Methods for Wood-Based Hybrid Structures
Project assigned to: Alexander Stadlmann
Supervisor: Ulrich Müller
Characterization, Simulation and Biomimetic Optimization of High Performance Bio-based Composites
Project assigned to: Maximilian Pramreiter
Supervisor: Ulrich Müller
Moisture Impact on Structural Engineered Wood Products
Project assigned to: Alexandro Saliasi
Supervisor: Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter
Novel surface coatings on wood based on renewable materials
Project assigned to: Jan Janesch
Supervisor: Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter
Project assigned to: Peter Halbauer
Supervisor: Ulrich Müller
Tailored lignocellulosic high-performance materials
Project assigned to: María Busquets Ferrer
Supervisor: Wolfgang Gindl-Altmutter
Viscose-fabrics for fibre reinforced wood composites
Project assigned to: Bernhard Ungerer
Supervisor: Ulrich Müller
Wood quality of composite materials for vehicle construction
Project assigned to: Christian Huber
Supervisor: Ulrich Müller
University of Vienna, Department of Materials Chemistry
Cellulose-based sandwich composites
Project assigned to: Nesrine Battoul Debabèche
Supervisor: Alexander Bismarck
Project assigned to: Anne Zhao
Supervisor: Alexander Bismarck
Isolation, analysis, and valorization strategies of soda pulping effluent streams
Project assigned to: John Chrysostom Opedun
Supervisor: Alexander Bismarck
Recyclable and renewable Nanocellulose composites by 3D printing
Project assigned to: Florian Mayer
Supervisor: Alexander Bismarck
Upgrading cellulose fibres into porous materials
Project assigned to: Veronika Biegler
Supervisor: Alexander Bismarck