TU Munich — Chair of Chem­istry of Bio­gen­ic Resources

Today’s chem­ic­al pro­duc­tion is almost exclus­ively based on crude oil and nat­ur­al gas as raw mater­i­als. In the course of a more sus­tain­able eco­nomy, it is essen­tial to increas­ingly pro­duce basic chem­ic­als from renew­able raw mater­i­als, i.e., from bio­mass, thus cre­at­ing the basis for a new ​“green” chem­istry. The aim of the work at the Chair is to devel­op tech­nic­al pro­cesses that allow estab­lished basic mater­i­als for chem­ic­al pro­duc­tion and fine chem­ic­als to be pro­duced effi­ciently and thus eco­nom­ic­ally from bio­mass, as well as to estab­lish new rel­ev­ant sub­stances that can be obtained from renew­able raw materials.

The focus of the work at the Chair of Chem­istry of Bio­gen­ic Resources is on white bio­tech­no­logy. For this pur­pose, new enzymes, cells or microor­gan­isms (“biocata­lysts”) are developed using micro­bi­o­lo­gic­al, molecu­lar bio­lo­gic­al and bio­chem­ic­al meth­ods. Biocata­lysts make it pos­sible to run chem­ic­al pro­cesses with high­er yields while using less energy.