People
Dr.-Ing. Babu Halan
Department of Solar Materials
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Building 9.1 (SIAB), Room 109
04318 Leipzig
Germany
Tel.: +49-341-235 46 90
Fax.: +49-341-235 45 12 86
E-Mail:
Research Interests
- New bioprocess concepts based on catalytic and photocatalytic biofilms
- Design and development of novel biofilm reactors for fine chemical synthesis
- Microbial artificial photosynthesis in photoelectrochemical systems
CV / Scientific Career
| since 07/2014 | Scientist, Department of Solar Materials Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research - UFZ, Leipzig |
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| 11/2012-06/2014 | Post-doctoral researcher, Laboratory of Chemical Biotechnology Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering TU Dortmund |
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| 05/2008-11/2012 | Doctoral thesis, Laboratory of Chemical Biotechnology Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering, TU Dortmund |
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| 01/2008-03/2008 | Scientific researcher Laboratory of Chemical Biotechnology Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering TU Dortmund |
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| 09/2005-11/2007 | Master of Science in Biochemical engineering Department of Biochemical and Chemical Engineering TU Dortmund |
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
2017
- Willrodt C.*, Halan B.*, Karthaus L., Rehdorf J. , Julsing M. K., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2017)
Continuous multistep synthesis of perillic acid from limonene by catalytic biofilms under segmented flow.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(2):281–290, DOI-Link
* These authors contributed equally to this work.
- Halan B., Vassilev I., Lang K., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2017)
Growth of Pseudomonas taiwanensis VLB120ΔC biofilms in the presence of n-butanol.
Microbial Biotechnology, 10(4):745–755, DOI-Link
2016
- Halan B., Karande R., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2016)
Catalytic Pseudomonas taiwanensis VLB120ΔC biofilms thrive in a continuous pure styrene generated by multiphasic segmented flow in a capillary microreactor.
Journal of Flow Chemistry, 6(1):39–42, DOI-Link
2014
- Halan B., Letzel T., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2014)
Scalability of a solid support membrane aerated biofilm reactor for the continuous synthesis of (S)-styrene oxide.
Biotechnology Journal, 9(10):1339-1349, DOI-Link
- Karande R.*, Halan B.*, Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2014)
Segmented flow is controlling growth of catalytic biofilms in continuous multiphase microreactors.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 111(9):1831-1840, DOI-Link
* These authors contributed equally to this work.
2012
- Halan B., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2012)
Biofilms as living catalysts in chemical synthesis.
Trends in Biotechnology, 30(9):453-465, DOI-Link
2011
- Halan B., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2011)
Real time solvent tolerance analysis of Pseudomonas sp. strain VLB120ΔC catalytic biofilms.
Applied and Enviromental Microbiology, 77(5):1563-1571, DOI-Link
2010
- Halan B., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2010)
Maximizing the productivity of catalytic biofilms on solid supports in membrane-aerated reactors.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 106(4):516-527, DOI-Link
Books & Bookchapters
2013
- Halan B. (2013)
Biofilms as living catalysts for fine chemical synthesis: analysis, process design and scale-up.
Shaker Verlag GmbH, Herzogenrath, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-8440-1795-3, DOI-Link
Oral Presentations
2013
- Halan B., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2013)
Catalytic Biofilms: Linking EPS Composition to Solvent Stress.
VAAM Jahrestagung, 10. - 13. March 2013, Bremen, Germany
2011
- Halan B., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2011)
Productive catalytic biofilmson solidsupport membrane aerated reactors: process design for fine chemical synthesis..
DECHEMA 1st European Conference of Applied Biotechnology, 25. - 29. September 2011, Berlin, Germany
- Halan B., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2011)
Productive catalytic biofilms on solid support membrane aerated reactors: process design for fine chemical synthesis.
DECHEMA Bioverfahrenstechnik an Grenzflächen, 30. May - 1. June 2011, Potsdam, Germany
- Halan B., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2011)
Catalytic biofilms: Real time solvent tolerance analysis of Pseudomonas sp. strain VLB120ΔC and profiling of EPS matrix.
VAAM Frühjahrstagung, 3. - 6. April 2011, Karlsruhe, Germany
2010
- Halan B., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2010)
Interplay of cell biology and Image visualization - our understanding of living matters.
Bitplane IMARIS, 10. - 13. August 2010, Weisstannen, Switzerland
2009
- Halan B., Letzel T., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2009)
Catalytic biofilms for efficient asymmetric epoxidations.
DECHEMA Jahrestagung der Biotechnologen, 8. - 10. September 2009, Mannheim, Germany
Posters
2015
- Halan B., Karande R., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2015)
Scale-up and scale-down of truly continous biofilm based bioprocesses.
DECHEMA Himmelfahrtstagung, 11. - 13. May 2015, Hamburg-Bergedorf, Germany
- Halan B., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2015)
Biofilms as living catalysts for fine chemical synthesis: process design and scale-up.
1st Industrial Bioprocess-Development Academy, 15. - 17. April 2015, BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Halan B., Karande R., Schmid A. and Bühler K. (2015)
Industrial biotechnology for sustainable and energy efficient bioprocesses: miniaturized biofilm based
continuous fine chemical synthesis.
UFZ Energy Days, 24. - 25. February 2015, Leipzig, Germany
2012
- Schmutzler K., Volmer J., Halan B., Bühler B., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2012)
Solvent tolerance in Pseudomonas sp. strain VLB120 - biofilms vs planktonic cells.
VAAM Jahrestreffen, 18. - 21. March 2012, Tübingen, Germany
2011
- Bühler K., Halan B. and Schmid A. (2011)
Biofilm catalysis: Impact of styrene on Pseudomonas sp. strain VLB120 biofilms.
Bioverfahrenstechnik an Grenzflächen, 30. May - 1. June 2011, Potsdam, Germany
2010
- Halan B., Letzel T., Bufe R., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2010)
Catalytic Biofilms: Real time solvent tolerance analysis and new frontiers in reactor design.
BioTrends 2010, 1. - 2. December 2010, Dortmund, Germany
- Schmid A., Halan B. and Bühler K. (2010)
Maximising the productivity of catalytic biofilms on solid supports in membrane bioreactors.
DECHEMA Bioprozessorientiertes Anlagendesign, 10. - 12. May 2010, Nürnberg, Germany
- Halan B., Letzel T., Bufe R., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2010)
Catalytic biofilms: Real time solvent tolerance analysis and new frontiers in reactor design.
Gordon Research Conference on Biocatalysis, 11. - 16. July 2010, Smithfield, Rhode Island, USA
2009
- Halan B., Bühler K. and Schmid A. (2009)
Catalytic biofilms: novel concept for fine chemical synthesis.
VAAM, 8. - 11. March 2009, Bochum, Germany
2008
- Bühler K., Gross R., Halan B., Hermes S. and Schmid A. (2008)
Biofilms: Versatile Biocatalysts for Redox-Catalysis?
Gordon Research Conference on Biocatalysis, 6. - 11. July 2008, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI, USA