Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheper

• Professor Dr., Oct 1995 to present
  University of Hannover, Germany
  Institute for Technical Chemistry
  
  
• Professor Dr., Nov 1992
  Westfälische-Wilhelms Universität, Germany
  Institute of Biochemistry, Dept. of Biotechnology
  
  
• Privatdozent Dr. rer. nat. habil.(Technical Chemistry), July 1990,
  University of Hannover, Germany
  Thesis title: New Analytical Techniques for Monitoring Cell State and Cell Environment During Cultivation
  
  
• Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D. in Chemistry), (summa cum laude), May 1985
  University of Hannover, Germany
  Thesis title: Measurement of Extra- and Intracellular Parameters for Fermentation Control by Means of Laser Flow-Cytometry and Culture Fluorescence Monitoring.
  Advisor: Professor Karl Schügerl
  
  
• Diplom Chemiker (M.S. in Chemistry), (summa cum laude), October 1981
  University of Hannover, Germany
  Thesis title: Immobilization of Enzymes in Liquid Surfactant Membrane Emulsions.
  Advisor: Professor Karl Schügerl

• Gerhard-Hess-Preis der DFG, 1987
• Max-Buchner-Preis der DECHEMA 1993
• Dozentenstipendium des Verbands der Chemischen Industrie, 1993
• Lecture Price: „Advanced Analysis for Accelerated Bioprocessing“, UCL, Biochemical Engineering (1999)
• Scientific award of German Technion Society, 2006
• Member of ACATECH, 2007
• Wissenschaftspreis des Landes Niedersachse, 2014
• Honorary Fellowship am Technion, 2019   

• 400 Publications (reviewed papers) (185 since 2000)
• 17 Patents (12 since 2000)
• 2 Books
• Managing Editor of “Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology”

Selected publications of all research areas

• [1] Rüdinger, F., Lavrentieva, A., Blume, C., Pepelanova, I., Scheper, T. (2015) Hydrogels for 3D mammalian cell culture: a starting guide for laboratory practice, Apl. Microb. Biotechnol. 99:623 – 636 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6253-y
  
  
• [2] Alemdar, S., Hartwig, S. Frister, T., König, J.C., Scheper, T., Beutel, S. (2016) Heterologous Expression, Purification, and Biochemical Characterization of alpha-Humulene Synthase from Zingiber zerumbet Smith, Apl. Biochem. Biotechnol. 178 (3), 474 -489 DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1888-4
  
  
• [3] Ag Seleci, D., Seleci, M., Jochums, A., Walter, J.-G., Stahl, F., Scheper, T. (2016) Aptamer mediated niosomal drug delivery, RSC Advances, 6, 87910 – 87918
  
  
• [4] Friehs, E., AlSalka, Y., Jonczyk, R., Lavrentieva, A., Jochums, A., Walter, J.-G., Stahl, F., Scheper, T., Bahnemann, D. (2016) Toxicity, phototoxicity and biocidal activity of nanoparticles employed in photocatalysis, Journ. Of Photochem. Photobio., 29, 1 – 28
  
  
• [5] Maschhoff, P., Heene, S., Lavrentieva, A., Hentrop, T., Stanislawski, N., Leibold, C., Wahalla, M., Blume, H., Scheper, T., Blume, C., (2017) An intelligent bioreactor system for the cultivation of a bioartificial vascular graft, Eng. in Life Sci., DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201600138

• American Chemical Society
• Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft
• GBCh, GDCh, DECHEMA
• DECHEMA Working Party „Messen und Regeln in der Biotechnologie“ - "Monitoring and control in biotechnology"
• Member of Board of the „Vereinigung deutscher Biotechnologen“ within the DECHEMA
• ACATECH
• Deutscher Hochschulverband
• Deutsche Technion Gesellschaft (Head of Board)
• EFB Working Party: „Measuring and Control“ (European Federation of Biotechnology)
• Member of Board of Governors, Technion, Haifa/Israel

• Managing Editor of „Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology“
• Member of Editorial Board: Acta Biotechnologica
• Member of Editorial Board: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology”
• Member of Editorial Board: Process Biochemistry
• Member of Editorial Board: Chemie in unserer Zeit
• Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Biotechnology
• Member of Editorial Board: Biochemical Engineering Journal
• Member of Editorial Board: Biotechnology Progress