Dania Awad

Team leader at the Werner Siemens Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology (WSSB) at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Technische Universität Munich (TUM

Title: Upstream Development of Microbial Lipid Production

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Biography

Dr. Dania Awad (born in 1988) is a postdoc and team leader at the Werner Siemens Chair of Synthetic Biotechnology (WSSB) at the Faculty of Chemistry of the Technische Universität Munich (TUM). Dr. Awad received her doctorate degree in 2020 with Summa cum laude. Named as a Franz Effenberger fellow in 2021 by Clariant and the German Chemical Society (GDCh), her research activities are concerned with the application of multiomics techniques and analyses (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics) to elucidate biocatalytic and metabolic processes that influence the conversion of various carbon and energy sources by microorganisms (yeast, bacteria and algae) into high-value products (e.g., biofuels, oleochemicals, bioplastics). Under the direction of Prof. Dr. Thomas Brück, Dr. Awad complements the WSSB's goals of producing sustainable products for the chemical, construction and pharmaceutical industries.

Abstract

the application of multiomics techniques and analyses (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics).