Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo Reichl

Bioprocess Engineering
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
+49 391 6110 201
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Main Focus

Major Research Interests  


Research of the Bioprocess Engineering Group focuses on animal cell culture technology, downstream processing of vaccines and biologicals as well as mathematical modeling of bioprocesses and cellular systems.    

The following topics are covered in close cooperation with research groups of the Max Planck Institute and the Department of Bioprocess Engineering at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg:  

  • Optimization and scale-up of viral-based production processes
  • Chromatographic methods for the purification of viral antigens
  • Mathematical modeling, monitoring and control of bioprocesses
  • Mathematical modeling of cellular systems with a focus on mammalian cell growth, virus-host cell interaction, plasmid segregation and microbial growth dynamics
  • Quantitative analysis of cellular metabolic and regulation networks
  • Proteomics, characterization of protein structure (glycosylation) 

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Facts


Date of birth: 22 October 1959
Place of birth: Kaufbeuren (Germany)
Nationality: German

Positions held



2005 - 2006 & 2011 - 2012 & 2019 - 2020
Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg
2003 - 2004 & 2009 - 2010 & 2017 - 2018
Managing Director of the Institute for Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg

2007 - 2013
Spokesperson of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) Magdeburg
since 2000
Director of the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Department Bioprocess Engineering, Magdeburg
since 2000
Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society
since 1999
Chair of Bioprocess Engineering, Institute for Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg
1996 - 1999
Acting Head of Production, Mallinckrodt Vet/ Essex Animal Health GmbH, Burgwedel
1993 - 1996
Head of Virus Production, Pitman-Moore GmbH, Burgwedel
1993
Project Leader "Microcarrier", Pitman-Moore GmbH, Burgwedel

Education


1992 - 1993
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biotechnology Group, Institute for Systems Dynamic and Control, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
1991 - 1992
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biotechnology Laboratory, University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
1991
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Institute for Systems Dynamic and Control, University of Stuttgart (Germany)
1980 - 1987
Diploma Biology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken (Germany)

Selected Scientific Awards/Honors/Memberships

since 2018

Member of the Editorial Boad: Vaccines
since 2014
Member of the DECHEMA expert team "Cell Culture Technology"
since 2013
Member to the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Leipzig (Germany)
2009 - 2014
Member of Management Board of the DECHEMA-Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology,
Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
2007 - 2012
Coordinator of the CNRS/MPG European Network in Systems Biology
2004 - 2012
Member of the Core Commission of the MPG-CAS Institute "Computational Biology", Shanghai (China)
2003 - 2010
Member of the Perspective Commission of the CPT (Chemistry, Physics & Technology) Section, MPG (Germany)
since 2001
Member of the Advisory Board: Engineering in Life Science

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