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Prof. Dr. Daniel Pleissner

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C13.203
Fon +49.4131.677-1350, daniel.pleissner@leuphana.de

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Vita

Education:
2012: PhD in Biology, University of Southern Denmark
 
2009: Dipl.-Ing. in Environmental Engineering (German equivalent to M.Eng.), International Graduate School Zittau (now University of Technology Dresden, Germany), average grade point 1.4 (excellent)
 
2005: B.Sc. in Biotechnology, University of Applied Science Zittau/Görlitz (Germany), average grade point 1.6 (very good)
 
2001: Higher Technical College "Johann-Friedrich-Pierer", Altenburg (germany)
 
2000: Skilled worker ("Facharbeiter") for wastewater treatment, WAZ Meuselwitz (Germany)
 
Work experience: 

Sep 2019-present: Head of Science at Institute for Food and Environmental Research e.V., Bad Belzig

Sep 2019-present: Adjunct Prof. at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability Science

June 2016-Aug 2019: Assistant Prof. at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Faculty of Sustainability Science

Oct 2015-Mar 2016: Lecturer at Humboldt University Berlin (Germay), Faculty of Life Sciences
 
May 2015-May
2016: Vice-coordinator of the research program "Material and Energetic Use of Biomass" at ATB-Potsdam
 
Sep 2014-May 2016: Research scientist, Department of Bioengineering, ATB-Potsdam
 
Apr 2014: Visiting scientist, Laboratory of Microalgal Bioenergy and Biotechnology Jinan University, Guangzhou (China)
 
Aug 2013-Jul 2014: Co-PI and scientific leader, School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, "Sustainable biorefinery concept based on microalgal biomass produced from mixed food waste hydrolysate"
 
Aug 2012-Jul 2014: Postdoctoral fellow, school of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, "Potential of food waste as nutrient source in microalgae cultivation" Group of Assistant Prof Carol S. K. Lin
 
Aug 2012-Jul 2013: English teaching assistant, English Language Centre, City University of Hong Kong
 
Apr-Jun 2012: Research assistant, University of Southern Denmark (Institute of Biology) and Aalborg University (Department of Biotechnology)
 
Apr 2009- Mar 2012: PhD student, Institute of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, " Bio-production and Bio-energetics: Bio-reactor production of micro-algae and growth of filter-feeding bivalves" Advisors: Prof. Hans Ulrik Riisgård and Associate Prof. Niels T. Eriksen
 
Apr 2008-Jan 2009: Diploma/M.Eng. thesis, Department of Biotechnology Aalborg University, DAAD scholar, "Purification and characterization of an alkaline protease from Bacillus pseudofirmus strain AL-89", Advisor: Associate Prof. Lars H Pedersen
 
2007-2008: Research assistant, International Graduate School Zittau, "Water balance for the dimensioning of a wastewater treatment plant in Battambang (Cambodia)"
 
Apr-Jul 2007: Research stay, Institute of Environmental Engineering, Universtity of Technology Cracow (Poland), DAAD scholar, "Bioremediation of chlorinated pesticides contaminated soil", Advisor: Dr. Thomasz P. Baczynski
 
2006-2007: Research assistent, International Graduate School Zittau, "Elimination of eutrophic compounds in wetlands"
 
Apr-Sep 2005: B.Sc. thesis, Water Technology Centre in Dresden (Germany), "Development of a fast and cheap process for the determination of phytoplankton in drinking water reservoirs", Advisor: Dr. Wido Schmidt
 
Jul-Oct 2004: Internship, Research Centre of Medicine and Biotechnology in Bad Langensalza (Germany), Advisor: Dr. Michael Hornung
 
Aug 2001-May 2002: Laboratory assistant, civilian service, Hospital Zeitz (Germany)
 
Aug 1997-Jun 2000: Industrial trainee, wastewater treatment plant WAZ Meuselwitz (Germany)

Projects

  1. FoodLabHome
    Simone Abels (Project manager, academic) , Daniel Pleissner (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  2. Biovalorization Of Olive Mill Wastewater To Microbial Lipids And Other Products via Rhodotorula Glutinis Fermentation
    Daniel Pleissner (Project manager, academic) , Astrid Lindner (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. Our common future: Biokunststoffe = umweltfreundlich?
    Simone Abels (Project manager, academic) , Daniel Pleissner (Project manager, academic) , (Partner, non-academic)
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    Project: Practical Project

  4. Inventarisierung funktionallisierter Molekülle in hydrolysierten organischen Reststoffen
    Daniel Pleissner (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  5. A simple process for the decentralized utilization of biogenic residues
    Jan Peinemann (Project manager, academic) , Daniel Pleissner (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Waste to food: returning nutrients to the food chain
    Sergiy Smetana (Editor) , Daniel Pleissner (Editor) , Vânia G. Zuin (Editor) , 2022 Wageningen , 300 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Decentralized fermentative production of succinic acid from food industry residues: Life-cycle- and economic assessments
    Andrea Lüttger (Author) , Corina Kleps (Author) , Kejsa Sula (Author) , Roland Schneider (Author) , Joachim Venus (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , 01.03.2026 , in: Sustainable Chemistry One World, 9 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Long-term heterotrophic cultivation of Galdieria sulphuraria at technical scale under non-sterile conditions
    Daniel Pleissner (Author) , Nicole Händel (Author) , Stephanie Schönfelder (Author) , Janos Istvan Petrusan (Author) , Beatriz Queiroz Silva (Author) , Jens Schröder (Author) , Josef Müller (Author) , Keith Cowan (Author) , Sergiy Smetana (Author) , 01.12.2025 , in: Sustainable Chemistry One World, 8 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Nonsterile Lactic Acid Production from Pulse Husks
    Lina Maja Marie Krenz (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , 01.11.2025 , in: Waste and Biomass Valorization, 16, 11 , p. 6247-6256 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Quantification of phototrophically grown Galdieria sulphuraria and other microalgae using diphenylamine
    Lithalethu Hashe (Author) , Wiya L. Masudi (Author) , Idan Chiyanzu (Author) , Stephanie Schönfelder (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , A. Keith Cowan (Author) , 01.08.2025 , in: Journal of Applied Phycology, 37, 4 , p. 2329-2338 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Utilization of acid whey and oat pomace in succinic acid fermentation
    Corina Kleps (Author) , Ralf Malchow (Author) , Judith Ettinger (Author) , Julia Dalichow (Author) , Roland Schneider (Author) , Joachim Venus (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , 25.05.2025 , in: New Biotechnology, 86 , p. 31-38 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Potential scenarios of waste to food concept and further research, development and innovation
    S. Smetana (Author) , Vânia G. Zuin (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , 14.08.2023 , p. 283-300 , 18 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  2. Introduction: Waste to food - returning nutrients to the food chain
    Sergiy Smetana (Author) , Vânia G. Zuin (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , 14.08.2023 , p. 9-12 , 4 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  3. An introduction to the concept of organic waste to food conversion
    Daniel Pleissner (Author) , 14.08.2023 , p. 15-30 , 16 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  4. Healthier and Sustainable Food Systems: Integrating Underutilised Crops in a ‘Theory of Change Approach’
    Elisabete Pinto (Author) , Helena Ferreira (Author) , Carla S. Santos (Author) , Marta Nunes da Silva (Author) , David Styles (Author) , Paola Migliorini (Author) , Georgia Ntatsi (Author) , Anestis Karkanis (Author) , Marie-Fleur Brémaud (Author) , Yann de Mey (Author) , Miranda Meuwissen (Author) , Janos-Istvan Petrusan (Author) , Sergiy Smetana (Author) , Beatriz Silva (Author) , Lina Maja Marie Krenz (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , Adriano Profeta (Author) , Marko Debeljak (Author) , Aneta Ivanovska (Author) , Bálint Balázs (Author) , Diego Rubiales (Author) , Cathy Hawes (Author) , Pietro P. M. Iannetta (Author) , Marta W. Vasconcelos (Author) , 01.01.2023 , p. 275-323 , 49 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research

  5. Biorefineries in Germany
    Maria Alexandri (Author) , Francesca Demichelis (Author) , Silvia Fiore (Author) , Mette Lübeck (Author) , Daniel Pleissner (Author) , 01.01.2020 Amsterdam , p. 601-629 , 29 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

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Activities

  1. Ein einfaches nicht steriles Verfahren zur simultanen Umwandlung biogener Reststoffe in Bioethanol und Milchsäure
    Daniel Pleissner (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  2. Abfälle als Rohstoffquelle – Prozesslösungen für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft mit regionalem Bezug
    Daniel Pleissner (Speaker)

    Activity: talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer

  3. Begutachtung von Anträgen auf DAAD-PRIME-Stipendien
    Daniel Pleissner (Reviewer)

    Activity: Peer review of project proposals › Research

  4. 3rd International Conference of Biological Waste as Resource - BWR 2018
    Daniel Pleissner (Keynote Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Begutachtung von Anträgen auf DAAD-Jahresstipendien
    Daniel Pleissner (Reviewer)

    Activity: Peer review of project proposals › Research

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Press / Media

Prizes

  1. Leuphana Lehrpreis 2017: Lehrkonzept "Nachhaltiges Abfallmanagement – Einführung und Übung"
    Daniel Pleissner (Recipient) ,

    Prize: Leuphana internal Prize, Scholaships, distinctions, appointments › Education

  2. Max-Buchner Forschungsstipendium: "Inventarisierung von Molekülen in Hydrolysaten biologischer Reststoffe"
    Daniel Pleissner (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Courses

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