Dr. Thomas Pielhop
Dr. Thomas Pielhop
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Fachstelle Biokatalyse und Prozesstechnologie
Einsiedlerstrasse 34
8820 Wädenswil
Work at ZHAW
Position
Focus
- Biomass
- Lignocellulose
- Fine chemicals
- Process Development
- Process Scale-Up
Teaching
- Chemical Processes 1
- Renewable Materials and Chemicals
- Biomass as a resource
- Resource Recovery and Reuse in Food Industry
- Chemisty & Energy
- Ecological Engineering
- BIOMAT Summer School
- Process Engineering & Data 2
Experience
- Process Development Chemist, Laboratory Head
Givaudan SA, Geneva
03 / 2017 - 12 / 2021 - Postdoctoral Researcher and Assistant Lecturer
ETH Zurich, Institute of Process Engineering
12 / 2015 - 01 / 2017 - Research Associate and Assistant Lecturer
ETH Zurich, Institute of Process Engineering
02 / 2010 - 11 / 2015 - Master's thesis
Süd-Chemie AG, Munich
04 / 2009 - 09 / 2009
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / "“Hydrothermal/Steam Explosion Pretreatment with Carbocation Scavengers for Biofuels- and Chemicals Production"
ETH Zurich, Institute of Process Engineering
05 / 2010 - 11 / 2015 - Undergradutae and graduate studies in Chemical Engineering / Master's thesis: "Production of Chemicals from Renewable Resources by Reactive Rectification" (Süd-Chemie AG)
TU Munich
10 / 2004 - 09 / 2009
Projects
- Einfluss und Nachweis von biologisch abbaubaren Werkstoffen in der Umwelt (BAWIU) / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- Nutzung von Lignin aus Biogasanlagen / Project leader / Project completed
- Aufbau einer Ligninplattform / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
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Pielhop, Thomas,
2023.
Chimia.
77(6), pp. 403-416.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2023.403
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- The influence of the explosive decompression in steam-explosion pretreatment on the enzymatic digestibility of different biomasses C.-M. Seidel, T. Pielhop, M.H. Studer and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr Faraday Discussions (2017)
- Sustainability assessment of glucose production technologies from highly recalcitrant softwood M. Morales, T. Pielhop, P. Saliba, K. Hungerbühler, Ph. Rudolf von Rohr and S. Papadokonstantakis Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2017)
- Application potential of a carbocation scavenger in autohydrolysis and dilute acid pretreatment to overcome high softwood recalcitrance T. Pielhop, C. Reinhard, C. Hecht, L. Del Bene, M.H. Studer and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr Biomass and Bioenergy (2017)
- Pilot-scale steam explosion pretreatment with 2-naphthol to overcome high softwood recalcitrance T. Pielhop, J. Amgarten, M.H. Studer and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr Biotechnology for Biofuels (2017
- Autohydrolysis pretreatment of softwood - enhancement by phenolic additives and the effects of other compounds T. Pielhop, G.O. Larrazábal and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr Green Chemistry (2016)
- Steam explosion pretreatment of softwood: the effect of the explosive decompression on enzymatic digestibility T. Pielhop, J. Amgarten, M.H. Studer and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr Biotechnology for Biofuels (2016)
- Repolymerisation in spruce autohydrolysis pretreatment increases cellulase deactivation T. Pielhop, G.O. Larrazábal, M.H. Studer, S. Brethauer, C.-M. Seidel and Ph. Rudolf von Rohr Green Chemistry (2015)
- Treatment of lignocellulosic biomass with aromatic chemicals as scavengers T. Pielhop, G. O. Larrazábal and P. Rudolf von Rohr, Patent US10370501B2 (2015)
- Use of carbonium ion scavengers in the treatment of lignocellulosic biomass T. Pielhop, M.H. Studer and P. Rudolf von Rohr Patent US9611494B2 (2013)