Dr. Peter Riedlberger

Personal profile

Management role

Head, Chemical Engineering

Position at the ZHAW

Senior Lecturer

www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/icbt/industrielle-chemie-und-verfahren/chemieingenieurwesen/

Expertise and research interests

Reaction Engineering, Separation and Particle Technology, Continuous Manufacturing

Educational background

2016 - 2017: Education in University Teaching and Learning, Certificate of Advanced Studies PH Zürich

2013: Trained in ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 50001, ESHA- and GMP-Audits, § 19 I dt. WHG

2008 - 2012:
Doctor of Engineering, Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Technical University Munich

2002 - 2008:
Diploma of Engineering in Chemical Engineering, Technical University Munich

Professional milestones

2017- Swiss Delegate Academia, European Federation of Chemical Engineering,
Working Party on Process Intensification

2016- Head of Chemical Engineering

2015- Head of Group Biotechnology, Swiss Process and Chemical Engineers

2014- Lecturer Chemical Engineering

Teaching:
Process Technology
Chemical Engineering 1 + 2
Biochemical Engineering
Process Intensification
Lab Course Chemical Engineering

R&D:
Process Intensification, Applied Heterogeneous Catalysis, Solid-Liquid Handling,
Miniaturized Reactor Technology, Integrated Process Design,
Biomass Conversion, Process Analytical Technology

2012 - 2014:
Plant Engineer, Security Executive Officer,
Deputy Plant Head,
Clariant Germany GmbH and Archroma Germany GmbH

2008 - 2012:
Graduate Research Assistant
Institute of Biochemical Engineering
Technical University Munich

Membership of networks

• Swiss Process and Chemical Engineers
• European Society of Biochemical Engineering Sciences
• German Society for Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (DECHEMA)
• Intensified by Design®

Projects

• Prozessentwicklung Hydrierung / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Flow Chemistry für Enzymkaskaden / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Novel membrane integrated Buss Loop Reactor for process intensification / Project leader / Project completed
• Thixotropic gels manufacturing process investigation for cell therapy appllication / Project leader / Project completed
• Kontinuierliche Mikroreaktoren für die Synthese von neuen heterogenen Katalysatoren und zur katalytischen Biomasseverwertung / Project leader / Project completed
• Development and Adaption of a Jet Loop Reactor (JLR) / Project leader / Project completed
• IbD – Intensified by Design® for the intensification of processes involving solids handling / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Martin, Oliver; Bolzli, Nicole; Puértolas, Begoña; Pérez-Ramírez, Javier; Riedlberger, Peter,

  2019.

  Preparation of highly active phosphated TiO2 catalysts via continuous sol–gel synthesis in a microreactor.

  Catalysis Science & Technology.

  9(17), pp. 4744-4758.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8CY02574F

• Ughetti, Manuel; Jussen, Daniel; Riedlberger, Peter,

  2018.

  The ejector loop reactor : application for microbial fermentation and comparison with a stirred-tank bioreactor.

  Engineering in Life Sciences.

  18(5), pp. 281-286.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/elsc.201700141

• Allemann, Christophe; Marti, Roger; Vorlet, Olivier; Martin, Oliver; Riedlberger, Peter; Leonhardt, Tobias; Gössi, Angelo; Riedl, Wolfgang; Segura, Jean-Manuel; Zinn, Manfred; Crelier, Simon,

  2017.

  Continuous processes and flow chemistry at the universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

  Chimia.

  71(7-8), pp. 525-527.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2017.525

• Hochstrasser, Martin; Jussen, Daniel; Riedlberger, Peter,

  2017.

  Towards process intensification : remediation of fouling in continuous microscale synthesis of phosphated TiO2.

  Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification.

  121, pp. 15-23.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cep.2017.07.024

• Riedlberger, Peter; Brüning, Stefanie; Weuster-Botz, Dirk,

  2013.

  Characterization of stirrers for screening studies of enzymatic biomass hydrolyses on a milliliter scale.

  Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering.

  36(7), pp. 927-935.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00449-012-0826-x

• Riedlberger, Peter; Weuster-Botz, Dirk,

  2012.

  New miniature stirred-tank bioreactors for parallel study of enzymatic biomass hydrolysis.

  Bioresource Technology.

  106, pp. 138-146.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.019

• Martin, Oliver; Bolzli, Nicole; Riedlberger, Peter,

  2017.

  Continuous sol-gel synthesis of phosphated TiO2 catalysts in a microreactor [poster].

  In:

  Fall Meeting 2017 of the Swiss Chemical Society, Zurich, 21-22 August 2017.

• Martin, Oliver; Bolzli, Nicole; Riedlberger, Peter,

  2017.

  Preparation of phosphated TiO₂ catalysts via continuous sol-gel functionalization synthesis in microreactors [poster].

  In:

  50. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker, Weimar, Deutschland, 15.-17. März 2017.

• Riedlberger, Peter,

  2011.

  Parallel reactors for enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass [poster].

  In:

  7. International Congress Forum Life Sciences, Garching, Germany, 2011.

• Jussen, Daniel; Hochstrasser, Martin; Riedlberger, Peter,

  2017.

  Fouling remediation during microscale synthesis of a phosphate modified TiO2-catalyst [paper].

  In:

  50. Jahrestreffen Deutscher Katalytiker, Weimar, Deutschland, 15.-17. März 2017.

• Riedlberger, Peter; Kurzrock, Tanja; Weuster-Botz, Dirk,

  2012.

  Verbesserte Enzym-Hydrolyse von Biomassesuspensionen.

  Laborwelt.

  13(2), pp. 6-7.

• Jussen, Daniel; Lüthy, David; Riedlberger, Peter,

  2016.

  Mixing in microfluidic structures.

  In:

  Process Intensification Network, Newcastle, United Kingdom, 21 June 2016.

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Riedlberger P (2011): New high-throughput screening system for the evaluation of cellulases and hemicellulases. Oral presentation, GVC/Dechema Bioverfahrenstechnik an Grenzflächen, Potsdam.

Riedlberger P (2011): New milliliter-scale stirred-tank bioreactors for enzymatic conversion of lignocelluloses. Oral presentation, 33rd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Seattle.

Riedlberger P (2011): Parallel reactors for enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass. Poster presentation, 7. International Congress Forum Life Sciences, Garching.

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