Portrait of Professor Walther
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Walther has been Dean of Studies for the Process Engineering and Environmental Engineering and Material Science degree programs since 2020. He has held the Chair of Bioprocess Engineering since 01.03.2017. He was born in Meerane (Saxony) in 1973.
Without bioprocess engineering, progress in basic biological research could not be translated into production processes. Affordable antibiotics would not exist, nor would chemicals that are sustainably produced from renewable raw materials instead of crude oil.
Being a professor means passing on your own enthusiasm for science to your students and making them fit for professional life.
Students ... should be curious, critical and respectful...quite normal.
In the future ... the focus of bioprocess engineering research will increasingly be on optimizing production organisms in a targeted manner and adapting them to process requirements. The tools required for this will be provided by the enormous progress made in the field of synthetic biology. A detailed understanding of production processes forms the engineering basis for their application. Both elements should be mastered by future bioprocess engineers.
If I could study again, I would study bioprocess engineering again. This engineering discipline covers a field that ranges from the "reprogramming" of microorganisms into cell factories to the design of production plants. It's great to be able to work on this range of problems in your daily professional life.
Excellence ... is always associated with high expectations of oneself. The fact that this striving has been recognized in the form of an award signals to students and partners that they are in good hands at TU Dresden.