Prof. Thomas Brück

Academic Career and Research Areas

Professor Brück‘s (b. 1972) research focuses on sustainable production of specialty and platform chemicals from biomass residues. Core competencies are microbial cultivation, design of artifical metabolic pathways, synthetic- and systems biology as well as bioprocess development using E. coli, yeast and microalgae production platforms. Professor Brück manages the globally unique TUM-AlgaeTec Center that enables algae cultivation using sophiticated climate simulations.

Professor Brück studied Chemistry, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at Keele University, UK, conducted his PhD studies in Biochemistry at Imperial College and the University of Greenwich. His academic career branched out to marine natural product biochemistry at the Centre of Excellence for Biomedical and Marine Biotechnology at Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, USA). In 2006, Professor Brück joined Süd-Chemie AG, where he held various research and high level managerial positions. Since 2011, he is Professor in the field of synthetic biotechnology and sustainability at the TUM.