PhD for Daniel Klein

On Aug. 23, 2023, Daniel Klein successfully defended his dissertation and can soon call himself Dr. rer. nat. The cooperative doctorate was carried out together with the University of Siegen, where the defense also took place.

The following professors were represented on the examination committee:

Judith Kreyenschmidt, Geisenheim University of Applied Sciences

Claudia Wickleder, University of Siegen

Carsten Engelhard, University of Siegen (second examiner)

Peter Kaul, H-BRS (first examiner)

In his PhD thesis titled "Rapid Identification and Classification of Food-relevant Spoilage Microorganisms by Raman- and IR-microspectroscopy" Klein pursued the rapid identification and classification of food-relevant microorganisms. For this purpose, spectra were generated by Raman and IR microspectroscopy of the bacteria and assigned using statistical methods.

„"Raw meat quickly shows bacterial infestation. Consuming a sufficient amount of contaminated meat can be hazardous to health. To prevent this, I make contaminations (e.g. bacteria) visible on complex substrates (e.g. meat)."”

Daniel Klein - Finished his PhD at the ISF in 2023

fltr: Prof. Dr. Claudia Wickleder, H-BRS-supervisor Prof. Dr. Peter Kaul, Daniel Klein, co-supervisor Prof. Dr. Carsten Engelhard, Prof. Dr. Judith Kreyenschmidt

Daniel Klein was supported by a PhD scholarship of the ISF in 2018-2021. He will remain with the university as a research assistant at ISF and as project manager for the introduction of a research information system.

His tip for current PhD students:

Don't lose focus and still include other perspectives!