Research Topics for Bachelor’s and Master’s Theses
Titel	Research project	Tutor	Date
Assessment and Estimation of Forest Residue Potential as a Feedstock Basis for Sustainable Biorefineries in Europe	Forest Residue Potential Assessment for Sustainable Biorefineries in Europe	M.Sc. Iuliia Neugber	Immediately
Development of a Stakeholder Analysis for a Social Life Cycle Assessment along the Biomass Value Chain	Development of a Stakeholder Framework for Social Sustainability Assessment along the Biomass Value Chain Based on the UNEP/SETAC Social LCA Guidelines	M.Sc. Iuliia Neugber	Immediately
GIS-Based site selection for a Biorefinery using Agricultural residue data	GIS-based site selection for a biorefinery using agricultural residue data and spatial criteria	M.Sc. Iuliia Neugber	Immediately

Research Interests

Teaching and supervision

Bachelor’s/Master’s thesis supervision
Seminars offered as part of "Chair of Business Administration, Production and Operations Management" (siehe auch ausgeschriebene Seminararbeiten)
Design and Operation of Industrial Plants and Processes (WS26/27)

BioSMART: Bio-Based Fuels and Sustaniable Materials from Advanced Renewable Technologies

Since 2026: Research associate at the IIP
2022–2025: M.Sc. in Chemical and Process Engineering, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Thermogravimetric study on thermal degradation kinetics and polymer interactions in mixed thermoplastics
Netsch, Niklas; Schröder, Lukas; Zeller, Michael; Neugber, I.; Merz, Daniela; Klein, C. O.; Tavakkol, Salar; Stapf, Dieter
2024 Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry, doi:10.1007/s10973-024-13630-6