Armin Ehrenreich

Dr. Armin Ehrenreich is a Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Microbiology, Technical University of Munich, since 2008. He leads the Lab Ehrenreich, focusing on genetics and physiology of biotechnologically relevant bacteria including Firmicutes (e.g., Bacillus licheniformis, Clostridium acetobutylicum) and acetic acid bacteria like Gluconobacter oxydans.

• Ph.D. in microbiology (Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, 1995)
• Diploma in Biology (Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, 1991)

His research integrates genomics, functional genomics, and bioinformatics to analyze bacterial metabolic pathways, particularly central metabolism regulation and oxidative fermentations. Key projects include:

• Genetic engineering of B. licheniformis using markerless gene deletion
• Metagenomic analysis of acetic acid bacteria dehydrogenases
• Investigation of solvent formation mechanisms in Clostridia
• Elucidation of ethanol metabolism in C. ljungdahlii

He previously headed the Microarray Facility at Georg-August University Göttingen (2002-2008) and worked as a bioinformatician and software engineer at Biomax AG and Max-Planck Institutes.