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Weil, David

PhD Student

 

Professorship of Waste Management and Environmental Research

Heinrich-Buff-Ring 26-32
35392 Gießen

 

Tel  : 0641 - 9937387

Fax : 0641 - 9937389

 

Email: david.f.weil@umwelt.uni-giessen.de

 

Field of work

  • Lipid content of microalgae
  • Extraction methods for microalgae
  • Screening of microalgae
  • Use of microalgae biomass as an alternative source of protein

Scientific career

  • 10/2007 – 09/2010

      Bachelor's degree in biology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen

Bachelorthesis: „Experimental study of the effects of different water parameters on the soft coral Xenia sp. (Alcyonacaea)."

  • 10/2010 – 09/2013

       Master's degree in biology, Justus-Liebig University Gießen

Masterthesis: „Towards fish oil replacement in aquaculture: Development of an alternative hatchery and grow-out feed. Microencapsulation of an algal and plant oil mixture, to show sustainable alternative sources for highly unsaturated fatty acids."

  • 02/2012 – 06/2012

      Scholarship holder of Hessen Queensland Programms at James Cook University Townsville, AUS

       Courses taken:           

       Aquaculture: Feeds & Nutrition

       Aquaculture: Propagation

       Aquaculture: Practices and Principles

       Aquaculture: System Design

  • 01/2014 – today

PhD student at the Uni Gießen, Institute for Landscape Ecology and Resource Management, Professorship of Waste Management and Environmental Research