M.Sc. Maike Werdin

Research Associate

Institute of Process Engineering
Chair of Thermal Process Engineering

Experience

since 07/2025	Research Associate Thermal Process Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
05/2022 – 03/2025	Intern/Master Thesis Student IDT Biologika, Magdeburg

Education

04/2022 – 02/2025	M. Sc. Biosystems Engineering Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg Master thesis: Process optimization and Benchmarking IDT Biologika’s HEK293 cellline in comparison to its competitors for the production of adeno-associated viruses (AAV)
10/2017 – 02/2022	B. Sc. Biosystems Engineering Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg Bachelor thesis: The significance of the Gab1-Serin 552 phosphorylation for the MAPK-cascade within the IL-6 signaltransduction

04/2022 – 02/2025

M. Sc. Biosystems Engineering
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Master thesis: Process optimization and Benchmarking IDT Biologika’s HEK293 cellline in comparison to its competitors for the production of adeno-associated viruses (AAV)

10/2017 – 02/2022

B. Sc. Biosystems Engineering
Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg

Bachelor thesis: The significance of the Gab1-Serin 552 phosphorylation for the MAPK-cascade within the IL-6 signaltransduction

Development of scalable bio-reactors based on porous structures for the immobilization and growth of productive biofilms. The project (SPP: 2494) focuses on the anaerobic Carbon monoxide fermentation employing Methanosarcina acetivorans, a microorganism with proven potential for industrial synthesis of chemicals, including terpenes. The Model development follows a 3D numerical approach including a computationally efficient pore network model of coupled transport and growth built on realistic structure of the porous bio-reactor and the kinetics of M. acetivorans.

Conference presentations

[3]	Borde, L., Werdin, M., Duvigneau, S., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2026, May 19 – 22). Design of a microfluidic setup to assess scale-dependet metabolic kinetics in Azotobacter vinelandii biofilms producing polysaccharides [Oral presentation]. 18th International Conference on Porous Media (InterPore 2026), Nantes, France.
[2]	Werdin, M., Borde, L., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2026, May 19 – 22). Model based assessment of pore-size dependent biofilm growth kinetics with application to productive biofilm-reactors [Oral presentation]. 18th International Conference on Porous Media (InterPore 2026), Nantes, France.
[1]	Borde, L., Werdin, M., Duvigneau, S., & Vorhauer-Huget, N. (2026, May 11 – 13). Experimental and in-silico study of biofilm on the scale of micropores [Poster presentation]. Himmelfahrtstagung on Bioprocess Engineering 2026, Mainz, Germany.