Bernd Rehm
Professor
Massey University
New Zealand
Biography
Bernd Rehm received his MSc (1991), PhD (1993), Postdoctoral Associate (1994) from Ruhr-University of Bochum, Germany; DFG Postdoctoral and Research Grant Fellow (1994-96) from University of British Columbia, Canada; Habilitation in Microbiology (1996-2001), Research Group Leader (2001-2003) University of Münster, Germany; Associate Professor (2004-2005) Massey University, New Zealand
Research Interest
Bernd’s research focuses on microbial biosynthesis of polymers and biosurfactants as well as on the self-organisation of biological nanostructures produced by microorganisms. The biosynthesis of alginates, polyhydroxyalkanoates (bioplastics, biopolyester) and rhamnolipids and the formation of intracellular polymer and protein self-assemblies are investigated. These studies involve synthetic biology approaches and the application of a broad spectrum of imaging techniques as well as a variety of analytical methods.