Dr Juliane Wolf obtained her Bachelor degree in Biotechnology-Bioprocess Engineering at the Anhalt University of Applied Science, Germany, in 2008 and completed her Master degree in Biotechnology-Molecular Biology at the Westaehlische Wilhelms Universitaet Muenster, Germany, in 2010. She went on to obtain her PhD at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IMB) at The University of Queensland, Australia, in 2015, where she continued as a postdoctoral researcher. She took a researcher career break from 2018-20 to look after her children and work as an international industry consultant.
Dr Juliane Wolf is a microalgae specialist and manages the Centre for Solar Biotechnology (CSB) Pilot Plant. Her research focus is on the development of high-efficiency microalgae production systems and automated robotic screening systems. Her work has played an integral role in the establishment of the Centre for Solar Biotechnology (CSB) for wich she provides scientific expertise in bioprocess engineering (bioreactor scale up and operation, process design and development), biology (bio-prospecting, optimisation of culturing and production conditions, physiology) and biochemistry (proteomics and molecular biology). Her research drives the development of high-throughput screening assays for the optimisation of nutrients, light and temperature which are critical to the production of photosynthetic microorganisms. More recently her projects focus on the integration of microalgae biotechnologies into industries that support a circular bioeconomy by building new comprehensive techno-economic and life-cycle analysis platforms.
Dr Juliane Wolf has contributed to the successful completion of several industry-led research programmes, such as the AUD 3.5 Mil National and International Research Alliances Program with industry partners including KBR, Siemens, Neste Oil and Cement Australia. She actively engages in industry network expansion and the fostering of existing partnerships. Through her initiative in 2018 to partner with TI Consult GmbH (Germany) the Center for Solar Biotechnology connected with over 40 associated new partners within the German-Australian industry cooperation network . Network expansion will help to deliver translational, entrepreneurial, educational and research outcomes that provide mutual benefit to both end-users and research.
Book Chapter: High-throughput screening to accelerate microalgae-based phycochemical production
Wolf, Juliane, Chapman, Robert, Deepika, Charu, Pietri, Mélanie, Bensalem, Sakina and Hankamer, Ben (2023). High-throughput screening to accelerate microalgae-based phycochemical production. Value-added products from algae: phycochemical production and applications. (pp. 273-319) edited by Abdelfatah Abomohra and Stephan Ende. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42026-9_10
Journal Article: Germination screen for microalgae-generated plant growth biostimulants
Rupawalla, Zeenat, Shaw, Lindsay, Ross, Ian L., Schmidt, Susanne, Hankamer, Ben and Wolf, Juliane (2022). Germination screen for microalgae-generated plant growth biostimulants. Algal Research, 66 102784, 102784. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102784
Book Chapter: Sustainable production of pigments from cyanobacteria
Deepika, Charu, Wolf, Juliane, Roles, John, Ross, Ian and Hankamer, Ben (2022). Sustainable production of pigments from cyanobacteria. Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology. (pp. 1-81) Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/10_2022_211
(2024–2027) Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre
(2024) CSIRO
(2022–2025) Australian Coal Association Research Program
Enhancing microalgae harvesting and pigment extraction through novel methods: evaluation and optimization for sustainable biotechnological applications
Doctor Philosophy
Integrated analyses of biomass production and pigment accumulation in cyanobacteria and microalgae
(2024) Doctor Philosophy
(2022) Doctor Philosophy
High-throughput screening to accelerate microalgae-based phycochemical production
Wolf, Juliane, Chapman, Robert, Deepika, Charu, Pietri, Mélanie, Bensalem, Sakina and Hankamer, Ben (2023). High-throughput screening to accelerate microalgae-based phycochemical production. Value-added products from algae: phycochemical production and applications. (pp. 273-319) edited by Abdelfatah Abomohra and Stephan Ende. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42026-9_10
Sustainable production of pigments from cyanobacteria
Deepika, Charu, Wolf, Juliane, Roles, John, Ross, Ian and Hankamer, Ben (2022). Sustainable production of pigments from cyanobacteria. Advances in biochemical engineering/biotechnology. (pp. 1-81) Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. doi: 10.1007/10_2022_211
Deepika, Charu, Wolf, Juliane, Moheimani, Navid, Hankamer, Ben, von Herzen, Brian and Rao, Ambati Ranga (2022). Utilisation of seaweeds in the Australian market – commercialisation strategies: current trends and future prospects. Sustainable global resources of seaweeds volume 1: bioresources , cultivation, trade and multifarious applications. (pp. 265-294) edited by Ambati Ranga Rao and Gokare A. Ravishankar. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-91955-9_15
Genetic engineering for microalgae strain improvement in relation to biocrude production systems
Stephens, Evan, Wolf, Juliane, Oey, Melanie, Zhang, Eugene, Hankamer, Ben and Ross, Ian L. (2015). Genetic engineering for microalgae strain improvement in relation to biocrude production systems. Biomass and biofuels from microalgae: advances in engineering and biology. (pp. 191-249) edited by Navid R. Moheimani, Mark P. McHenry, Karne de Boer and Parisa A. Bahri. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-16640-7_11
Germination screen for microalgae-generated plant growth biostimulants
Rupawalla, Zeenat, Shaw, Lindsay, Ross, Ian L., Schmidt, Susanne, Hankamer, Ben and Wolf, Juliane (2022). Germination screen for microalgae-generated plant growth biostimulants. Algal Research, 66 102784, 102784. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2022.102784
Rupawalla, Zeenat, Robinson, Nicole, Schmidt, Susanne, Li, Sijie, Carruthers, Selina, Buisset, Elodie, Roles, John, Hankamer, Ben and Wolf, Juliane (2021). Algae biofertilisers promote sustainable food production and a circular nutrient economy – An integrated empirical-modelling study. Science of the Total Environment, 796 148913, 1-21. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148913
Light guide systems enhance microalgae production efficiency in outdoor high rate ponds
Sivakaminathan, Shwetha, Wolf, Juliane, Yarnold, Jennifer, Roles, John, Ross, Ian L., Stephens, Evan, Henderson, Garry and Hankamer, Ben (2020). Light guide systems enhance microalgae production efficiency in outdoor high rate ponds. Algal Research, 47 101846, 101846. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101846
Musa, Mutah, Wolf, Juliane, Stephens, Evan, Hankamer, Ben, Brown, Richard and Rainey, Thomas J. (2020). Cationic polyacrylamide induced flocculation and turbulent dewatering of microalgae on a Britt Dynamic drainage jar. Separation and Purification Technology, 233 116004, 116004. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2019.116004
Charting a development path to deliver cost competitive microalgae-based fuels
Roles, John, Yarnold, Jennifer, Wolf, Juliane, Stephens, Evan, Hussey, Karen and Hankamer, Ben (2020). Charting a development path to deliver cost competitive microalgae-based fuels. Algal Research, 45 101721, 101721. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2019.101721
High-throughput optimisation of light-driven microalgae biotechnologies
Sivakaminathan, Shwetha, Hankamer, Ben, Wolf, Juliane and Yarnold, Jennifer (2018). High-throughput optimisation of light-driven microalgae biotechnologies. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 11687, 11687. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-29954-x
Multifactorial comparison of photobioreactor geometries in parallel microalgae cultivations
Wolf, J., Stephens, E., Steinbusch, S., Yarnold, J., Ross, I. L., Steinweg, C., Doebbe, A., Krolovitsch, C., Muller, S., Jakob, G., Kruse, O., Posten, C. and Hankamer, B. (2016). Multifactorial comparison of photobioreactor geometries in parallel microalgae cultivations. Algal Research, 15, 187-201. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2016.02.018
High-throughput screen for high performance microalgae strain selection and integrated media design
Wolf, Juliane, Ross, Ian L., Radzun, Khairul Adzfa, Jakob, Gisela, Stephens, Evan and Hankamer, Ben (2015). High-throughput screen for high performance microalgae strain selection and integrated media design. Algal Research, 11, 313-325. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2015.07.005
Radzun, Adzfa Radzun, Wolf, Juliane, Jakob, Gisela, Zhang, Eugene, Stephens, Evan, Ross, Ian and Hankamer, Ben (2015). Automated nutrient screening system enables high-throughput optimisation of microalgae production conditions. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 8 (1) 65, 65.1-65.17. doi: 10.1186/s13068-015-0238-7
Surveying a diverse pool of microalgae as a bioresource for future biotechnological applications
Jakob, Gisela, Wolf, Juliane, Bui, Tony V. L., Posten, Clemens, Kruse, Olaf, Stephens, Evan, Ross, Ian L. and Hankamer, Benjamin (2013). Surveying a diverse pool of microalgae as a bioresource for future biotechnological applications. Journal of Petroleum and Environmental Biotechnology, 4 (5), 1000153.1-1000153.8. doi: 10.4172/2157-7463.1000153
Oey, Melanie, Ross, Ian L., Stephens, Evan, Steinbeck, Janina, Wolf, Juliane, Radzun, Khairul Adzfa, Kuegler, Johannes, Ringsmuth, Andrew K., Kruse, Olaf and Hankamer, Ben (2013). RNAi Knock-Down of LHCBM1, 2 and 3 Increases Photosynthetic H-2 Production Efficiency of the Green Alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. PLoS One, 8 (4) e61375, e61375.1-e61375.12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061375
Genome and low-iron response of an oceanic diatom adapted to chronic iron limitation
Lommer, Markus, Specht, Michael, Roy, Alexandra-Sophie, Kraemer, Lars, Andreson, Reidar, Gutowska, Magdalena A., Wolf, Juliane, Bergner, Sonja V., Schilhabel, Markus B., Klostermeier, Ulrich C., Beiko, Robert G., Rosenstiel, Philip, Hippler, Michael and LaRoche, Julie (2012). Genome and low-iron response of an oceanic diatom adapted to chronic iron limitation. Genome Biology, 13 (7) R66. doi: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-7-r66
Effective scale up of microalgal systems for the production of biomass and biofuels
Wolf, Juliane (2015). Effective scale up of microalgal systems for the production of biomass and biofuels. PhD Thesis, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.995
(2024–2027) Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre
(2024) CSIRO
(2022–2025) Australian Coal Association Research Program
(2016–2018) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Optimisation of phototrophic production of microalgae and cyanobacteria
(2016–2017) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Enhancing microalgae harvesting and pigment extraction through novel methods: evaluation and optimization for sustainable biotechnological applications
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Optimisation of microalgae-based fertiliser and plant bio-stimulants
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Digital simulation and model guided optimisation of light driven cell factories
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Closed Greenhouse Indoors Climate Simulation and Control
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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Integrated analyses of biomass production and pigment accumulation in cyanobacteria and microalgae
(2024) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2022) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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(2020) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
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