New at the Kulmbach Campus: Susanne Baldermann is Professor for Food Metabolome

“The scientific focus is on secondary metabolites and their importance for the quality of plant-based foods. The group has extensive experience and competence in the field of mass spectrometry. By combining the findings from target and non-target instrumental analytical approaches, we are able to capture metabolite compositions and complex, dynamic changes of biological systems. We aim to use this expertise to address current research questions related to nutrition and health at the Kulmbach campus”, explains Susanne Baldermann.

“I see imparting this knowledge in the interdisciplinary degree programmes as an exciting challenge and a great chance, if above opportunity. I hope”, she says, “that with my teaching I can inspire students for current key issues in the areas of food, nutrition, and health, and, demonstrate the challenges associated with a healthy, high-quality, and sustainable diet”, explains the new professor at the Kulmbach Campus.

Prof. Dr. Susanne Baldermann studied food chemistry at the Technical University of Braunschweig and completed her professional training as a food chemist in Lower Saxony. During her studies and doctorate, she carried out parts of her research abroad. She worked as a postdoc and research associate from 2007 to 2011 at Shizuoka University in Japan. From 2012, she hold a joint professorship between the University of Potsdam and the Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ) e.V.