Paniz Izadi is a lead scientist for the H2020-funded project VIVALDI at Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany. Her current research focuses on developing methods for electrochemical CO2 reduction and its interfacing to microbiology for industrial applications, following her previous research on microbial CO2 reduction in bio-electrochemical systems. She received her PhD in chemical engineering from Newcastle University, UK in 2020.
Falk Harnisch holds a full professorship at Leipzig University for electrobiotechnology and is a group leader at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany. He received his PhD from Greifswald University, Germany in 2009, as well as several fellowships and awards, and is currently serving as a president of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology. His research ranges from fundamentals of microbial electrochemistry via electro-organic synthesis to engineering of microbial electrochemical technologies.
