# Marcel Mayer

**Source**: https://cbr.cs.tum.de/en/team/marcel-mayer
**Parent**: https://cbr.cs.tum.de/en/team/personnel

**Curriculum vitae**

- 2021-: PhD student at the Chair of Chemistry of Biogenic Resources, TUM Straubing (Professor Volker Sieber)
- 2019-2021: Visiting student at the Institute for Molecular Systems Biology, ETH Zurich (Professor Uwe Sauer)
- 2018-2021: Master's program Molecular Biotechnology, Goethe University Frankfurt
- 2015-2018: Bachelor's program in Biosciences, Goethe University Frankfurt

**Research**

I specialize in the research of PHAs, a group of polyesters that can be produced by fermentation using sustainable resources. Our main goal is to discover new enzymes that can synthesize PHAs to overcome the drawbacks of current PHA materials. To achieve this, we use techniques such as enzyme engineering, bioinformatics and metabolic engineering. Our research is carried out in close collaboration with our project partners and our research goal is oriented towards the desired properties of the resulting materials.