Dr Juliane Wolf

Research Fellow

Institute for Molecular Bioscience

+61 7 334 62022

j.wolf@imb.uq.edu.au

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Researcher biography

Dr Juliane Wolf is a microalgae specialist and manages the Centre for Solar Biotechnology (CSB) Pilot Plant since 2020. 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 which 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. Her research drives the development of high-throughput screening assays for the optimisation of nutrients, light and temperature which are critical to up-scaling the production of photosynthetic microorganisms. Her projects focus on the integration of microalgae biotechnologies into industries that support a circular bioeconomy by building comprehensive techno-economic and life-cycle analysis platforms. Another focus area is the design of SMART process automation strategies for microalgae production concepts, leading interdisciplinary teams to drive the development of data-driven models (incl. machine learning techniques) to optimise process design and control to build digital twins.

Dr Juliane Wolf obtained her Bachelor degree in Biotechnology/Bioprocess Engineering (Anhalt University of Applied Science, Germany, 2008) and completed her Master degree in Biotechnology (Westaehlische Wilhelms Universitaet Muenster, Germany, 2010), followed by a PhD at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience (The University of Queensland, Australia, 2015). She continued as a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Solar Biotechnology (UQ) with a focus on industry-led projects. From 2018-20 she took a researcher career break to look after her children and work as an international industry consultant.

Featured projects	Duration
Optimize microalgae production: High-throughput robotic screening
Scaling up recombinant protein production in microalgae
Algae-based Biofertilisers

Publications

Book Chapters (4)

Journal Articles (15)

Conference Papers (2)

Thesis (1)

Book Chapters

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

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

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

Journal Articles

Saccardo, Alberto, Wolf, Juliane, Hankamer, Ben and Bezzo, Fabrizio (2025). Scaling-up information from high-throughput pulsed light data to predict microalgae growth dynamics in photobioreactors. Algal Research, 89 104073. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2025.104073

Schmidt, Susanne, Krishnan, Vithya, Gamage, Harshi, Walsh, Michael, Huelsen, Tim, Wolf, Juliane, Wadewitz, Peter, Jensen, Paul, Das, Bianca and Robinson, Nicole (2025). Enabling the circular nitrogen economy with organic and organo-mineral fertilisers. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 130 (1), 33-48. doi: 10.1007/s10705-024-10380-7

Saccardo, Alberto, Wolf, Juliane, Bezzo, Fabrizio and Hankamer, Ben (2024). Modelling dynamics of photosynthetic units and microalgae growth based on high throughput pulsed light screens. Chemical Engineering Journal, 490 151684, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.151684

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Conference Papers

Kaksonen, Anna H., Cheng, Ka Yu, Ginige, Maneesha P., Purcell, Diane, Ayre, Jeremy, Moheimani, Navid, Bahri, Parisa A., Hankamer, Ben, Wolf, Juliane and Edraki, Mansour (2024). Algae-Based Technologies for Mine Site Sustainability. 63rd Conference of Metallurgists, COM 2024, Nova Scotia, Canada, 19 - 22 August 2024. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-67398-6_170

Kaksonen, A. H., Cheng, K. Y., Ginige, M. P., Purcell, D., Ayre, J., Moheimani, N., Bahri, P. A., Hankamer, B., Wolf, J. and Edraki, M. (2024). Algae-based technologies for mine-site sustainability. International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium and Conference of Metallurgists Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 19-22 August 2024.

Thesis

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