Completed doctoral theses | Hochschule Anhalt

2026

	Firstname	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor*in HS Anhalt	PZ/Cooperating University
1	Lars	Schütz	FB 5	Explanability of clusterings and rankings in public participation processes	Prof. Dr. Korinna Bade	Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2	Georgii	Mikriukov	FB 6	Concept Extraction and Analysis for Object Detection in Automotive Industry	Prof. Dr. Korinna Bade	PZ IWIT

2025

	Firstname	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor HS Anhalt	PZ/Cooperating University
1	Sandra	Dullau	FB 1	The impact of fertilization and mowing regime in the restoration and management of Natura 2000 grasslands	Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew	Doctoral Center Life Sciences
2	Robert	Heidrich	FB 6	Encapsulation Polymer Degradation and Its Impact on the Deterioration of Solar Modules	Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg	Doctoral center IWIT
3	Muhammad Zahid	Khan	FB 6	Location-specific quantification and modeling for dew-induced PV module pollution and evaluation of efficient self-cleaning strategies	Prof. Dr. Ralph Gottschalg	Doctoral center IWIT
4	Jannes	Menck	FB 6	Understanding Virtual Reality as a Tool for Experimental Research in Information Systems	Prof. Dr. Johannes Tümler	Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
5	Loreen	Sommermann	FB 1	Influence of long-term agricultural measures and annual effects on fungal communities in the soil and rhizosphere of winter wheat	Prof. Dr. Christina Fischer	Doctoral Center Life Sciences
6	Bastian	Vorwerk	FB 2	Development and practical application of a hybrid stock transfer model in prototype parts logistics in the automotive industry	Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn	Doctoral center SGW

2024

	First name	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor HS Anhalt	PZ/Cooperating University
1	Felix	Grumbach	FB 2	Autonomous Process Planning in Virtualized Socio-Technical Production Environments	Prof. Dr. Sebastian Trojahn	Doctoral Center SGW
2	Alexander	Kettner	FB 7	Studies on lipid composition and the microbial community in an algae suspension culture in different phases of the production process	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	University of Bayreuth
3	Christoph	Kuhr	FB 5	Conducted live music via Internet	Prof. Dr. Alexander Carôt	TU Berlin
4	Ivan	Matveev	FB 6	Methods and algorithms for detecting and classifying moving objects based on the evaluation of an object's geometrical parameters in an image sequence for smart lighting systems	Prof. Dr. Ingo Chmielewski	Doctoral center IWIT
5	Karina	Surrey	FB 2	Occupational health and safety law and mediation Health prevention of mental work risks due to disturbed social relationships - using the example of mediation	Prof. Dr. Zümrüt Gülbay-Peischard	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
6	Kevin	Hoppe	FB 7	Particle Separation in Depth Filters - Modeling, Experimental Investigation and Optimization	Prof. Dr. Damian Pieloth	TU Dortmund

2023

	First name	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor*in HS Anhalt	Cooperating university
1	Anna-Lena	Höger	FB 7	Influence of diversity effects on the stability of microalgae communities in photobioreactors	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	University of Bayreuth
2	Birgit	Jobst	FB 4	Sketching and Prototyping in Design Processes	Prof. Dr. Katja Thoring	TU Delft, Netherlands
3	Martina	Köhler	FB 1	Effects of low-intensity year round horse grazing on rare plant and bird species in orchid-rich dry calcareous grasslands	Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew	University of Münster
4	Christine	Naumann	FB 2	Adaptive learning systems for older learners between 45-65 years to teach core competencies for innovation and competitiveness in the digital society	Prof. Dr. Daniel Michelis	University of the Arts Berlin
5	Annika	Schmidt	FB 1	Perennial wildflower strips for biodiversity support: From seed mixture experiments to scientific evaluation in agricultural practice	Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew	University of Osnabrück

2022

	Firstname	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor HS Anhalt	Cooperating University
1	Yang	Lu	FB 3	Computer Graphic Representation of Ambiance: The Comparison between Europe and China	Prof. Johannes Kalvelage	Ecole Natioale Superieure de Nantes
2	Martin	Gerlach	FB 7	Kinetics of hydroformylation and hydroesterification under consideration of impurities in reactive multiphase systems	Prof. Dr. Christof Hamel	Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg
3	Arne	Goedeke	FB 6	Development of a monitoring tool for overhead crane structures	Prof. Dr. Holger Gruss	Technical University of Dresden
4	Christian	Kleinert	FB 7	Studies on the secretion and separation of lipids and polysaccharides from microalgae	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	University of Göttingen
5	Marcel Tobias	Langner	FB 7	Inline particle size determination based on spatial filter anemometry in the rotor fluidized bed process	Prof. Dr. Bertram Wolf	Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

2021

	Firstname	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor*in HS Anhalt	Cooperating University
1	Nele	Gänz (née Bastgen)	FB 7	Application of a rotating sieve filter in the food industry and the technological effects on the end product using the example of wort/beer preparation	Prof. Dr. Jean Titze	TU Berlin
2	Nicole	König	FB 1	An investigation of uterine capacity based on litter and placenta characteristics in two sow lines with different fertility	Prof. Dr. Martin Wähner	University of Leipzig
3	Katja	Müller	FB 5	Procedures for the systematization of naming using the example of German terminology for car repair shops	Prof. Dr. Uta Seewald-Heeg	University of Vienna
4	Matthias	Müller	FB 7	Heat Transfer in Single-Use Bioreactors and E.coli bioprocesses	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Meusel	TU Berlin
5	Carl Jakob	Seidenbecker	FB 7	Analysis of transverse particle motion and heat transfer in rotary tubes with reciprocating blades	Prof. Dr. Fabian Herz	Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg

2020

	First name	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor*in HS Anhalt	Cooperating University
1	Christin	Fischer	FB 7	Synthesis of galactooligosaccharides in sweet and sour whey	Prof. Dr. Thomas Kleinschmidt	TU Dresden
2	Marit	Gillmeister	FB 1	Functional characterization of the antifungal potential of root extracts from Rheum rhabarbarum L. 'The Sutton'	Prof. Dr. Ingo Schellenberg	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
3	Klemens Konstantin	Ilse	FB 6	Microstructural investigation and simulation of natural soiling processes on PV modules	Prof. Dr. Jörg Bagdahn	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
4	Kensho	Miyoshi	FB 4	Objects in Motion: Designing Kinesthetic Empathy	Prof. Dr. Micheal Hohl	Royal College of Art
5	Nik	Shahman-Ariff	FB 4	Exploring the role of sketching on shared understanding in design	Prof. Dr. Katja Thoring	TU Delft
6	Christoph	Ulrich	FB 3	Development and validation of area-wide derivation models for monitoring ochreous streams from hyperspectral remote sensing data	Prof. Dr. Lutz Bannehr	TU Dresden

2019

	Firstname	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor*in HS Anhalt	Cooperating University
1	Siyuan	Chang	FB 1	Increasing Efficiency along the Pork Value Chain in China - The Potential of Slaughter Pig Classification	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Schnäckel	Martin Luther University Halle
2	Chris	Doering	FB 4	Multisensory Design of Active Materials	Prof. Dr. Micheal Hohl	Bauhaus (Building 10 - Dessau) University Weimar
3	Karina	Engst	FB 1	Plant functional composition as a tool for the assessment of grassland restoration success	Prof. Dr. Annett Baasch	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
4	Mario	Grünberg	FB 7	Determination of posttranslational modifications of chemokines for the identification of new therapeutic tragets in the context of inflammatory diseases	Prof. Dr. habil. Hans-Jürgen Mägert	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
5	Julius Amadeus	Röth	FB 6	Cause analysis of lateral crack deviations by modeling thermal laser beam separation on crystalline silicon solar cells	Prof. Dr. Norbert Bernhard	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
6	Stefan	Stumpp	FB 2	Management of the crowdsourcing process in the organization	Prof. Dr. Daniel Michelis	University of the Arts Berlin

2018

	Firstname	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor*in HS Anhalt	Cooperating University
1	Sebastian	Altwasser	FB 7	Possibilities and limits of model material systems for the hydrodynamic characterization of centrally stirred biogas plants	Prof. Dr. Reinhard Sperling	TU Berlin
2	Dmitrii	Dugaev	FB 6	Routing and autoconfiguration for outdoor Smart Lighthing Systems	Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens	Siberian State University of Telecommunication and Informatics Sciences (SIBSUTIS)
3	Daniel	Elias	FB 1	Restorative goat grazing in shrub-encroached dry grasslands in Central Germany	Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew	Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
4	Maria	Gaudig	FB 6	Physical mechanisms of black silicon formation during mask-free plasma etching	Prof. Dr. Norbert Bernhard	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
5	Sandra	Giegler	FB 4	Form Follows Faith - Making the Implicit Explicit	Prof. Dr. Joachim Krausse	Bauhaus University Weimar
6	Katrin	Henning	FB 1	Restoration and management of abandoned, dry Continental heathland and sandy grassland communities	Prof. Dr. Sabine Tischew	Leuphana University Lüneburg, TU Dresden
7	Jens	Hirsch	FB 6	Plasma texturing of silicon as an alternative to wet-chemical texturing and process-integrative influence on passivation coating	Prof. Dr. Norbert Bernhard	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
8	Kai	Kaufmann	FB 6	Innovative methods for laser structuring of Cu(In, Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells	Prof. Dr. Jörg Bagdahn	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
9	Dietmar	Köring	FB 4	Conscious City Laboratory - Explorations in the history of computation, cybernetics, and architecture: Foresight for artificial intelligence and human participation within cities	Prof. Dr. Micheal Hohl	TU Berlin
10	Stefan	Matthes	FB 7	Characterization of a novel tubular photobioreactor - Development of essential influencing parameters and model-based efficiency evaluation of phototrophic growth for stable long-term cultivation under field conditions	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
11	Paul	Pietsch	FB 7	Development of chromatographic methods for the specific separation of selected fruit constituents: D-fructose and citric acid	Prof. Dr. Renate Richter	TU Berlin
12	Irina	Zander née Fedotova	FB 6	Linux-based SoCs for industrial control with hard real-time requirements	Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens	Siberian State University of Telecommunication and Informatics Sciences

2002-2017

	Firstname	Name	Department	Topic	Supervisor HS Anhalt	Cooperating University
1	Shashi	Bahl	FB 6	Numerical simulation and experimental investigations for mechanical scribing of Cu(In;Ga)Se2 thin-film solar cells	Prof. Dr. Jörg Bagdahn	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
2	Aleksandr	Bakharev	FB 6	Reliable Multi-Gigabit point-to-multipoint data transmission	Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens	Siberian State University of Telecommunication and Informatics Sciences
3	Stefan	Baumeier	FB 3	Development of an internet-based tool to support research and communication processes in settlement research	Prof. Dr. Claus Dießenbacher	University of Bonn
4	Claudia	Grewe	FB 7	Studies on astaxanthin biosynthesis in the green algae Scenedesmus sp. and Haematococcus pluvialis	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
5	Claudia	Hecht	FB 7	Studies on the fermentability of protein-rich residues	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	TU Dresden
6	Marcel	Heins	FB 1	IT-supported knowledge management for site-appropriate plant use in urban green space management	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Kircher	University of Vechta
7	Martin	Heiser	FB 7	Experimental and numerical characterization of the power input and homogenization time of a coaxial agitator consisting of a spiral and screw agitator	Prof. Dr. Reinhard Sperling	TU Berlin
8	Thorsten	Henkel	FB 3	Factors for alternative design methods when using digital design tools in spatially distributed work structures	Prof. Dr. Claus Dießenbacher	University of Weimar
9	Stefanie	Hielscher-Michael	FB 7	Glutaminyl cyclase (QC)-inhibiting compounds from microalgae : new lead structures for use in the therapy of Alzheimer's disease	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
10	Andreas	Isdepsky	FB 7	Saline Microalgae For Biofuels: Outdoor Culture From Small-Scale To Pilot Scale	Prof. Dr. Carola Griehl	Murdoch University, Australia
11	Dmitri	Kachan	FB 6	Development of evaluation methodology for estimation of available bandwidth for establishing of high-speed data transmission in telecommunication networks	Prof. Dr. Eduard Siemens	Siberian State University of Telecommunication and Informatics Sciences (SIBSUTIS)
12	Claudia	Keil	FB 7	Molecular biological studies on the significance of kallikreins and serine proteinase inhibitors for the development of skin diseases and allergies	Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Mägert	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
13	Janet	Krickmeier	FB 1	Modelling of cutting conditions, especially in a grinding machine, with the aim of optimizing the grinding process and increasing product quality	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Schnäckel	MLU Halle-Wittenberg
14	Uwe	Messer	FB 1	Studies on the development and assessment of perennial planting mixtures	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Kircher	Sheffield University, England
15	Matthias	Pietsch	FB 1	Landscape structure measures for the assessment of biodiversity in biotope network planning and environmental assessment	Prof. Dr. Klaus Richter	TU Dresden
16	Florian	Priese	FB 7	Development of coated pellets with functional layers in discontinuous fluidized bed technology	Prof. Dr. Bertram Wolf	OvGU Magdeburg
17	Andreas	Thon	FB 1	Investigation of planting variants and flow through the filter zone of small bathing ponds	Prof. Dr. Wolfram Kircher	University of Vechta
18	Gregorius Wuryanto	Utomo	FB 3	Culture of dwelling and production of space in the post-disaster urban Transformation Process; Case of Kotageda Yogyakarta, Indonesia	Prof. Dr. Andrea Haase	TU Berlin
19	Stefan	Wollny	FB 7	Experimental and numerical investigations on particle loading in stirred (bio)reactors	Prof. Dr. Reinhard Sperling	TU Berlin