The University of Rostock (German: Universität Rostock) is a public university located in the Province Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the north/east of Germany at the Baltic Sea. Founded in 1419, it is the oldest university in northern Europe. Today, with about 14,000 students and around 2,900 staff members, the University of Rostock offers fascinating perspectives into nearly all scientific fields. With the four profile lines of Life, Light and Matter, Maritime Systems, Aging Science and Humanities, and Knowledge – Culture – Transformation, the University of Rostock has excellent interdisciplinary research fields in the areas of natural and technological sciences, medicine, life sciences, humanities and cultural studies. Energy efficiency and renewable energies are key topics in many study programs and applied research & development activities of the faculties at the University of Rostock. The faculty of agriculture and environmental sciences focus on biomass and waste to Energy and the Center for Biomass Research in Germany (Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum in Leipzig (DBFZ)) is a strong cooperation partner. Prof. Nelles is the director of DBFZ and the department Waste & Resource Management at the University of Rostock and he is guest professor at the Institute of New Energy at the CUPB since 2014.
Local Contact: Prof. Michael Nelles
(Edited by Lu Ji)
