The Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover (LUH) hosts 25000 students in the natural sciences, engineering, humanities, social sciences, law and economics. Institutes concentrated in the Faculty of Natural Sciences engage in teaching and research among other in chemistry, plant biology and genetics, microbiology, biotechnology, bioinformatics and bioprocess control.
The Institute of Technical Chemistry (TCI) specializes in bioprocess engineering and mathematical modelling, bioprocess monitoring and analytics, bioprocess sensor development, bioinformatics, biomedical technology, microbial protein production and microalgal cultivation.