Thomas Noll studied chemistry at the University of Bonn and did his PhD at the Research Center Juelich. After working as a PostDoc at Cancer Research UK in London he became group leader of the Cell Culture Technology at the Research Center Juelich before moving to Bielefeld University in 2005. Since then he holds the chair for Cell Culture Technology and served as dean of the faculty of technology and scientific director of Bielefeld Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec). His research focuses on the development and application of functional genomic techniques for bioprocess development and mammalian cell line engineering.