Andrea Mandalka has a degree in Marine Biology (University of Bremen and Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology) and a Master's of Science (Dipl.-Wirtsch.Biol.Univ. Technical University Munich (TUM), and is currently a PhD student at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV within the Graduate Center Weihenstephan TUM School of Life Sciences. She is a researcher at the Department of Food and Functional Ingredients.
In this role, she is also coordinating research projects addressing multidisciplinary approaches in applied research with a focus on South America.
Research interests focus on algae biomass production for the bioeconomy, macroalgae proteins, nutraceuticals, and bioactivity (antioxidant properties, functional ingredients, food, feed, cosmeceuticals, photoprotectors, antivirus), mariculture and sustainable management of the sector in the face of multiple stressors and species decline.
Andrea Mandalka has a degree in Marine Biology (University of Bremen and Max-Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology) and a Master's of Science (Dipl.-Wirtsch.Biol.Univ. Technical University Munich (TUM), and is currently a PhD student at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV within the Graduate Center Weihenstephan TUM School of Life Sciences. She is a researcher at the Department of Food and Functional Ingredients.
In this role, she is also coordinating research projects addressing multidisciplinary approaches in applied research with a focus on South America.
Research interests focus on algae biomass production for the bioeconomy, macroalgae proteins, nutraceuticals, and bioactivity (antioxidant properties, functional ingredients, food, feed, cosmeceuticals, photoprotectors, antivirus), mariculture and sustainable management of the sector in the face of multiple stressors and species decline.