Lars Angenent Part of the Funding Program "99 Projects"
The CMFI Principal Investigator and his team work on possibilities of turning CO2 into a valuable resource.
At the State Press Conference on the 21st of July 2026 in Stuttgart, the 9 universities of Baden-Württemberg state presented a list with 99 research projects for a post-fossil future.
Storing solar power in molecules, replacing fossil fuels by sustainable resources or making industrial processes and agriculture more energy efficient – these are just some of the solutions currently worked on at Baden-Württemberg's universities. One of the 99 funded projects is the Tübingen based project "How to make CO2 a valuable resource" by CMFI Prinicipal Investigator Prof. Dr. Lars Angenent.
At a new research center, the team is developing methods to use CO2 from the air and from industry as a resource instead of releasing it into the atmosphere. Microbes as well as electrochemistry convert CO2 into plastics or fuels. This way, fossil resources such as oil, coal and gas can be replaced. The project contributes to lower emissions and foster the transition to climate-friendly ways of production. The project is being supported by the Danish Novo Nordisk Foundation.
Go to press release at University of Tübingen about the 99 projects (only in German)
Leon Kokkoliadis
Public Relations Management
University of Tübingen
Interfaculty Institute for Microbiology and Infection Medicine (IMIT)
Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI)
Tel: +49 7071 29-74707
Prof. Dr. Ir. Largus (Lars) T. Angenent
University of Tübingen
Center for Applied Geoscience
Environmental Biotechnology
E-Mail: largus.angenent
@uni-tuebingen.de
