Alois Jungbauer | Professor
B.O.K.U.

Alois Jungbauer holds a doctorate in food technology and biotechnology from BOKU. He is retired Professor Emeritus of Downstream Processing at the Institute of Bioprocess Science and Technology at BOKU University, Adjunct Professor at University of Adelaide and an active scientist at the Austrian Centre of Industrial Biotechnology. He is currently working in the field of bioprocess engineering of proteins, viruses and gene therapy vectors. He has published more than 400 papers on recombinant protein production, bioseparation and advanced materials for bioprocess engineering, 17 patents and 12 book chapters and a monograph titled “Protein Chromatography, Process Development and Scale Up”. He has developed several processes for the manufacture of advanced biopharmaceuticals and serves on the advisory board of several companies. He coordinated the Marie Currie Innovative Training Program (ITN) Continuous Downstream processing (CODOBIO) and coordinates the ITN Characterization and Recovery of Viral Gene therapy Vectors and Vaccines (CAARE). He was the 2025 recipient of the ACS Bio Michalis Award and the 2025 ICB Lifetime Achievement Award