Selma Iraqi Houssaini is responsible for the research contribution of the IMS to the project "Establishing Jet Loop Reactors as​ Scalable Bioelectrochemical Reactor Systems for Anodic and Cathodic Production Processes​", headed by Prof. Dr. Gescher of Institut für technische Mikrobiologie and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Schlüter. The project is part of the second funding period of the DFG-funded priority programme "Bioelectrochemical and Engineering Fundamentals to Establish Electro-biotechnology for Biosynthesis - Power to Value-added Products (eBiotech)", SPP 2240.

The project is concerned with establishing jet loop reactors as scalable bioelectrochemical reactor systems for anodic and cathodic production processes. In the absence of a an established, generalized reactor concept in the field of bioelectrochemistry, it investigates the applicability of jet loop reactors in combination with structured packings of electrodes in the context of biofilm-dependent bioelectrochemical processes which are also surface-dependent. Within this concept, a jet loop reactor, offering high mass transfer rates for the supply of substrates, is intended to offer the ability to implement a controllable flow through the structured packings that house the biofilms.