
Prof. Dr. Dominik Durner
Chair of the Joint Committee of the Departments (GAF)
Program Director, MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales
Research on
- Innovative Methods in the Winemaking Process
- Digital value-added systems
- Resource management
- Extraction and Reactions of Phenolic Compounds from Grapes
- Mass spectrometric and sensory characterization of polyphenols
- The influence of oxygen and the role of antioxidants in the winemaking process
- Aging Reactions in Wine and Spirits
- Quality Management in Beverage Logistics
- Artificial Intelligence
Teaches in
Dual Bachelor's Degree Program in Viticulture and Enology (B.Sc.) → Learn more about the program here !
- Oenological Process Engineering
- Oenological Laboratory
- Global Viticulture
- Filtration, Filling, and Packaging Technology
- Organization and Operations Management
- Sparkling Wine Production
- Sensory Laboratory
- Practical Project in Enology
Biography
| Since 2024 | Program Director, MBA Wine, Sustainability & Sales, Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society |
| Since 2021 | Germany’s Scientific Delegate to the International Organization of Vine and Wine; appointed by the Federal Ministry |
| Since 2019 | Academic Director of the Wine Campus Neustadt; Chair of the Joint Committee of the Departments (Ludwigshafen University of Business and Society, Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, and Bingen Technical University of Applied Sciences) |
| 2014–2024 | Program Director of the Dual Bachelor’s Program in Viticulture and Enology, Wine Campus Neustadt |
| since 2011 | Professor of Food Technology and Enology at Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Wine Campus Neustadt |
| 2011 | Doctoral dissertation on “Microoxygenation of Red Wine” (FEI project) at the Technical University of Braunschweig (advisors: Prof. Dr. P. Winterhalter and Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fischer) |
| 2006–2009 | Research Assistant at the Rural Area Service Center (DLR) Rhenish Palatinate, Neustadt an der Weinstraße |
| 2006 | Research Assistant at the Riddet Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand |
| 2004–2006 | Master’s degree (MSc) in Food Technology and Dairy Science and Technology, Technical University of Munich |
| 1999–2004 | Bachelor’s degree (Dipl.-Ing. FH) in Food Technology, Technical University of Munich |
Research Group

Fabian Marnet

Julian Döbler

Katharina Kleiner

Gabriele Görgens

Daniel Zimmermann

Nicola Rossi
