Ulrich Fischer | Weincampus Neustadt

Prof. Dr. rer. nat.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Fischer

Professor of Enology and Sensory Analysis
University of Kaiserslautern

Roles at the Wine Campus

Deputy Chair of the GAF (Joint Committee of the Departments)
Director of the “Viticulture and Enology” Institute at the Rural Area Service Center (DLR) Rhenish Palatinate

Non-Alcoholic Wines
Combining sensory analysis and aroma chemistry to identify structural relationships between the value-adding components of wines and their sensory characteristics.
Optimization of red wine production processes with regard to the polymerization of phenols for color stabilization and the sensory maturation of tannins

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Since 2015	Director of the Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Rural Area Service Center (DLR) Rhenish Palatinate, Neustadt
2009–2012	Program Director of the Dual Bachelor’s Degree Program (B.Sc.) in Viticulture and Enology, Wine Campus Neustadt
2003–2015	Head of the Viticulture and Enology Department at the newly established Rural Area Service Center (DLR) Rhenish Palatinate
1997–2003	Head of the Cellar Management Department
Since 1995	Research Assistant at the State Teaching and Research Institute for Viticulture, Horticulture, and Agriculture in Neustadt
1991–1995	PhD from the Institute of Food Chemistry, Leibniz University Hannover (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ralf Berger)
1988–1990	Master’s degree in Food Science (M.Sc.), University of California, Davis, in the Department of Viticulture & Enology (Advisor: Prof. Dr. Ann C. Noble)
1985–1988	Studied Viticulture and Enology at Geisenheim University
1983–1985	Apprenticeship as a winemaker at wineries along the Moselle and in the Palatinate