Dieter Deublein is Professor for Applied Biotechnology at the Munich Unversity of Applied Sciences (Germany). A graduate from the Technical University of Munich, he has more than two decades of professional experience in the large scale processing of natural resources, mainly from food and feed. Since 1992 he is a member of the Faculty of the Munich University of Applied Sciences, where he has established a strong teaching record in biotechnology and environmental management. He is a leading scientific authority on the technological aspects of biogas production, both in small-scale and large-scale operations.