Zero Emission Biotechnology BioProcess Engineering

We model and optimise industrial-scale conditions, and convert CO2 into ethanol and other alcohols using nothing but bacteria and green electricity

Sticking with proven, existing microbial industrial processes limits the sustainable potential of biotechnology. We develop modelling and experimental tools to substantially reduce the lead-time in scaling-up a promising proof-of-concept biotechnological processes to compact, clean, and efficient industrial applications.

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Marieke Klijn, Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Data-driven bioprocess design

How Marieke Klijn works on sustainable biotech

Ludovic Jourdin, Associate Professor

Expertise:
Microbial electrosynthesis for power-to-x

How Ludovic Jourdin works on sustainable biotech

Cees Haringa, Assistant Professor

Expertise:
Computational fluid dynamics and microbial response modelling

How Cees Haringa works on sustainable biotech

Héctor Maldonado de León, PhD Candidate

PROZE - Process simulation for rational optimization of zero emission biotechnologies

Supervisor: Cees Haringa

Nicole Dambruin, PhD Candidate

In-line Raman spectrometry as process analytical technology for synthetic defined co-culture monitoring

Supervisor: Marieke Klijn
Co-supervisor: Rinke van Tatenhove-Pel

Marieke Warmerdam, PhD Candidate

Ethanol as substrate for microbial biotechnology

Supervisor: Cees Haringa

Marika Zegers, PhD Candidate

C1 to EtOH - High yield / high rate microbial electrosynthesis of ethanol from CO2

Supervisor: Ludovic Jourdin

Our other Zero Emission Biotechnology themes

Biocatalysis

Enzymes – biomolecules that catalyse specific chemical reactions
Industrial Microbiology

Single micro-organisms and small, defined microbial communities
Environmental Biotechnology

Complex microbial communities, directly from nature
Biotechnology & Society

The industrial and societal level
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