ABOUT US
Mission and
Vision
The mission of the Biomass Conversion and Bioprocess Technology group is to create innovative solutions able to accelerate the development of a bioeconomy.
The ultimate goal of our research is to support the transition to a better and more sustainable future, where our resources are used more consciously, the environment is preserved, and our needs are fulfilled in a more efficient, economic and responsible way.
Ongoing projects
Integrating omics technologies and microbial co-culture for enhanced biomass conversion. 2025 - 2028
NutriFiber: Innovating new ingredient options for functional foods. 2025 - 2025
Bio-based alternatives to chemicals for textile applications recovered from cork industrial by-products using sustainable green technologies. 2023 - 2026.
Boosting the production of biodegradable plastics through an advanced biomanufacturing process and omics technologies. 2022 - 2025.
Next generation food - EXTEND. 2022 - 2026.
Bioprocess intensification for xylitol production from renewable resources. 2021 – 2025.
Meet the Team
Solange I. Mussatto
Group Leader
Solange I. Mussatto
Sarah de Souza
Postdoc
Sarah de Souza
External Members (co-supervision)
Shilpa Omprakash Sunariwal (PhD student) - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), Mumbai, India
João Miguel Barbosa Mariz (PhD student) – University of Minho (UMinho), Portugal
Vinícius Tomaz Santana (PhD student) – Engineering School of Lorena - University of São Paulo (EEL-USP), Brazil
Former Members
Alonso Israel Arroyo Escoto - Alentejo Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and Agro-Food (CEBAL), Portugal - 2025
Ignácio Sánchez Muñoz - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Rodrigo Santos Martines - Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (ICB-USP), Brazil - 2025
Javier Alejandro Benavides Aguilar - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Wenxin Yang - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Osman Gürbüz - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Estefanía Ibarra Salas - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Maria Teresa Santos Ramírez - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Michaela Jana Hofmann - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Bartosz Dulski - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Pedro Barea Gomez - University of Burgos (UBU), Spain - 2025
Camilo Cabrera - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Giuliano Dragone - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2025
Daniel Duran - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Alberte Krejlund - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Abdulfetah Sherafa – Addis Ababa Institute of Technology, Ethiopia - 2024
Matteo Ferrito - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Thiago Machado - University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil - 2024
Nikolaos Psaraftis - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Maria Riquelme - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Eduardo Krebs - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Ema Palova - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Fernanda Ramos - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Maria Eduarda Simões - São Carlos School of Engineering - University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil - 2024
Erlinda Rama - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Antonio Caivano - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Julen Ordeñana - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Ilary Belardi - University of Perugia (UNIPG), Italy - 2024
Andrea Yacolca - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Martin Nagy - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Caroline Perez - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2024
Juan Carlos Lopez - University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain - 2023
Sopida Korkerd - King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Thailand – 2023
Eva Balaguer - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2023
Maria Riquelme - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2023
Daniel Durán - University of the Andes (UNIANDES), Colombia - 2023
Celina K. Yamakawa - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2023
William Sganzerla - University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil - 2023
Sarah de Souza - Engineering School of Lorena - University of São Paulo (EEL-USP), Brazil - 2023
Mertcan Sen - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2023
Berta Syhler - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2023
João Nunes - University of Porto (U.Porto), Portugal - 2023
Mikkel Bisp - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2023
Juan Carlos Lopez - University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain - 2022
Esther del Amo - University of Valladolid (UVa), Spain - 2022
Osman Gürbüz - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2022
Milad Javadi - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2022
Emil Madsen - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2022
Martin Nielsen - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2022
Nikolaus Vollmer - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2022
Carolin Grütering – RWTH Aachen University, Germany - 2022
Yasmim Arantes - Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP), Brazil - 2022
Maria Laura Silva Cunha - Engineering School of Lorena - University of São Paulo (EEL-USP), Brazil - 2022
Juliana Passamani Sandri - Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil - 2022
Lucas van der Maas - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2022
Lourdes Maria Riquelme - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2022
Xiao Chen - Technical University of Denmark (DTU) - 2021
Fernando Bonfiglio - University of the Republic (UdelaR), Uruguay - 2021
Larissa Pereira Brumano - University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil - 2021
Sirinapa Sassanam – King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok (KMUTNB), Thailand – 2021
Zhijia Liu – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2020
Bram Kerssemakers – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2020
Jasper Driessen – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2020
Diego Grumbach – ENSTBB Bordeaux INP, France – 2020
Ilaria d'Imperio – University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBa), Italy – 2020
Francesca Natalizio – University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBa), Italy – 2020
Anna Carolina Piazentin – University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil – 2020
Francesco Reggianini – University of Milan (UniMi), Italy – 2020
Eric Ebert – Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin (BHT Berlin), Germany – 2020
Marlene Fels – Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin (BHT Berlin), Germany – 2020
Luana de Fátima Alves – University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil – 2019
Kittipong "Nat" Rattanaporn – Kasetsart University (KU), Thailand – 2019
Ratthapong "Mai" Meesupthong – Kasetsart University (KU), Thailand – 2019
Philip Sørensen – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2019
Jesper Jensen – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2019
Jules Dior – ESPCI Paris, France – 2019
Fen Qin – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2019
Ioannis Tsontzos – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2019
Emilia Savioli López – University of Campinas (Unicamp), Brazil – 2019
Georgios Moukanakis – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2018
Alexandra Nastouli – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2018
Perikles Marios Sotiris – National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece – 2018
Pablo Doménech Martínez – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2018
Mikkel Reith Mahler – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2018
Laura Kastell – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2018
Astrid Zedlitz Johansen – Technical University of Denmark (DTU) – 2018
Marco Cassano – University of Bari Aldo Moro (UniBa), Italy – 2018
Ignacio Sánchez Moguel – University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil – 2017
Irving Flores Aviles – Wageningen University & Research (WUR), The Netherlands – 2017
Selected publications
Mussatto, SI; Yamakawa, CK; van der Maas L; Dragone, G. New trends in bioprocesses for lignocellulosic biomass and CO2 utilization. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, v.152, p.111620, 2021. (DOI:10.1016/j.rser.2021.111620)
Liu, Z; van den Berg, C; Weusthuis, RA; Dragone, G; Mussatto, SI. Strategies for an improved extraction and separation of lipids and carotenoids from oleaginous yeast. Separation and Purification Technology, v.257, p.117946, 2021. (DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2020.117946)
Moguel, IS; Yamakawa, CK; Pessoa Jr, A; Mussatto, SI. L-asparaginase production by Leucosporidium scottii in a bench-scale bioreactor with co-production of lipids. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, v.8, p.576511, 2020. (DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.576511)
Liu, Z; Feist, AM; Dragone, G; Mussatto, SI. Lipid and carotenoid production from wheat straw hydrolysates by different oleaginous yeasts. Journal of Cleaner Production, v.249, p.119308, 2020. (DOI:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119308)
Castro, R; Ferreira, I; Roberto, I; Mussatto, SI. Isolation and physicochemical characterization of different lignin streams generated during the second-generation ethanol production process. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, v.129, p.497-510, 2019. (DOI:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.01.148)
Bonfiglio, F; Cagno, M; Rey, F; Torres, M; Böthig, S; Menéndez, P; Mussatto, SI. Pretreatment of switchgrass by steam explosion in a semi-continuous pre-pilot reactor. Biomass and Bioenergy, v.121, p.41-47, 2019. (DOI:10.1016/j.biombioe.2018.12.013)
Bussamra, B; Gomes, J; Freitas, S; Mussatto, SI; da Costa, A; van der Wielen, L; Ottens, M. A robotic platform to screen aqueous two-phase systems for overcoming inhibition in enzymatic reactions. Bioresource Technology, v.280, p.37-50, 2019. (DOI:10.1016/j.biortech.2019.01.136)
Qin, F; Johansen, A; Mussatto, SI. Evaluation of different pretreatment strategies for protein extraction from brewer’s spent grains. Industrial Crops and Products, v.125, p.443-453, 2018. (DOI:10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.09.017)