Department of Chemical Engineering
Qualifications:
Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
Research Interest:
- Biofuel ethanol: all processing steps to convert lignocellulosics (plants and trees) into green ethanol (AFEX pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, ethanolic fermentation, pervaporation).
- Enzymatic hydrolysis: synergy of cellulases; purification and immobilization of cellulases; AFM; binding force between cellulases and cellulose; kinetics of enzymatic catalysis.
- Mixing in enzymatic hydrolysis: rheology of concentrated suspensions of plant fiber materials; modelization of mixing; bioreactor design.
- Recombinant cellulases in transgenic plants: genetic engineering; auto-hydrolysis; enzyme over-production.
- Anaerobic digestion of agricultural and food wastes.
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