Bioconversion Group

Research Area 

The aim of the Bioconversion group is to develop carbon neutral waste teatment technologies and phosphorus mining from eutrophicated water environments while producing valuable products, using less energy. Research lines:

1) Biomethane, carboxylic acid, bioplastic production and single cell protein from different waste streams and model substrates in lab and pilot scale bioreactors

2) Developing bioengineering approach for phosphorus recovery from the Baltic Sea

3) Developing synthetic community and microbial ecology of mixed culture for feedstock production  

 

Members of Bioconversion

Zeynep Cetecioglu Gurol (PI)

Mariel Perez Zabaleta (Post-Doc Researcher) 

Ece Kendir Cakmak (PostDoc Researcher)

Isaac Owusu-Agyeman (Researcher)

Fengyi Zhu (PhD Candidate)

Leonor Lobo (PhD Candidate)

Linnéa Otterheim (PhD Candidate)

Former Group Members:

Nilay Elginöz Kanat (PhD)

Merve Atasoy (PhD)

Kasra Khatami (PhD)

Prachi Nancy 

Facilities

Wastewater Facility

Bioreactor and wet analysis lab

Molecular Microbial Ecology