John McBride John McBride is a Sr. Director of R&D at Mascoma LLC, a subsidiary of Lallemand Inc., leading the companies’ technology development and deployment for new products in the Brazilian ethanol production market, and for cellulosic ethanol production. In particular, John has led the efforts to bring the first genetically modified strain of yeast…
Miguel Ivan Lacerda
Luuk van der Wielen Prof.dr.ir. Luuk A.M. van der Wielen (Amsterdam, 16-06-1964) holds a MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from Twente University (Netherlands), and a PhD degree (with honours) from Delft University of Technology (TUD). Since February 2017, he is Director of the Bernal Institute at the University of Limerick, Ireland, (http://www.bernalinstitute.com/ ) and Bernal…
João Luís Nunes Carvalho João Luís Nunes Carvalho, PhD. Agronomist at Federal University of Lavras (UFLA) in 2004, Master and PhD in Soil Science at ESALQ/USP (2006 and 2010) and Post doc at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2014). Since 2011, he is a researcher at Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CNPEM/CTBE). His research has…
Raquel Coutinho
Gabriel Gorescu
Yannick Bomble Yannick J. Bomble is a senior research scientist and project lead at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. His team is multidisciplinary and focuses on the characterization/engineering of biomass degrading and metabolic enzymes as well as metabolic engineering/modeling of microorganisms to improve the production of biofuels and bioproducts. He received his…
João Paulo Cherubim Reponsible for Process Development using as base the strain engeneering from US. Oversees all site operation in the first farnecene facility with a breakthrough technology, using GMM (genetically modified organism). Define Operations Management by reviewing processes, key performance indicators – as well as their deployment – establishing results oriented meetings and organizing…
Douglas Karlen B.S., 1973, University of Wisconsin‑Madison, Soil Science; M.S., 1975, Michigan State University, Soil Science; Ph.D., 1978, Kansas State University, Agronomy. Author or co-author for 230 refereed journal publications and 154 peer-reviewed book chapter or proceedings papers. Co-editor for “Sustainable Agriculture Systems,” “Agricultural Utilization of Urban and Industrial By-Products,” “Sustainable Alternative Fuel Feedstock Opportunities, Challenges and Roadmaps…
Daniel Atala Daniel Atala is the Manager of the Industrial Division and also Head of Pilot Plant for Process Development (PPDP) at the Brazilian Bioethanol Science and Technology Laboratory (CTBE). Atala holds a degree in Food Engineering (1997) at Federal University of Rio Grande, Master in Food Engineering (2000), PhD in Food Engineering (2004) and…