Bio Process Engineering

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Projects per year 2001 2005 2008 2011 2013 2017 2022 2023 2024 2025

• 60 Active
• 95 Finished

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  de de Almeida Oliveira, R. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor), Heinrich, J. (Co-promotor) & Marques Garcia, J. (Co-promotor)

  15/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• IMPACT: Innovative Meat Protein Alternatives produced through Cost-effective Technologies.

  Rammelaere, T. (PhD candidate), Keppler, J. (Promotor), Wijffels, R. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Kazbar, A. (Co-promotor)

  15/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• “Plug & Play”: Combining plant virus-derived VLPs and microalgae production platform towards a toolkit for biotechnological applications

  Zutt, E. (PhD candidate), Kormelink, R. (Promotor), D'Adamo, S. (Co-promotor) & Matsumura, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/25 → …

  Project: PhD

• Powering the Future: Solar-to-Fuel Conversion in Microalgae.

  Vunderink, I. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor) & D'Adamo, S. (Promotor)

  1/12/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Industriophile

  Rosas Gomez, D. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Batianis, C. (Co-promotor) & Martin Pascual, M. (Co-promotor)

  30/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Impact of extracting and incorporating novel microbial functional food ingredients into current dietary patterns: is the hype real? (HYPer)

  Sairam, N. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor), Biesbroek, S. (Co-promotor) & Boboescu, I. (Co-promotor)

  30/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Functional Food 100%
  • Food Ingredient 100%
  • Dietary Pattern 100%
  • Food systems 66%
  • Antioxidant 33%

• Inktelligent Foods

  Papadopoulos, J. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Marques Garcia, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Industriophile

  Dronov, M. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Asin Garcia, E. (Co-promotor) & Batianis, C. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• SUNPERFORM- implementing an alternative pathway for CO2 fixation in microalgae

  Cutillas Farray, Á. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor), D'Adamo, S. (Promotor) & Claassens, N. J. H. P. (Co-promotor)

  1/11/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Strain engineering and process intensification for precision fermentation of milk proteins.

  Baris, W. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Heinrich, J. (Co-promotor)

  15/10/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Taking Control: implementing non-canonical redox cofactors to uncouple growth and product formation

  Verbakel, R. (PhD candidate), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Claassens, N. J. H. P. (Co-promotor)

  15/09/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Media development for cultured meat and seafood.

  Koorevaar, G. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor), Heinrich, J. (Co-promotor), Marques Garcia, J. (Co-promotor) & Martens, D. (Other)

  1/08/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• BIOSENSEI: Biosensor-based diagnostic platform for real-time monitoring of existing and emerging environmental pollutants

  Haasbroek, N. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor) & Asin Garcia, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Time Monitoring 100%
  • Real Time 100%

• Sustainable bioplastics and food protein from CO2 and sunlight

  Braak, I. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Boboescu, I. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Computational Modeling & Digital Twins // Bioindustry 4.0

  Martín Martín, I. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Suarez-Diez, M. (Promotor) & Koehorst, J. (Co-promotor)

  1/04/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Optimalisation and upscaling of oil rich algae

  Camstra, J. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor) & Janssen, M. (Co-promotor)

  15/03/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• DIGITAL TWINS

  Lampanaris, K. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Bruinsma, L. (Co-promotor)

  15/02/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• DES BLUES

  Essers, D. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Kazbar, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/02/24 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Cell Culture 100%
  • Sea Cucumber 100%
  • Eutectics 100%

• Computational Biology PhD for producing PFAs alternatives

  Escrig Molina, J. E. (PhD candidate) & Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor)

  1/02/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Biosensei

  Mecacci, S. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor) & Asin Garcia, E. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Trace Removal using Electrically Powered Separations (TREPS)

  Kieffer, J. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Boboescu, I. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/24 → …

  Project: PhD

• Process design for the production of bioactive compounds by continuous sponge cell lines

  Loy Martinez, M. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor), Martens, D. (Co-promotor) & Pomponi, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Incorporating upstream process history and strain degeneration into metabolic modelling of production strains in prolonged fed-batch fermentations for identifying strain development targets

  Hensen, A. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Suarez-Diez, M. (Promotor), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor) & Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Batch Fermentation 100%
  • Production Strain 100%
  • Strain Degeneration 100%
  • Subpopulation 66%
  • Biotechnological Process 33%

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of a microalgae-based Direct Air Capture (DAC) Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) system

  Forbes, J. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor) & Dominguez Teles, I. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Carbon Capture 100%
  • Microalgae 100%
  • Life Cycle Assessment 100%
  • Capture System 40%
  • Climate Change 20%

• Integrated enzyme assisted extraction for protein extraction from red seaweed

  Elizondo Sada, O. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Kazbar, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Next generation of natural solvents for recovering microalgal functional ingredients in biphasic systems – GreenSOLVE -

  Lambangsari, K. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Boboescu, I. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Let’s go VirAl

  Amendola, S. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor), D'Adamo, S. (Co-promotor) & Kormelink, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/07/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Let’s Go VirAl

  Bevervanco, J. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor), D'Adamo, S. (Co-promotor) & Martens, D. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/23 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Microalga 100%
  • Expression Vector 20%
  • Knowledge Base 20%
  • DNA Virus 20%
  • Bioreactor 20%

• Monitoring and control of large-scale outdoor and greenhouse photobioreactors

  Buscaglia, L. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor) & Janssen, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• ICEMAN: Increasing the Conservation of Energy by MicroorgANisms

  de Buck, C. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Suarez-Diez, M. (Promotor), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor) & Bisschops, M. (Other)

  1/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Seaweed biorefinery for next generation functional proteins

  Agusman, A. (PhD candidate), Eppink, M. (Promotor), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Kazbar, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/05/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• ICEMAN: Increasing the conservation of energy by microorganisms

  Bakker, J. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Suarez-Diez, M. (Other)

  1/03/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Bioware engineering: towards sustainable biomanufacturing through a bio-intelligent design-build-test-learn cycle

  Raynal, A. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Asin Garcia, E. (Co-promotor) & Batianis, C. (Co-promotor)

  13/02/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Living Biosensors for Industrial Biotechnology

  Özer-Bergman, G. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Asin Garcia, E. (Co-promotor) & Suarez-Diez, M. (Co-promotor)

  15/01/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• NWO-XL: non-canonical redox cofactors

  Althuis, T. (PhD candidate), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Claassens, N. J. H. P. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/23 → …

  Project: PhD

• Availability of NMN+ as non-canonical redox-cofactor in E. coli

  van Wijk, N. (PhD candidate), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Claassens, N. J. H. P. (Co-promotor)

  1/12/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• A viral genome with unnatural bases to expand the genetic code in eukaryotic host cells

  van der Vlugt, S. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Albada, B. (Co-promotor), Fros, J. (Co-promotor), Asin Garcia, E. (Other) & Robaey, Z. (Other)

  1/11/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Genetic Code 100%
  • Host Cell 100%
  • Virus Genome 100%
  • Virus 50%

• REALM project: Deploying microalgae in the service of drain water treatment.

  Fichtbauer, A. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor) & Janssen, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Return Flow 100%
  • Water Treatment 100%
  • Water Purification 100%
  • Microalga 100%
  • Microorganism 20%

• Microalgae based biostimulants as sustainable source of high-value components to enhance stress tolerance in plants

  Brito Lopez, C. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor) & Karlova, R. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Stress 100%
  • Microalga 100%
  • Fits and Tolerances 100%
  • Sustainable Source 100%
  • Microalgae 100%

• Autolytic enzymes for multiproduct microalgal biorefineries: tRIggERS DIGEST

  Khamila, S. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Boboescu, I. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Disruptions 100%
  • Microalga 100%
  • Cell Wall 100%
  • Microalgae 66%
  • Downstream Processing 66%

• Development of multiproduct seaweed biorefineries for functional food ingredients

  Reynaga Navarro, W. (PhD candidate), Eppink, M. (Promotor), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Kazbar, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Microalgal multiproduct biorefinery for novel food, feed and nutraceutical Ingredients

  Zhang, R. (PhD candidate), Eppink, M. (Promotor), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Boboescu, I. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Microfluidic Chip 100%
  • Novel Food 100%
  • Feeds 100%

• Multi-product biorefinery of seaweed using green solvents

  Hiemstra, I. (PhD candidate), Eppink, M. (Promotor), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Kazbar, A. (Co-promotor)

  1/09/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Circular BioDesign: an holistic approach of designing and communicating innovative biomanufacturing towards sustainability

  Müller, A. (PhD candidate), Martins dos Santos, V. (Promotor), Asin Garcia, E. (Co-promotor) & Robaey, Z. (Co-promotor)

  15/08/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Biomanufacturing 100%
  • Interdisciplinary Research 100%

• Microbial product formation: From energy requiring to energy generating

  Kostanjsek, M. (PhD candidate), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor), Bisschops, M. (Co-promotor) & Kengen, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/06/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Microalgae as a sustainable oil crop for biofuels

  Abdelkarim, O. (PhD candidate) & Barbosa, M. (Promotor)

  1/02/22 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Oil Crops 100%
  • Microalga 100%
  • Biofuel 100%
  • Fatty Acids 100%
  • Carbon Dioxide 100%

• Upstream process development and characterization for the production of AAVs using the Baculovirus Expression Vector System.

  Schrama, M. (PhD candidate), Wijffels, R. (Promotor) & Martens, D. (Co-promotor)

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: PhD

• Paving the road towards efficient synthetic CO2 fixation in photosynthetic organisms

  Rainaldi, V. (PhD candidate), Machado de Sousa, D. (Promotor), Claassens, N. J. H. P. (Co-promotor) & D'Adamo, S. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

• Photobioreactor sensor technology fusion for on-line monitoring and control.

  Geltner, H. (PhD candidate), Barbosa, M. (Promotor) & Janssen, M. (Co-promotor)

  1/10/21 → …

  Project: PhD

  • Secondary Metabolite 100%
  • Process Control 100%
  • Chemical Element 100%
  • Photobioreactor 100%
  • Metabolite 100%

• From light to single-cell protein: unlocking the potential of gas fermentation via mass transfer-enhanced bioreactor design

  Serrano Fajardo, C. (PhD candidate), Weusthuis, R. (Promotor) & Wijffels, R. (Promotor)

  1/08/21 → …

  Project: PhD