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Io Antonopoulou
Senior Lecturer
Research subject: Biochemical Process Engineering
Division: Chemical Engineering
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
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Luleå, C152
About me
I studied Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece) with specialization in Industrial Biotechnology. I then obtained a PhD in Biochemical Process Engineering from Luleå University of Technology in 2018. I was awarded as one of the promising junior researchers at LTU for the academic year 2020-2021.
I am currently leading a team of six researchers (4 PhD students and 2 postdoc researchers) and I have built strong connections for international student internships and education via the Erasmus+ programme. I have been granted funding and participated in >20 interdisciplinary research projects under different roles (as PI or co-PI), supported by EU Horizon 2020, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Kempe Foundations, the Carl Trygger Foundation, Formas, CH2ESS- Centre for Hydrogen Energy Systems Sweden, BioInnovation-VINNOVA and Bio4Energy.
My research focuses on the enzymatic conversion of renewable feedstocks to high added-value products, such as fuels and chemicals. The ultimate goal is to create novel, green and sustainable processes based on enzymes in order to facilitate the Green Transition towards a carbon neutral society.
Among my research interests are:
- Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
- Hydrogen chemical storage
- Plastics degradation
- Plant biomass valorisation and
- Life cycle analysis of bio-based products.
Courses
- B0004K Unit Operations
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- B7003K Bioprocess Engineering
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Ongoing projects
- REFORM
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- Renewable hydrogen production and storage via biotechnological routes
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- Valorization of industrial CO2 emissions to methanol: A novel biotechnological approach
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- A CO2 Capture and Storage digital technology for industrial decarbonization
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- VIVALDI
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- INSURANCE
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- TAILOR-MADE - Use of mine tailings to carbonate minerals by a symbiotic CC and DAC bio-strategy
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- BIOHOLISTIC - Developing integrated bioprocesses for a holistic chemical recycling of plastic
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- Processing of organosolv fractions for a functionalization and valorisation in biobased materials
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- ECO-FORCE FUELS
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- UNLOCK
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