Hemicellulose Biorefinery: A Sustainable Solution for Value Addition to Bio-Based Products and Bioenergy

Dr. Michel Brienzo is a researcher at São Paulo State University (Unesp), Institute for Research in Bioenergy (IPBEN), working in Biomass Characterization for Bioenergy and Biorefinery, coordinating the Lab of Characterization and Conversion of Biomass.  Dr. Brienzo holds B.Eng in Biochemical with an emphasis in Biotechnology and a Ph.D. grade in Applied Microbiology Sciences from the University of São Paulo (USP). Dr. Brienzo worked as a researcher for 3 years at the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology (Inmetro), working in the physicochemical characterization of biomass and enzymatic digestibility of lignocellulose (chemistry and enzymology of biomass bioconversion). Dr. Brienzo has a post-doctoral position achieved at Stellenbosch University (South Africa) in the Process Engineering Department studying physicochemical properties of biomass. Dr. Brienzo researches are focused mainly on the biomass chemical and physicochemical properties, polysaccharides extraction, pretreatment, and enzymatic hydrolysis. Hemicellulose has special attention on his projects that study its solubilization, conversion into bioactive compounds, and bioplastic/biomaterials obtaining.

Chapter 1. Hemicelluloses role in biorefinery systems of cellulosic bioethanol, particleboard and, pulp and paper industries.- Chapter 2. Sustainable Biorefinery Processing for Hemicellulose Fractionation and Biobased Products in a Circular Bioeconomy.- Chapter 3. Production of hemicellulosic sugars from residual lignocellulosic biomass in an integrated small‑scale biorefinery: techno‑economic and life cycle assessments.- Chapter 4. Composition and chemical structure of hemicelluloses and polysaccharides with capability of gel formation.- Chapter 5. Analytical techniques applied to hemicellulose structure and functional characterization.- Chapter 6. Chemical modification strategies for developing functionalized hemicellulose: Advanced applications of modified hemicellulose.- Chapter 7. Enzymatic approach on the hemicellulose chain structural modification and the main enzymes production and purification.- Chapter 8. Hemicellulose application for the production of bioplastics and biomaterials.- Chapter 9. Oligosaccharides from lignocellulosic biomass and their biological and physicochemical properties.- Chapter 10. Advances and new perspectives in prebiotic, probiotic and symbiotic products for food nutrition and feed.- Chapter 11. Hemicellulose sugar fermentation: hydrolysate challenges, microorganisms, and value-added products.-Chapter 12. Production of Platform Chemicals and High Value Products from Hemicellulose.-Chapter 13. Synthesis of Furan Compounds from Hemicelluloses.- Chapter 14. Biomedical and pharmaceutical applications of xylan and its derivatives.- Chapter 15. Hemicellulose-based delivery systems: Focus on Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications.