Algal Biorefinery

Ajay K. Dalai is a Distinguished Professor and Canada Research Chair in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Vaibhav V. Goud is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, India. Sonil Nanda is a Research Associate in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Venu Babu Borugadda is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

1. Algae as a bioresource for clean fuels, carbon sequestration and wastewater reclamation 2. Algal cultivation systems and photobioreactor designs 3. Strategic approaches to enhance lipid accumulation in microalgae for bioprospecting 4. Biodiesel production from algae through catalytic transesterification 5. Production of energy dense bio-oil from algal biomass via different thermochemical pathways 6. Technological advances in bio-crude production and lipid extraction from algae 7. Hydrothermal gasification of biomass to produce hydrogen-rich syngas 8. Production of bio-jet and synthetic fuels via catalytic and supercritical fluid upgrading of algal bio-crude oil 9. Algal-derived physiologically active nutraceuticals: Dietary supplements, vitamins, carotenoids, fatty acids and other novel products 10. Algal-derived pharmaceuticals: Antimicrobial, antiviral, antifungal, neuroprotective products, therapeutic proteins and drugs 11. Techno-economic analysis of algal biorefineries 12. Lifecycle assessment of microalgal biorefinery