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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. D. Weissbrodt
DTSTART:20210630T093000
DTEND:20210630T103000
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. David Weissbrodt\n09:30 – 10:30 – Prof. David Weissb
 rodt\nTenure-track assistant professor\, Delft University of Technology\, 
 The Netherlands\n\nEngineering microbiomes for resource recovery and circu
 larity\n\nThe water and waste engineering sector faces new challenges to r
 ecover valuable resources from used streams\, while protecting health and 
 the environment. From our anthropogenic metabolisms\, massive loads of org
 anic matter\, nitrogen and phosphorus are wasted daily through wastewater.
  Million tons of biosolids are dissipated per year\, untapped beyond incin
 eration. Large amounts of greenhouse gases are emitted and drive global wa
 rming.\nEnvironmental biotechnologies harness the diversity and metabolic 
 power of microorganisms that regulate biogeochemical cycles in nature. The
 se open bio-based solutions capture used organics and nutrients\, convert 
 liquid and solid wastes into high-value chemicals\, biomaterials\, food in
 gredients or energy\, and mitigate carbon and nitrogen oxides. Engineering
  their functional microbiomes is an essential task to concentrate resource
 s and reduce entropy.\nThe management of microbial resources entails a det
 ailed knowledge of microorganisms and metabolisms distributed across compl
 ex community networks. With the advent of sequencing\, substrate labeling\
 , mass spectrometry\, imaging\, bioinformatics and mathematical modeling\,
  advanced methods of systems (micro)biology\, multi-omics\, ecophysiology 
 and quantitative biotechnology can help crack metabolic puzzles in microbi
 al biorefineries.\nWith this lecture\, I will guide you on the best practi
 ces for engineering microbiomes to capture carbon and nutrients from aqueo
 us and agri-food wastes. First\, I will present latest biosynthetic elucid
 ations of mixed cultures directed to valorize extracellular polymeric subs
 tances from sewage\, with high-tech biomaterial applications in civil engi
 neering. Second\, I will demonstrate how we can harness the metabolic vers
 atility of phototrophic microorganisms in light-driven scalable technologi
 es for resource cycling in remote environments\, and sustain nutrition.\n\
 nShort bio:\nI am an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnolog
 y at TU Delft\, The Netherlands\, leading the Environmental Life Science E
 ngineering Group. I hold a MSc in Environmental Sciences & Engineering and
  a PhD in Environment from EPFL\, after professional training in Chemical 
 Engineering for Life Technologies at HES-SO Valais/Wallis in Sion. I was a
  postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich and Process Engineering Department
  at Eawag\, and joint SNF fellow at TU Delft and Center for Microbial Comm
 unities at Aalborg University\, Denmark. In Delft\, I pioneer microbiome s
 cience & engineering and multi-omics data integration for mixed-culture bi
 otechnology & biorefinery and environmental & health protection. My resear
 ch and academic program were rewarded by peers of the International Water 
 Association with the inaugural 2019 IWA MEWE Early Career Researcher Award
  received at University of Hiroshima\, Japan. I foster peer learning with 
 young professionals in Civil Engineering & Geosciences and Life Science & 
 Technology. I received one of the Best Teachers of the Year Awards in Envi
 ronmental Engineering in 2017/18 and 2018/19. With my team\, I interact wi
 th innovation partners and authorities to develop responsible and scalable
  solutions for environmental resource biorecovery and sustainability in di
 fferent living contexts.
LOCATION:https://epfl.zoom.us/j/66083812470
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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