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URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/chemical-engineering/events/seminar-biomass-valori
 zation-sustainable-bioeconomy
LOCATION:E6 - Engineering 6 Room 2024 200 University Ave West Waterloo ON N
 2L 3G1 Canada
SUMMARY:Seminar/ Biomass Valorization for Sustainable Bioeconomy
CLASS:PUBLIC
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT:I\n\nIt is clear\, that by mid-century\, to avoid the 
 worst-case scenarios of\nanthropogenic climate change\, our society will h
 ave to rely on\nsustainable and renewable resources rather than fossil fue
 ls. Biomass\nis a key proposed component of several climate mitigation str
 ategies\,\nwith substantial involvement of future energy and material syst
 ems.\nThe general objective of my research is utilizing biomass\,\nphoto/b
 io/electro-catalysts\, and cell factories to design and\nfabricate renewab
 le and sustainable bioproducts and systems\, via\nbioinspired routes\, for
  Energy\, Environmental\, and Biomedical\napplication. These hybrid techno
 logy approaches provide potential\nroute to economically viable energy pro
 duction (hydrogen + biofuels) +\nbiomass CO2 captured negative emission te
 chnologies (NET)\n(biomaterials + biochemicals)\, thus are clearly an impo
 rtant early\nstep in the complete decarbonization of our society. In this\
 npresentation\, I will introduce our new technology platform of using\npho
 tocatalysis and photo/electro-bio hybrid system for biomass\nvalorization.
  I will also talk about our recent progress on design and\nfabrication of 
 cellulose based materials with genetically engineered\nproteins for biomed
 ical application
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