Country: Belgium 

Institution: VITO

Email: leen.bastiaens@vito.be

Website: www.vito.be  

Key investigations of VITO:

• Membrane based algae harvesting & water recirculation
• Cell disruption
• Fractionation/extraction of crude extracts & purifications/conversion of crude fractions
• Analytics
• From lab to pilot scale

Key publications of VITO:

• Gunerken E., E. D’hondt, M.H.M. Eppink, L. Garcia-Gonzalez, K. Elst, R.H. Wijffels. 2015. Cell disruption for microalgae biorefineries. Biotechnology advances. Volume 33, Issue 2, Pages 243-260
• Servaes, K., M. Maesen, B. Prandi, S. Sforza, K. Elst.   Polar Lipid Profile of Nannochloropsis oculata Determined Using a Variety of Lipid Extraction Procedures. J. Agric. Food Chem. 63 (15):3931-3941.
• De Baerdemaeker T., Lemmens B., Dotremont C., Fret J., Roef L., Goiris K., Diels L. 2013. Benchmark study on algae harvesting with backwashable submerged flat panel membranes. Biores. Technol., 129, 582-591.
• Bijttebier, S.K.A., D’Hondt, E., Hermans, N., Apers, S. and S. Voorspoels. 2013. Unravelling ionization and fragmentation pathways of carotenoids using orbitrap technology: a first step towards identification of unknowns. Journal of Mass Spectrometry 48: 740-754.
• Pilot infrastructure – http://www.sunbuilt.be/

 

Country: Spain

Institution: IMDEA Energy

Email: diego.iribarren@imdea.org

Website: http://www.energy.imdea.org/

Key investigations:

• Life cycle sustainability assessment and data envelopment analysis of energy systems
• Simulation and exergy analysis of energy processes
• Energy system modelling

Key publications:

• Serrano DP, Dufour J, Iribarren D. On the feasibility of producing hydrogen with net carbon fixation by the decomposition of vegetable and microalgal oils. Energy & Environmental Science 5 (3): 6126-6135 (2012).

• Iribarren D, Vázquez-Rowe I, Rugani B, Benetto E. On the feasibility of using emergy analysis as a source of benchmarking criteria through data envelopment analysis: A case study for wind energy. Energy 67: 527-537 (2014).

• Peters JF, Iribarren D, Dufour J. Biomass pyrolysis for biochar or energy applications? A life cycle assessment. Environmental Science & Technology 49 (8): 5195-5202 (2015).

Country: Spain

Institution: University of  Vigo

Email: adopico@uvigo.es

Website:https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ana_Dopico/publicationshttp://i-mark.webs.uvigo.es/el-equipo/

Key investigations:

• Relationship marketing.
• Corporate Social Responsibility

Key publications:

• Dopico, A; Rodríguez, R. y González, E. (2014). Valoración de la RSC por el consumidor y medición de su efecto sobre las compras. Revista de Administração de Empresas (RAE) , V. 54, n. 1, Enero-Febrero. Pp 39-52.

• Dopico, A; Rodríguez, R. y González, E (2012). La responsabilidade Social y los stakeholders: Un análisis cluster. Revista Galega de Economía., Vol. 21 nº 1.

• Dopico, A; Mazaira, A y González, E.(2006). El efecto moderador de la jerarquía del proveedor para el cliente en las relaciones comerciales entre empresas industriales.Revista Europea de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa. Vol. 15, nº 1.

• Mazaira, A.; Dopico, A e González, E. (2004). El marketing desde una visión empresarial basada en los recursos: una aproximación conceptual a las capacidades estratégicas de marketing y al desarrollo de sus instrumentos de medida. Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de la Empresa. Vol 10, nº, pp. 31-67.

Country: Spain

Institution:  University of Vigo

Email: cachu@uvigo.es

Website: http://i-mark.webs.uvigo.es/

Key investigations:

• Rivalry and Compettition
• Service Marketing
• Consumer Behaviour

Key publications:

• Otero-Neira, Varela, J. & Garcia, T. (2010), “Competitive Reaction to the Introduction of a New Product: An Exploratory Market Signaling Study”, Journal of Strategic Marketing, Vol. 18, No. 5, August , pp. 379–394.

• Otero Neira, C., Fernández-Arias, M:J:, & Lindman, M. (2013), “  Market orientation and entrepreneurial proclivity: antecedents of innovation”, Global Business Review, Vol 14 (3), pp. S385-395.

• Padin, C.; Svensson, G.; Otero-Neira, C.; & Høgevold, N. M. (2015) “New Aspects of Research to Assess and Manage Critical Incidents in Service Encounters: Teleological Actions, Interactive Interface and Perceptual Gaps”, International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management , 27 (1), pp. 27-51.

• Bande, B.; Fernández, P.; Varela-Neira, C.; Otero-Neira, C. (2016). “Exploring the relationship between servant leadership, intrinsic motivation and performance in an industrial sales setting”, Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 31 Iss 2 pp. 219 – 231. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JBIM-03-2014-0046.

• Otero-Neira, C.; Varela-Neira, C.; Bande, B. ( 2016-forthcomming.), “Supervisory servant leadership and employee’s work role performance: a multilevel mediation model”, Leadership & Organization Development Journal, forthcomming.

Country: Portugal

Institution: Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal

Email: camsilva@ciencias.ulisboa.pt

Website: https://ciencias.ulisboa.pt/pt/perfil/camsilva

Key investigations:

• Sustainable mobility;
• Biofuels;
• Biorrefinery concept.

Key publications:

• Microalgae biomass production using wastewater: Treatment and costs. Scale-up considerations. Algal Research 16 (2016) 167–176; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.03.010

• A comparison between microalgae virtual biorefinery arrangements for bio-oil production based on lab-scale results. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 130, 1 September 2016, Pages 58 –67; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.053

• Reducing the carbon footprint of urban bus fleets using multi-objective optimization. Volume 93, Part 1, 15 December 2015, Pages 1089–1104; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2015.09.112

Country: GreeceInstitution: University of ThessalyEmail: kkormas@uth.gr        Website: https://sites.google.com/site/kkormas/Key investigations:

• Microalgae and Cyanobacteria
• Bacteria & Archaea
• Diversity
• Biological interactions

Key publications:

• Kurmayer R, Christiansen G, Kormas K, Vyverman W, Verleyen E, Ramos V, Moreira C, Vasconcelos V (2017) Sampling and metadata. In: Kurmayer R, Sivonen K, Wilmotte A, Salmaso N (eds) A handbook on molecular tools for the detection and quantification of toxigenic cyanobacteria. John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1-119-33210-7, IN PRESS

• Genitsaris S, Stefanidou N, Katsiapi M, Vardaka E, Kormas KA, Sommer U, Moustaka-Gouni M (2016) Haematococcus: a successful air-dispersed colonist in ephemeral waters is rarely found in phytoplankton communities. Turk. J. Bot. 40:427-438

• Meziti A, Tsementzi D, Kormas KA, Karayanni H, Konstantinidis KT (2016) Anthropogenic effects on bacterial diversity and function along a river-to-estuary gradient in Northwest Greece revealed by metagenomics. Environ. Microbiol. 18:4640-4652

• Vardaka E, Kormas KA, Katsiapi M, Genitsaris S, Moustaka-Gouni M (2016) Molecular diversity of bacteria in commercially available “Spirulina” food supplements. PeerJ 4:e1610

• Nikouli E, Kormas KA, Berillis P, Karayanni H, Moustaka-Gouni M (2013) Harmful and parasitic unicellular eukaryotes persist in a shallow lake under reconstruction (L. Karla, Greece). Hydrobiologia 718:73-83

Country: Portugal

Institution: LNEG – National Laboratory of Energy and Geology, IP.

Email: luisa.gouveia@lneg.pt

Website: www.lneg.pt

Key investigations:

• Microalgae_food_ feed
• Lipid and pigment induction
• Biofuel-based microalgae (H2, biogas, bioethanol, biodiesel)
• Wastewater treatment
• CO2 mitigation
• Supercritical CO2 extraction of bioactive high-value compounds from microalgae
• Microalgae biomass harvesting
• Microalgae Biorefineries
• Life Cycle Analysis

 Key publications:

• Ferreira, A.F.; Ribeiro, L.; Batista, A.P.; Marques P.A.S.S., Nobre, B.P., Palavra, A.M.F.; Silva, P.P.; Gouveia, L.; Silva, C. (2013). A Biorefinery from Nannochloropsis microalga – Energy and CO₂ emission and economic analyses. Bioresource Technology 138, 235-244.

• Ferreira, A.; Ortigueira, J.; Alves, L.; Gouveia, L.; Moura, P.; Silva, C. (2013). Energy requirement and CO₂ emissions of bioH₂ production from microalgal biomass. Biomass & Bioenergy 49, 249-259.

• Ferreira, A.F.; Ortigueira, J.; Alves, L.; Gouveia, L.; Moura, P.; Silva, C.M. (2013). Biohydrogen production from microalgal biomass: energy requirement, CO₂ emissions and scale-up scenarios. Bioresource Technology 144, 156-164

Country: Spain 

Institution: University of Almería

Email: facien@ual.es

Website: http://www.ual.es

Key investigations:

• “Valorization of wastewaters by usign microalgae/bacteria consortia (EDARSOL)”, Spanish Goverment, 2015-2017.
• “Management of mine water discharges to mitigate environmental risks for post-mining period”, RFCR-CT-2013-00005, European Project, 2013-2016.
• “Modeling, simulation and optimization of photobioreactors (MACROBIO)”, Spanish Government, 2016-2018.

Key publications:

• Claudio Ledda, Andrea Schievano, Barbara Scaglia, Mara Rossoni, Francisco Gabriel Acién Fernández, Fabrizio Adani (2016) Integration of microalgae production with anaerobic digestion of dairy cattle manure: an overall mass and energy balance of the process. Journal of Cleaner Production 112: 103–112.

• Davide Ippoliti, Cintia Gómez, María del Mar Morales-Amaral, Rossella Pistocchi, J.M. Fernández-Sevilla, F. Gabriel Acién (2016) Modeling of photosynthesis and respiration rate for Isochrysis galbana (T-Iso) and its influence on the production of this strain. Bioresource Technology 203: 71–79.

• M. Morales-Amaral, C. Gómez-Serrano, F.G. Acién Fernández, J.M. Fernández-Sevilla, E. Molina-Grima (2015) Outdoor production of Scenedesmus sp. in thin-layer and raceway reactors using centrate from anaerobic digestion as the sole nutrient source. Algal Research 12: 99–108.

• López-González, M. Puig-Gamero, F.G. Acién, F. Cuadra, J.L. Valverde, L. Sanchez-Silva (2015) Energetic, economic and environmental assessment of the pyrolysis and combustion of microalgae and their oils. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 51: 1752-1770.

Country: Portugal

Institution: IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa

Email: filipa.ferreira@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Website: https://fenix.ist.utl.pt:443/homepage/ist90347

Key investigations:

• Life cycle analysis
• Alternative biomass
• Conversion technologies
• Biorefineries
• Emissions
• Particle matter
• Biofuels

Key publications:

• Luísa Gouveia, Sofia Graça; Catarina Sousa; Lucas Ambrosano; Belina Ribeiro; Elberis P. Botrel; Pedro Castro Neto; Ana F. Ferreira, Carla M. Silva. Microalgae biomass production using wastewater: treatment and costs. Scale-up considerations. Algal Research, 2016; 16, 167-176.

• Carla Silva, Ana Ferreira, Ana Paula Dias, Mário Costa. A comparison between microalgae virtual biorefinery arrangements for bio-oil production based on lab-scale results. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016.

• Ana Ferreira, Ana Paula Dias, Carla Silva, Mário Costa. Evaluation of thermochemical properties of raw and extracted microalgae. Energy, 2015; 92 (3), 365–372.

• Ferreira A.F., Ribeiro L.; Batista A.P., Marques P.A.S.S., Nobre B.P., Palavra, A.M.F., Silva P.P., Gouveia L., Silva C.M. A Biorefinery from Nannochloropsis sp. microalga – Energy and CO2 emission and economic analyses. Bioresource Technology 2013; 138:235-244.

• Ferreira A.F., Ortigueira J., Alves L., Gouveia L., Moura P., Silva C.M. Energy requirement and CO2 emissions of BioH2 production from microalgal biomass. Biomass and Bioenergy 2013; 49: 249-259

• Ferreira A.F., Marques A.C, Batista A.P, Marques P.A.S.S., Gouveia L., Silva C.M. Biological hydrogen production by Anabaena sp. – yield, energy and CO2 analysis including fermentative biomass recovery. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2012; 37(1): 179- 90.

Country: Spain

Institution: Universidad de Vigo

Email: egzlez@uvigo.es

Website: http://i-mark.webs.uvigo.es/

Key investigations:

• marketing
• Responsabilidad Social Empresarial
• Comportamiento ecológico

Key publications:

• Dopico Parada, A.; Rodriguez Daponte, R y González Vázquez, E. “Valoración de la RSC por el consumidor y medición de su efecto sobre las compras”. Revista de Administracao de Empresas (RAE). 2014. ISSN: 034-7590 Vol. 54, nº 1, Janeiro- Fevereiro, pg. 39-52

• López Miguens, Mª J.; González Vázquez, E. y Bernal Turnes, P. “Trust from a multilevel and multidimensional perspective”. Revista de Administracao de Empresas (RAE). 2014. ISSN: 034-7590  54, nº 2, Marzo-Abril, pg. 187-200

• López Miguens, M. J.; Álvarez González, P.; González Vázquez, E “Conocimiento, valores e intenciones como determinante del comportamiento ecológico”. RIS [online] 2015, 73 (3), e018. REVISTA INTERNACIONAL DE SOCIOLOGÍA. ISSN-L: 0034-9712 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/ris.2015.73.3.e018

 

Country: Spain

Institution: Universidad de Vigo

Email: rocio@uvigo.es

Website: http://i-mark.webs.uvigo.es/

Key investigations:

• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Family Business

Key publications:

• Rodríguez Daponte, R. (2006). La experiencia internacional. El sector de las conservas de pescado. ISSN 0212-7377, pag. 77-99, nº.68.

• Rodríguez Daponte, R. y González Vázquez, E. (2006). Características internas en el proceso de internacionalización: Las peculiaridades de la empresa familiar. ICE. ISSN 0214-8307 pag. 45-60, nº. 2891. Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio.

• Rodríguez Daponte, R., Dopico Parada, A. y González Vázquez, E. (2009). The Vision of Ngos about the csr in the euroregion of Galicia- North of Portugal, ISBN 978-84-692-5174-4. European Academic Publishers.

• Dopico Parada, A.I., Rodríguez Daponte, R y González Vázquez, E. (2012). Corporate Social Responsability and stakeholders: A cluster analysis. Revista Galega de Economía. ISSN 1132-2799, pag. 99-114. nº. 21.

• Rodríguez Daponte, R. y Dopico Parada, A.I. (2012). RSE y Stakeholders: La visión de las empresas de Galicia ante los distintos grupos de interés, en Responsabilidad social empresarial:Miradas plurales, un interés singular. ISBN 9789588366579, pag. 125-150. UNAULA.

• Dopico Parada, A.I., Rodríguez Daponte, R y González Vázquez, E. (2014). CSR valuation by the consumer and measurement of its effect on the purchases Revista de Administración de Empresas. RAE. ISSN 0034-7590, pag. 39-52, nº. 54 nº1

Country: Latvia

Institution: Riga Technical University, Institute of Energy Systems and Environment

Email: karina.balina@rtu.lv

Website: http://www.videszinatne.lv

Key investigations:

• Potential use of algae in value added products, algae role in bioeconomy
• Cultivation of selected algae species in lab conditions.
• Life Cycle Assessment to evaluate the overall environmental performances of a micro-algae based system.

Key publications:

• Balina K., Romagnoli F., Blumberga D. Chemical Composition and Potential Use of Fucus Vesiculosus from Gulf of Riga. Energy Procedia, 2016, pp. xx-xx

• Balina K., Balode M., Blumberga D. Impact of Synthetic Hormone 17α-Ethinylestradiol on Growth of Microalgae Desmodesmus Communis. Agronomy Research, 2015, Vol.13, No.2, pp.445-454

• Balina K., Romagnoli F., Pastare L., Blumberga D. Use of Macroalgae for Bioenergy Production in Latvia: Review on Potential Availability of Marine Coastline Species. 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 2015, pp.00-00

• Balina K., Balode M., Putna I. Effects of the Synthetic Hormone 17α-Ethinylestradiol on Aquatic Organisms of Different Trophic Levels. Conference “Environmental Science and education in Latvia and Europe”: theses, 2014, pp.16-17

Country: Portugal

Institution: LEPABE – Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto

Email: amartins@fe.up.pt

Website: https://paginas.fe.up.pt/~lepabe/

               http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4930-078X 

               https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonio_Martins2?ev=hdr_xprf  

Key investigations:

• Sustainability Assessment
• Life Cycle Assesment of Biofuels
• Process design and development

Key publications:

• Mata TM, Martins AA, Caetano NS. 2010. Microalgae for Biodiesel Production and Other Applications: A Review. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Review 14 (1), 217-232. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2009.07.020  

• Ribeiro LA, Silva PP, Mata TM., Martins AA. 2015. Prospects of using microalgae for biofuels production: results of a Delphi study. Renewable Energy 75:799-804. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.10.065

• Mata, TM; Mendes, AM., Caetano NS, Martins, AA. 2014. Sustainability and Economic Evaluation of Microalgae Grown in Brewery Wastewater. Bioresource Technology 168: 151-158.: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.091.

• Mata, TM; Martins, AA; Sikdar, S; Costa, CAV; Caetano, NS. 2013. Sustainability Analysis of Biofuel Processes through the Supply Chain using Indicators. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessment 3, 53-60. DOI:10.1016/j.seta.2013.06.001.

• Mata TM; Martins AA; Sikdar S; Costa CAV. 2011. Sustainability Considerations of Biodiesel Based on Supply Chain Analysis. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 13 (5):655-671. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10098-010-0346-9

• Morais S., Mata TM, Martins AA, Pinto GA, Costa CAV. 2010. Simulation and Life Cycle Assessment of Process Design Alternatives for Biodiesel Production from Waste Vegetable Oils. Journal of Cleaner Production 18, 1251-1259. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.04.014

Country: UK

Institution: AlgaeCytes Ltd

Email : johndodd@algaecytes.com

Website: www.algaecytes.com

Key investigations:

• Omega 3 (EPA) algal oils commercialisation

• New microalgal products for the nutraceutical and cosmeceutical markets

• Bioprocessing/biorefining

Key publications:

 

1. AlgaeCytes has patent application (WO2012101459 A3) on continuous phototrophic algal production of a specific Omega oil (EPA) co-authored by Dr. Dodd.

 

2. DODD, J.C., BURTON, C., BURNS, R.G. & JEFFRIES, P. (1987). Soil phosphatase activity around roots of three host plants infected with VAM fungi. New Phytologist 107, 163‑172.

3. DODD, J.C., GIANINAZZI-PEARSON, V., ROSENDAHL, S. & WALKER, C. (1994) European Bank of Glomales – An essential tool for efficient international and interdisciplinary collaboration. In: Impact of Arbuscular Mycorrhizas on Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Ecosystems. Eds. S. Gianinazzi and H. Schuepp. Birkhauser Press, Basel, Switzerland. pp 41-46.

4. DODD, J.C. & ROSENDAHL, S. (1996) The BEG Expert System – A multi media identification system for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. Mycorrhiza 6, 275-278.

5. DODD, J.C., PRUSKY, D. & JEFFRIES, P. (1997) Fruit Diseases. In: The Mango. (Ed.) R.E.Litz. CAB International Press, Wallingford, Oxon., UK. pp. 257-280.

6. DODD, J.C., BODDINGTON, C.L, RODRIGUEZ, A., GONZALEZ-CHAVEZ, C. & MANSUR, I. (2000) Mycelium of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) from different genera: form, function and detection. Plant and Soil 226:131-151.

7. JEFFRIES, P. & DODD, J.C. (2000) Molecular Ecology of Mycorrhizal Fungi. In: Applied Microbial Systematics Eds. Priest, F.G., Goodfellow, M. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. pp. 73-105.

Country: FRANCE 

Institution: Inria

Email: quentin.bechet@inria.fr

Key investigations:

• Impact of temperature on algal productivity in outdoor cultivation systems
• Optimisation of algal productivity
• Assessment of the environmenatl impacts of mass-scale algal cultivation

Key publications:

• Béchet, Q.; Shilton, A.; Guieysse, B. Modeling the effects of light and temperature on algae growth: State of the art and critical assessment for productivity prediction during outdoor cultivation. Adv. 2013, 31 (8), 1648–1663.

• Guieysse, B.; Béchet, Q.; Shilton, A. Variability and uncertainty in water demand and water footprint assessments of fresh algae cultivation based on case studies from five climatic regions. Technol. 2013, 128, 317–323.

• Béchet, Q.; Shilton, A.; Guieysse, B. Full-scale validation of a model of algal productivity. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (23), 13826–13833.

Country: Spain

Institution: Research group I-Mark

Email: paula_ag@uvigo.es

Website: http://i-mark.webs.uvigo.es/el- equipo/

Key investigations:

• Ecological Consumer
• Marketing
• Consumer behavior

Key publications:

• Álvarez González, Paula; López Miguens, M. Jesús; González Vázquez, Encarnación (2015). The Ecological consumer’s profile in Spain, Esic Market, No. 151, 241-297.

• López Miguens, M. Jesús; Álvarez González, Paula; González Vázquez, Encarnación (2015). Conocimiento, valores e intenciones como determinantes del comportamiento ecológico, Revista Internacional de Sociología, Vol. 73, No. 3, e018.

• López Miguens, M. Jesús; Álvarez González, Paula; González Vázquez, Encarnación; García Rodríguez, M. José (2015). Medidas del comportamiento ecológico y antecedentes: conceptualización y validación empírica de escalas, Universitas Psychologica, Vol. 14, No. 1.

• López Miguens, M. Jesús; González Vázquez, Encarnación; García Rodríguez, M. José; Álvarez González, Paula (2014). Empirical evidence of the influence of environmental concern on the ecological behaviour of the consumer / Evidencia empírica de la influencia de la preocupación ambiental sobre el comportamiento ecológico del consumidor, Psyecology: Revista Bilingüe de Psicología Ambiental / Bilingual Journal of Environmental Psychology,Vol. 5, pp. 58-90.

Country: Spain

Institution: University of Vigo

Email: chusl@uvigo.es

Website: http://i-mark.webs.uvigo.es/

Key investigations:

• E-Markting
• Corporate social responsibility
• Employability

Key publications:

• López Miguens, Mª Jesús; González Vázquez, Encarnación; Bernal Turnes, Paloma (2014). Trust from a multilevel and multidimensional perspective. Revista de Administracao de Empresas.

• López Miguens, Mª Jesús; Álvarez González, Paula; González Vázquez, Encarnación; García Rodríguez, Mª José (2015). Medidas del comportamiento ecológico y antecedentes. Conceptualización y validación empírica de escalas. Universitas Psychologica.

• López Miguens, Mª Jesús; Álvarez González, Paula; González Vázquez, Encarnación (2015). Conocimiento, valores e intenciones como determinantes del comportamiento ecológico. Revista Internacional de Sociología.

Country: Netherlands

Institution: MavIndEc

Email: vill.mar@mail.com

Key investigations:

• Industrial ecologist, specialized in prospective life cycle assessment targeted at improving the quality of early stage development of novel technologies.
• ECOSIVE project: using microalgae resources safely and sustainably in non industrialised communities to make biobased adhesives and wood and panel materials.
• MSc thesis: prospective LCA, using an EU level scenario, on a novel technology for metal recovery from e-waste.
• LCA on the potential environmental impacts of a novel supercritical dyeing process for synthetic textiles.

Key publications:

• Applying an ex ante life cycle perspective to metal recovery from e-waste using bioleaching. Journal of Cleaner Production 2016. 129:315–328. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.04.066

• Does ex ante application enhance the usefulness of LCA? Paper under review at International Journal of LCA.

Country: Norway

Institution: Uni Research AS

Email: dorinde.kleinegris@uni.no