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: 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