On Friday 25 April, PhD candidate Cristian Bolano Losada (NMBU) defended his thesis "Exploring lignocellulose-based fermentation for sustainable co-production of lipids and other valuable chemicals by Mucoromycota fungi".
Cristian Bolano Losada, Faculty of Science and Technology (NMBU), has been working in Bio4Fuels Work Package 3.3 "Fermentation". The Norwegian title of his thesis is "Utforsking av lignocellulosebasert fermentering for bærekraftig samproduksjon av lipider og andre verdifulle kjemikalier ved bruk av Mucoromycota-sopp".
Here you can read an interview (in Norwegian) with Cristian Bolano Losada.
Main supervisor:
Professor Volha Shapaval, REALTEK, NMBU
Co-supervisors:
Professor Achim Kohler, REALTEK, NMBU
Professor Svein Jarle Horn, KBM, NMBU
Dr Boris Zimmermann, REALTEK, NMBU
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture: "Microbial platforms for the bioconversion of organic waste into high-value products: Opportunities and challenges"
Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Milan Certik, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
Second opponent: PhD Nils Kristian Afseth, Nofima, Norway
Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Pelin Kocatürk Schumacher, REALTEK, NMBU
The thesis will be made available in NMBU Brage.