Time: 9:00-10:00 a.m. 05/27/2016
Location: Meeting Room of Division Basic on Energy
Dr. Min S. Park
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan
Abstract:
Among the many challenges that have been preventing microalgal biotechnology from becoming industrialized, the lack of novel technologies are the major reason. Fortunately the large investment for the last eight to ten years made it possible for the field to visualize the potential paths forward and a step closer to make the microalgae industry a reality. Within this context, the present talk will discuss the key bottlenecks in each segment of the entire value chain of algal biofuels and products. Then it will present the approaches and progresses that Advanced Biomass R&D Center (ABC) in Korea. These include strain selection and improvement using natural selection, adaptive evolution, genetic modification, poly-culture system with crop rotation, dynamic filtration combined with electro-flotation, direct in-situ trans-esterification and hydrothermal liquefaction, and production of green jet fuels.
Introduction：
Min S. Park is a CAS-visiting scholar to Center for Microalgal Biotechnology and Biofuels, Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Min served as the Deputy Director of Advanced Biomass R&D Center (ABC， US$100 million), Korea. Before joining ABC, Min has been active in Los Alamos National Laboratory for 24 years. He was a member of the leadership team that created TB Structural Genomics Consortium funded by NIH ($30 million）and for co-authored the LANL Algal Biofuels Roadmap that became the foundation of LANL’s strategy to develop the National Alliance for Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts (NAABB, $50 million) funded by US DOE. He has served on national and international scientific review panels including DOE, NSF, NIH, MRC, and WHO.
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