Advances in Feedstock Conversion Technologies for Alternative Fuels and Bioproducts

Dr. Majid Hosseini has earned both his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from The University of Akron in Ohio, United States, while also holding a professional certificate in Innovation and Technology from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Massachusetts, United States. He has also completed an MSE degree in Manufacturing Engineering at UTRGV in Texas, United States and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran. Dr. Hosseini is the editor of multiple high caliber books, has published several peer reviewed research articles and book chapters, and has co-invented patents application technologies. He has served as a key speaker at multiple international conferences and has been actively engaged in technology development. In recognition of his contributions to science and service, he has received several awards and certificate of recognitions. Dr. Hosseini’s research interests, expertise, and experiences are diverse, ranging from biofuels and bioenergy, bioprocess engineering and development, industrial biotechnology, and sustainability to smart bio/nanomaterials, smart polymers and coatings, nanoparticles, and bio/nanotechnology.

• 1. Micro-scale and macro-scale modelling of microalgae cultivation in photobioreactor: A review and perspective2. Cell wall disruption: a critical up-stream process for biofuel production3. Enhancing carbohydrate productivity in photosynthetic microorganism production: A comparison between cyanobacteria and microalgae and the effect of cultivation systems4. Production of ethanol from brown algae5. Approaches to improve the quality of microalgae biodiesel: challenges and future prospects6. Biosequestration of carbon dioxide from flue gases by algae 7. Using Microalgae for treating Wastewater  8. Jerusalem artichoke: A promising feedstock for bioethanol production9. Recent advances and future prospective of biogas production10. Recent Advances in lipid extraction for Biodiesel production11. Synthesis of catalyst support from waste biomass for impregnation of catalysts in biofuel production12. Heterogeneous Catalytic Conversion of Rapeseed Oil to Methyl Esters: Optimization and Kinetic Study13. Fatty acid profiling of biofuels produced from microalgae, vegetable oil, and waste vegetable oil14. The challenges to produce an oxidation stable and an acceptable cloud point biodiesel from lipid sources15. Supercritical Extraction of Value-Added Compounds from Empty Fruit Bunch: An Optimization Study by Response Surface Methodology 16. Progress in anaerobic digestion of manures17. Thermochemical processes aimed at the energy valorization of cow manure from feedlots18. Environmental concerns on the production of Value Added Bio-products from Residual Renewable Sources  19. LCA of First-, Second- generation and Micro-algae Biofuels