Research Chemical/Biochemical Engineer, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Peoria, IL, USA.PhD (Chemical/Biological Engineering), PhD (Fermentation Technology)Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (SIMB), and American Institute of Chemists (AIC).Co-Editor, Stem cells in Regenerative Medicine (Wiley, 2015) Michigan State University, MI USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institut Pasteur Paris, and University of Lille Flanders-Artois• Sloan Fellow from London Business School and a microbiologist by training (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institut Pasteur Paris, and University of Lille Flandres-Artois). • Consulting, Partnering & Fund Raising, Founder, Managing Director, NxR Biotechnologies, Switzerland.• Dr. Vertès is a strategy and business development consultant for cell therapeutic biotech companies, and works to enable seed funding in the field. Focusing on technology deployment and innovation commercialization, he has contributed to both industrial and pharmaceutical biotechnology, in different functions including research, manufacturing, contract research, and strategic alliances in pharmaceuticals (Lilly, Pfizer, Roche). • Championed radical innovation for bringing to patients disease-modifying, paradigm-changing therapeutics such as siRNA, and led in a scientific and business manner Roche’s global cell therapeutics strategy and implementation team resulting in Roche’s entry in 2010 in the field of regenerative medicine.• Member, Industry Committee-Europe, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society• Co-Editor, Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine: Science, Regulation and Business Strategies (Wiley, 2015).

"...an excellent book on the most urgent and important problems facing mankind today: sustainability in this era of shortage, environmental degradation, and climate change." --Biz India

• PART I CELLULOSIC BIOMASS PROCESSING & BIOREFINERY ROAD MAPCHAPTER 1 An Overview of Existing Individual Unit OperationsCHAPTER 2 Biomass for Biorefining: Resources, Allocation, Utilization, and PoliciesCHAPTER 3 Biorefinery RoadmapsCHAPTER 4 Integration of (Hemi)-Cellulosic Biofuels Technologies with Chemical Pulp ProductionCHAPTER 5 Integrated Processes for Product RecoveryPART II CELLULOSIC ETHANOLCHAPTER 6 Development of Growth-Arrested Bioprocesses with Corynebacterium glutamicum for Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Complex Sugar MixturesCHAPTER 7 Consolidated Bioprocessing for Ethanol ProductionCHAPTER 8 Integration of Ethanol Fermentation with Second Generation Biofuels TechnologiesPART III CELLULOSIC BUTANOLCHAPTER 9 Mixed Sugar Fermentation by Clostridia and Metabolic Engineering for Butanol ProductionCHAPTER 10 Integrated Bioprocessing and Simultaneous Product Recovery for Butanol ProductionCHAPTER 11 Integrated Production of Butanol from GlycerolPART IV PROCESS ECONOMICS & FARM-BASED BIOREFINERYCHAPTER 12 Process Economics of Renewable Biorefineries: Butanol and Ethanol Production in Integrated Bioprocesses from Lignocellulosics and Other Industrial By-ProductsCHAPTER 13 Integrated Farm-Based Biorefinery

Research Chemical/Biochemical Engineer, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Peoria, IL, USA.PhD (Chemical/Biological Engineering), PhD (Fermentation Technology)Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (SIMB), and American Institute of Chemists (AIC).Co-Editor, Stem cells in Regenerative Medicine (Wiley, 2015) Michigan State University, MI USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institut Pasteur Paris, and University of Lille Flanders-Artois• Sloan Fellow from London Business School and a microbiologist by training (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institut Pasteur Paris, and University of Lille Flandres-Artois). • Consulting, Partnering & Fund Raising, Founder, Managing Director, NxR Biotechnologies, Switzerland.• Dr. Vertès is a strategy and business development consultant for cell therapeutic biotech companies, and works to enable seed funding in the field. Focusing on technology deployment and innovation commercialization, he has contributed to both industrial and pharmaceutical biotechnology, in different functions including research, manufacturing, contract research, and strategic alliances in pharmaceuticals (Lilly, Pfizer, Roche). • Championed radical innovation for bringing to patients disease-modifying, paradigm-changing therapeutics such as siRNA, and led in a scientific and business manner Roche’s global cell therapeutics strategy and implementation team resulting in Roche’s entry in 2010 in the field of regenerative medicine.• Member, Industry Committee-Europe, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society• Co-Editor, Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine: Science, Regulation and Business Strategies (Wiley, 2015).

"...an excellent book on the most urgent and important problems facing mankind today: sustainability in this era of shortage, environmental degradation, and climate change." --Biz India

• PART I CELLULOSIC BIOMASS PROCESSING & BIOREFINERY ROAD MAPCHAPTER 1 An Overview of Existing Individual Unit OperationsCHAPTER 2 Biomass for Biorefining: Resources, Allocation, Utilization, and PoliciesCHAPTER 3 Biorefinery RoadmapsCHAPTER 4 Integration of (Hemi)-Cellulosic Biofuels Technologies with Chemical Pulp ProductionCHAPTER 5 Integrated Processes for Product RecoveryPART II CELLULOSIC ETHANOLCHAPTER 6 Development of Growth-Arrested Bioprocesses with Corynebacterium glutamicum for Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Complex Sugar MixturesCHAPTER 7 Consolidated Bioprocessing for Ethanol ProductionCHAPTER 8 Integration of Ethanol Fermentation with Second Generation Biofuels TechnologiesPART III CELLULOSIC BUTANOLCHAPTER 9 Mixed Sugar Fermentation by Clostridia and Metabolic Engineering for Butanol ProductionCHAPTER 10 Integrated Bioprocessing and Simultaneous Product Recovery for Butanol ProductionCHAPTER 11 Integrated Production of Butanol from GlycerolPART IV PROCESS ECONOMICS & FARM-BASED BIOREFINERYCHAPTER 12 Process Economics of Renewable Biorefineries: Butanol and Ethanol Production in Integrated Bioprocesses from Lignocellulosics and Other Industrial By-ProductsCHAPTER 13 Integrated Farm-Based Biorefinery

Research Chemical/Biochemical Engineer, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR), Peoria, IL, USA.PhD (Chemical/Biological Engineering), PhD (Fermentation Technology)Fellow in American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (SIMB), and American Institute of Chemists (AIC).Co-Editor, Stem cells in Regenerative Medicine (Wiley, 2015) Michigan State University, MI USA University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institut Pasteur Paris, and University of Lille Flanders-Artois• Sloan Fellow from London Business School and a microbiologist by training (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institut Pasteur Paris, and University of Lille Flandres-Artois). • Consulting, Partnering & Fund Raising, Founder, Managing Director, NxR Biotechnologies, Switzerland.• Dr. Vertès is a strategy and business development consultant for cell therapeutic biotech companies, and works to enable seed funding in the field. Focusing on technology deployment and innovation commercialization, he has contributed to both industrial and pharmaceutical biotechnology, in different functions including research, manufacturing, contract research, and strategic alliances in pharmaceuticals (Lilly, Pfizer, Roche). • Championed radical innovation for bringing to patients disease-modifying, paradigm-changing therapeutics such as siRNA, and led in a scientific and business manner Roche’s global cell therapeutics strategy and implementation team resulting in Roche’s entry in 2010 in the field of regenerative medicine.• Member, Industry Committee-Europe, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society• Co-Editor, Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine: Science, Regulation and Business Strategies (Wiley, 2015).

"...an excellent book on the most urgent and important problems facing mankind today: sustainability in this era of shortage, environmental degradation, and climate change." --Biz India

• PART I CELLULOSIC BIOMASS PROCESSING & BIOREFINERY ROAD MAPCHAPTER 1 An Overview of Existing Individual Unit OperationsCHAPTER 2 Biomass for Biorefining: Resources, Allocation, Utilization, and PoliciesCHAPTER 3 Biorefinery RoadmapsCHAPTER 4 Integration of (Hemi)-Cellulosic Biofuels Technologies with Chemical Pulp ProductionCHAPTER 5 Integrated Processes for Product RecoveryPART II CELLULOSIC ETHANOLCHAPTER 6 Development of Growth-Arrested Bioprocesses with Corynebacterium glutamicum for Cellulosic Ethanol Production from Complex Sugar MixturesCHAPTER 7 Consolidated Bioprocessing for Ethanol ProductionCHAPTER 8 Integration of Ethanol Fermentation with Second Generation Biofuels TechnologiesPART III CELLULOSIC BUTANOLCHAPTER 9 Mixed Sugar Fermentation by Clostridia and Metabolic Engineering for Butanol ProductionCHAPTER 10 Integrated Bioprocessing and Simultaneous Product Recovery for Butanol ProductionCHAPTER 11 Integrated Production of Butanol from GlycerolPART IV PROCESS ECONOMICS & FARM-BASED BIOREFINERYCHAPTER 12 Process Economics of Renewable Biorefineries: Butanol and Ethanol Production in Integrated Bioprocesses from Lignocellulosics and Other Industrial By-ProductsCHAPTER 13 Integrated Farm-Based Biorefinery