Department of Bioprocess Engineering K-92
Head of the unit:
Prof. Stanisław Ledakowicz, PhD
Potential promoters:
DSc Prof. Stanisław Ledakowicz, PhD, DSc
Prof. Marcin Bizukojć, PhD, DSc
Prof. Liliana Krzystek, PhD, DSc
Prof. Elwira Tomczak, PhD, DSc
Paweł Głuszcz, PhD, DSc
Katarzyna Paździor, PhD, DSc
Marek Solecki, PhD, DSc
Contact person:
Prof. Marcin Bizukojć, PhD, DSc, tel: 42-631-39-72, marcin.bizukojc@p.lodz.pl
Scope of activities:
- Improvement of biosynthesis processes to minimize troublesome waste,
- Application of ion exchange to separate and purify organic acids,
- Study on the process of filtration and microfiltration of biomass,
- Bioprocesses integrated with unconventional methods of down-stream processing (foam fractionation, two-phase water extraction),
- Kinetics, modeling and optimization of bioprocesses,
- Processes of pyrolysis and gasification of biomass,
- Biomass disintegration processes,
- Membrane processes,
- Biodegradation of industrial wastewater,
- Integration of biodegradation and advanced oxidation processes for industrial wastewater treatment,
- Toxicity analysis and identification of transformation products,
- Reclamation and inertisation of old municipal waste landfills,
- Water and wastewater toxicity tests,
- Thermochemical utilization of municipal waste and sewage sludge,
- Removal of mercury from soils by biosorption and bioleaching,
- Production of methane and hydrogen in the process of anaerobic digestion.
Present activities:
- Photobiosynthesis with the use of microalgae in biorefineries,
- Cultivation of thermophilic cyanobacteria to obtain valuable substances,
- Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in co-cultures of filamentous fungi and actinomycetes,
- Biodegradation of plastics from renewable raw materials,
- Morphological engineering of filamentous microorganisms (filamentous fungi and actinomycetes).
Future activities:
Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in cocultures of filamentous fungi and algae,
Hydrothermal liquefaction of biomass integrated with hydrogen biosynthesis in dark fermentataion
Extraction of the proteins in the aqueous three-phase liquid-liquid-solid systems.
Publications/patents, awards, projects:
- Antecka A., Klepacz-Smółka A., Szeląg R., Pietrzyk D., Ledakowicz S. (2022). Comparison of three methods for thermostable C-phycocyanin separation and purification. Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification, 171, 108563.
- Ścigaczewska A., Boruta T., Bizukojć M. (2021). Quantitative morphological analysis of filamentous microorganisms in cocultures and monocultures: Aspergillus terreus and Streptomyces rimosus Warfare in Bioreactors. Biomolecules, 11(11), 1740.
- Li X., Liang Y., Li K., Jin P., Tang J., Klepacz-Smółka A., Ledakowicz S., Daroch M. (2021). Effects of low temperature, nitrogen starvation and their combination on the photosynthesis and metabolites of Thermosynechococcus E542: A comparison study. Plants, 10(10), 2101.
Currently realized international projects:
1. Research centre for low-carbon energy technologies, 2019-2022, Czech Technical University in Prague, CZE,
2. Developing & implementation sustainability-based solutions for bio-based plastic production & use to preserve land& sea environmental quality in Europe, EU project Horizon 2020.
Keywords:
actinomycetes, biogas, biomass, bioreactor, co-culture, disintegration, extraction, filtration fungi, gasification, hydrogen, image analysis, photobioreactor, kinetics, membranes, microalgae, pyrolysis, separation
List of internship proposal in this research team:
- Application of morphological engineering in the cultivation of actinomycetes,
- Down-stream processing of selected proteins,
- Up-stream and down-stream processing of thermophilic cyanobacteria.
The portfolio of research groups was created as part of the Programme "STER" – Internationalisation of doctoral schools” as part of the realization of the project “Curriculum for advanced doctoral education & taining – CADET Academy of Lodz University of Technology”.