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POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW | BIOPROCESS ENGINEERING
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Host: Prof. Johann Görgens
Techno-economic and life-cycle assessment of sugarcane biorefineries
2023 – Present
PhD (Chemical Engineering)
Title: Techno economic analysis and life-cycle assessment of polyethylene, polyethylene furanoate and polyethylene terephthalate production in integrated sugarcane biorefineries
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
Supervisor: Prof. Johann Görgens
2019 – 2024
BEng (Chemical Engineering)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University
2014 – 2017
Research Interests
Biochemical conversion of biomass into fuels, chemicals and polymers
Sugarcane biorefineries
Process modelling in Aspen Plus
Techno-economic analysis
Life-cycle assessment
Selected Publications
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