Grupo de Bioprocesos,

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Research and development

Líder del grupo

Dr. Roberto Parra. Profesor Investigador S.N.I I, Miembro de la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias y líder de la Cátedra de Bioprocesos ambientales. Ha publicado más de 35 artículos en revistas científicas de arbitraje estricto,9 patentes y 3 capítulos de libros, 550 citas. Experto en Agua, Energía y Alimentos

Dr. Roberto Parra Saldívar

Enzymaticprocess

MicroalgaeBiotechnology

Wastesrevalorization

Bioreactorsengineering

Functionalfood and high

valuecompounds

Research Areas

Nutraceutics and fuctional food

• Process development for agricultural waste.

• Biocompounds production.

• Development of enzymes for industrial processes.

Biotechnology in microorganisms

• Isolation of microorganisms

• Genetic codification.

• Genetic recombination.

Extraction techonlogies

• Development of extraction processes.

• Secondary metabolites extraction.

• Pigment and antioxidant extraction.

Bioenergy and wastewater treatment

• Biodiesel, bioethanol and biogas generation.

• Anaerobic digestion and N and P removal for wastewater treatment.

• Bioreactor Engineering.

• Optimization of process conditions by microencapsulation and nanoencapsulation

• Search for more appropriate and natural polymers (mesquite gum, gum arabic, chitosan and banana starch).

New research areas

Isolation and purification of metabolites of high economic value for their use in the production of functional foods and nutraceuticals

Bioprocesses

Biorefinery and Biocatalysis

Revaluation of agro-industrial waste.

Obtaining bioactive ingredients for functional

foods and nutraceuticals.

Microbial production of enzymes

Biocatalysis for environmental and foodbioprocesses.

ANTIOXIDANTS

PREBIOTICS

DIETARY FIBER

BIOETHANOL

1 Profesor3 Postdocs6 PhD candidates6 MSc candidates6 Specialist10 Assistants8 Exchange students8 Social Service

Scientific Production

Technological Development

Project Company Fuhding (MXN)

A) Genetic charachterization of new isoenzymes of lacasse fromPycnoporus sanguineus for water and soil bioremediation(FINNOVA) No. 192118 CONACYT $ 1 M

B) Bioethanol and biomass production from remaining product FEMSA $ 4 M

C) System and process development for supercritical extraction of microalgae based added value metabolites CONACyT 209590

Tecnología Ambiental Biomex S.A. de C.V. $ 12.7 M

D) Advanced electrocoagulation as an innovative process for vinazes pretreatment from tequila industry in pilot scale (3rd stage) CONACyT 209590 SELFTEC S.A. de C.V. $ 10.5 M

Microalgae Project

Pigment extraction

Patents

Photobioreactor Design

Culture optimization

Research Articles

“Development and design of systems andprocesses of algae “ CONACyT 209590

$ 12,709,813 MXN

Bioreactors Engineering

Anaerobic reactor design

Research articles

Patents

Biogas production from vinasses wastes (Tequila industry)

Process optimization

“Advanced electrocoagulation as innovativeprocess for pre-treatment of vinasses at pilot level”CONACyT 209590

$ 7,755,027 MXN

Technological Development 2015

Project Company Fuhding (MXN)

E) Development of technology for saving resources: pericarp recovery for use in the production process cornmeal enriched

Hari Masa$ 11 M

C) Development of systems and process technology for obtaining and supercritical extraction of secondary metabolites with high added value

Tecnología Ambiental Biomex S.A. de C.V. $ 7 M

Collaborative projects 2015 Red Temática BIOCATEM

Biocatalisis para las industrias Alimentaria, Técnica y Médica

British Council - CONACYT

Bilateral participation in the development of biotechnology on the environment, agriculture and food sciences.

Collaboration with Research Institutions

Collaboration with Industry

Bioenergy and Wastewater Tretament

The Bioenergy and Wastewater Treatment research line seeks tointegrate different disciplines to develop solutions in theenergy-water nexus. The main areas to tackle are: biogas,biodiesel and biojet fuel production, Nitrogen and Phosphorusremoval and use from industrial wastewater, wastewatertreatment technologies.

Gibrán Sidney Alemán Nava, PhD

Gibran Aleman has a PhD Engineering inEnvironmental Systems with a BSc in BiochemistryEngineering. Currently he is Leader of Bioenergy andWastewater Treatment area in Chair of EnvironmentalBioprocesses. He has experience in microalgaebiomass and lipid productivity optimization. Hisresearch has been focus on the optimization ofoperation conditions of medium scalephotobioreactors. Moreover, he also develops projectsrelated to anaerobic treatment for biogas production.He has been awarded with the Genera Monterrey,Hacerlo Mejor 2011 and DOW SustainabilityInnovation Student Challenge awards, and is coauthorof two pending patent.

PROJECTS

System and process development for supercritical extraction of microalgae based added value metabolites CONACYT-PROINNOVA: 195966. Tecnología Ambiental Biomex S.A. de C.V.

Advanced electrocoagulation as an innovative process for vinasse pretreatment from tequila industry in pilot scale (3rd stage) CONACYT-PROINNOVA 209590 -SELFTEC S.A. de C.V.

Dielectrophoresis system for biomass separation based on its lipid content. Environmental, social an economic impact of industry. Biosensor development for endocrine disruptor compounds in wastewater. Design and construction of bioreactor for microorganisms cultivations (fungi,

bacteria, microalgae, among others).

Microalgae Bioprocesses and Nanobiotechnology

Area of research focused on the study of nanobiotechnology forapplication in environmental and food bioprocesses. Microalgaeculture with food applications and extraction of high valuemetabolites. Microalgae cultivation for carbon dioxide captureand wastewater treatment. M.Sc. Sara P. Cuellar-Bermudez

Chemical Engineer with experience on algal cultures inphotobioreactors as well in lipid extraction andpigments. She has participated in research visits to KULeuven in Belgium and Arizona State University (USA).Her research has focus in food waste re-utilization bymicroalgae as well as lipid production for biodieselfrom cyanobacteria. Currently she leads a co-industryfunded project related with supercritical extraction ofmetabolites in different feedstock and the“Photobiological CO2 Capture and Fuel Production forthe Cement Industry” in collaboration with UCLA.

PROJECTS

Microalgae proteins nanoencapsulation Photobiological CO2 Capture and Fuel Production for the Cement Industry Supercritical extraction of high value metabolites Enzymatic lysis of microalgae cells Utilization of food wastes for microalgae culture Pigments extraction from microalgae Microalgae photobioreactors

Biorefinery and Biocatalysis

Dra. Magdalena Rostro Alanis

PROJECTS

Development of technology for saving resources: recovery pericarp for use in the preparation of nixtamalized corn flour, CONACYT-2015 PEI.

Revaluation of waste wheat industry. MUNSA. Obtaining prebiotic from agro-industrial waste. SELFTEC. Enzymatic production of laccases. CHEVRON Obtaining and stabilization of functional compounds from Pitaya. Production of enzymes from fungi. Getting bioethanol from agro-industrial waste by microorganisms.

Pharmaceutical Chemistry Biologist specializing in theenvironmental area, she is graduated from theFacultad de Ciencias Químicas of the UniversidadAutonoma de Nuevo León.Has a Master of Science in Industrial Microbiology.In July 2014, she obtained his degree of Doctor ofScience in Pharmacy with thesis project: "Obtainingand characterization of arabinoxylan-oligosaccharidesfrom nixtamalized corn pericarp and determination ofprebiotic activity and antioxidant activity."In 2012 she performed a research stay at theUniversity of Vigo in "Biotechnological processes andtechnologies for determining biological activity".Has extensive experience in the area of utilization ofagro-industrial waste to obtain value-addedcompounds.

Research Area focused on the treatment of vegetal andmicrobial biomass for the production of value-addedcompounds, microbial enzymes and nutraceutical ingredients.

Analysis of the biological activities of the compounds asantioxidants, prebiotics, antimicrobials, etc.

Functional foods and nutraceuticals.Analytical Chemistry

Research Area focused on the isolation, characterization, identification and quantification of compounds and nutraceutical ingredients from

plant and microbial biomass.

Dr. José Rodríguez Rodríguez

Doctor in Biological Sciences with emphasis on food and Master inChemistry with specialization in Analytical Chemistry. Experience inthe Food Industry for Gruma, SA de C. V, in the area of AnalyticalChemistry for ATLATEC and education field in the ITESM since 1996.Domain processes optimization and validation of methodologies andquality systems analytical laboratories. Currently working as co-counsel in the UANL and ITESM in research projects in the area ofFood and Chemistry of natural products on issues such as extraction,identification, quantification and stabilization of bioactive compoundsfrom agroindustrial products. Collaborates transversely with otherlines of investigation in the area of Analytical Chemistry. Has 8publications and 9 participations in national and internationalconferences.

Biotechnology and rural communities development.

The aim is to improve the quality of life of the population in social backwardness in Mexico through productive activities involving biotechnological processes (Bioprocess and Food

Processing), through the identification of opportunity areas in the market by products that can be produced in the

communities in which it intervenes Legacy Base of the Pyramid.

MC. Luisaldo Sandate Flores

Master in Administration and Science with orientation in Environmental Systems at Chair of Environmental Bioprocesses at Tecnologico de Monterrey with experience in microalgae biofilm. He has been awarded, DOW Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge 2012.

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