Ett nära samarbete mellan olika discipliner här på Högskolan i Borås innebär en unik möjlighet att bedriva interdisciplinär forskning. Forskargruppen inom bioteknik har tagit vara på denna möjlighet i form av flera forsknings- och utvecklingsprojekt. 

Tidigare medarbetare

1. Tomas Brandberg (Assistant Prof., 2011-2014)
2. Elisabeth Feuk-Lagerstedt (Assistant Prof., 2004-2015)

Tidigare postdocs/forskare

1. Witold Pietrzak (2019-)
2. Taner Sar (2020-)
3. Swarnima Agnihotri Kumar (2015-2018)
4. Pedro Ferreira (2018-2019)
5. Jorge F. Ferreira (2016-2018)
6. Regina Jijoho Patinvoh (2018)
7. Ahmad Rahimpour (2016-2017)
8. Marisa Soares Borges (2014-2015)
9. Päivi Ylitervo (2014)
10. Supansa Youngsukkasem (2013-2015)
11. Ho Ky Quang Minh (2010-2012)
12. Keikhosro Karimi (2008-2010)

Examinerade doktorer

1. Ria Millati: Ethanol production from lignocellulosic materials: Potential of continuous cultivation, immobilization and zygomycetes fungi. Chalmers Univ. of Technol. (Jun. 2005)
2. Keikhosro Karimi: Ethanol production from rice straw, Isfahan Univ. of Tech., Iran (Sep. 2005)
3. Ronny Purwadi: Development of a continuous cultivation process for fermentation of dilute-acid hydrolyzates. University of Borås/ Chalmers Univ. of Technol. (Sep. 2006)
4. Farid Talebnia: Ethanol Production from Cellulosic Biomass by Encapsulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae. University of Borås/ Chalmers Univ. of Tech., Sweden (Apr. 2008)
5. Mohammad Pourbafrani: Citrus Waste Biorefinery: Process Development, Simulation and Economic Analysis; University of Borås (May 2010)
6. Akram Zamani: Superabsorbent polymers from the cell wall of zygomycetes fungi, University of Borås (Oct. 2010)
7. Azam Jeihanipour: Waste Textiles Bioprocessing to Ethanol and Biogas, University of Borås (May 2011)
8. Patrik Lennartsson: Zygomycetes and cellulose residuals: hydrolysis, cultivation and applications, University of Borås (Feb. 2012)
9. Gergely Forgacs: Biogas Production from Citrus Wastes and Chicken Feather: Pretreatment and Co-digestion, University of Borås (Jun. 2012)
10. Supansa Youngsukkasem: Rapid biogas production by methane-producing bacteria encased in polymeric membranes, University of Borås/ Asian Inst of Tech., Thailand (Dec. 2012)
11. Anna Teghammar: Biogas Production from Lignocelluloses: Pretreatment, Substrate Characterization, Co-digestion and Economic Evaluation; University of Borås (May 2013)
12. Isroi: Improvement of digestibility and structural changes of oil palm empty fruit bunches by Pleurotus floridanus and phosphoric acid pretreatment, Chalmers Univ. of Technol./Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia (Sep. 2013)
13. Johan Westman: Ethanol production from lignocellulose using high local cell density yeast cultures: Investigations of flocculating and encapsulated Saccharomyces cerevisiae; University of Borås/ Chalmers Univ. of Tech., (Feb. 2014)
14. Solmaz Aslanzadeh: Pretreatment of cellulosic waste and high-rate biogas production, University of Borås (Feb. 2014)
15. Hamidreza Barghi: Functionalization of Synthetic Polymers for Membrane Bioreactors; University of Borås (Feb. 2014)
16. Päivi Ylitervo: Concepts for improving ethanol productivity from lignocellulosic materials: Encapsulated yeast and membrane bioreactors: Ethanol production from lignocellulosic materials using encapsulated yeast; University of Borås (April 2014)
17. Mofoluwake Ishola: Novel application of membrane bioreactors in lignocellulosic ethanol production : simultaneous saccharification, filtration and fermentation (SSFF), University of Borås (October 2014)
18. Rachma Wikandari: Effect of fruit flavors on anaerobic digestion: Inhibitions and solutions, University of Borås (Nov. 2014)
19. Maryam Mohseni Kabir: Bioprocessing of Recalcitrant Substrates for Biogas Production, University of Borås (Oc. 2015)
20. Julius Akinbomi: Fermentative hydrogen and methane productions using membrane bioreactors, University of Borås (Oct. 2015)
21. Karthik Rajendran: Industrial Bioprocess Developments for Biogas and Ethanol Production, University of Borås (Nov. 2015)
22. Jorge F. Ferreira: Integration of filamentous fungi in ethanol dry-mill biorefinery, University of Borås (Nov. 2015)
23. Jhosane Pages Diaz: Biogas from Slaughterhouse Waste: Mixture interactions in co-digestion, University of Borås (Dec. 2015)
24. Ramkumar B. Nair: Integration of first-and second-generation bioethanol processes using edible filamentous fungus Neurospora intermedia, University of Borås (Oct. 2017)
25. Regina Jijoho Patinvoh: Biological pretreatment and dry digestion processes for biogas production (Dec. 2017)
26. Osagie Alex Osadolor: Design and development of a novel textile bioreactor: Ethanol and Biogas production as case studies, University of Borås (Apr. 2018)
27. Pedro Ferreira de Souza Filho: Fungi-based biorefinery model for food industry waste: Progress toward a circular economy, University of Borås (Sep. 2018)
28. Veronika Bátori: Fruit wastes to biomaterials: Development of biofilms and3D objects in a circular economy system, University of Borås (Feb. 2019)
29. Amir Mahboobi: Immersed membrane bioreactors for lignocellulosic bioethanol production, University of Borås (Nov. 2019)
30. Konstantinos Chandolias: Enhanced methane and hydrogen production in reverse membrane bioreactors via syngas fermentation, University of Borås (Nov. 2019)
31. Mostafa Jabbari: Material development of a textile bioreactor: All polyamide composite for the construction of bioreactors, University of Borås (Jan. 2020)

Examinerade licentiater

1. Robert Kjellstrand: Hydraulic behaviour in an activated sludge tank: from tracer test through hydraulic modelling to full-scale implementation, University of Borås/ Chalmers Univ. of Tech., Sweden (Licentiate (½Ph.D.) 2006)

Gästdoktorander

1. Hendarawi: Treatment of ethanol process stillage with bio-coagulant Moringa Oleifera, Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia), 2014
2. Soltana Fellahi: Keratinase gene isolation from feather chicken degrading-bacterium, University of Mostaganem (Tunisia), 2014
3. Witold Pietrzak: Ethanol production by ascomycetes fungi, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Science (Poland), 2014-2015
4. Sindor Pardayev: Biogas production from wastes, Samarknad Agricultural Institute (Uzbekistan), 2014-2016
5. Mohsen Asadollahzadeh: Cultivation of zygomycetes fungi on sulfite liquor, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (Iran): 2014-2015
6. Behzad Satari: Production of oil, chitosan and pectin from citrus wastes using zygomycetes fungi, Isfahan University of Technology (Iran): 2014-2015
7. Mushafau Adebayo Oke: Pretreatment of lignocelluloses for production of cellulase using Bacillus, University of Malaya (Malaysia): 2015
8. Forough Momayez: Dry digestion of lignocellulosic wastes, Isfahan University of Technology (Iran), 2017
9. Zohre Shahryari: Production of enzymes by filamentous fungi, University of Kerman (Iran), 2017-2018
10. Bernhard Lecker: Membrane bioreactors and biogas, University of Hohenheim (Germany), 2017
11. Sajjad Karimi: Fungi production as fish feed, Isfahan University of Technology (Iran), 2017-2019
12. Mojtaba Jokar: Removing of heavy metals using nano-bio exchangers, Isfahan University of Technology (Iran), 2017-2018
13. Abolfazl Lotfi Aski: Anaerobic digestion of citrus wastes, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch (Iran), 2017-2018
14. Sharareh Harirchi: Ethanol production from lignocelluloses using thermophilic bacteria, University of Isfahan (Iran), 2018-2019
15. Taner Sar: Fish waste to edible fungi, Gebze Technical University (Turkey), 2018-2019
16. Kinanthi Mondylaksita: Volatile fatty acids from Palm oil fruit bunches, Gadjah Mada University (Indonesia), 2019
17. Tugba Sapmaz: Volatile fatty acids from manure, Istanbul Technical University (Turkey), 2018-2019
18. Moyinoluwa Akintunde: Production of bacterial cellulose, University of Ibadan (Nigeria), 2019
19. Shilan Elyasi: Membrane bioreactors for contamination removal, Amirkabir University of Technology (Iran), 2019
20. Umarin Jomnonkhaow: Volatile fatty acids from co-digestion of food waste and anaerobic sludge, Khon Kaen University (Thailand), 2019
21. Vanessa Elisa Pinheiro: Codigestion of pretreated lignocellulosic materials with bovine manure, Sao Paulo University (Brazil), 2019-2020
22. Dongmin Yin: Production of volatile fatty acids from chicken manure, China Agricultural University (China), 2019-2020
23. Najmeh Mousavi: Lignin recovery from softwood, Sari Agricultural Science and Natural Resources University (Iran): 2020