Michael Bellefeuille Email & Phone Number

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Algal Production Expertise

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Gilbert

Gilbert

• Assist Technical Services team with operations of team projects including scientific analysis, data collection and presentation, bioreactor design, PLC controlled sensor placement, CIP design and SOP and protocol development• Evaluate and optimize operation or design of third party technologies and equipment including bioreactors, dewatering devices, culture strains and scientific instrumentation• Conduct experiments aimed at optimizing culture productivity through nutrient… Show more • Assist Technical Services team with operations of team projects including scientific analysis, data collection and presentation, bioreactor design, PLC controlled sensor placement, CIP design and SOP and protocol development• Evaluate and optimize operation or design of third party technologies and equipment including bioreactors, dewatering devices, culture strains and scientific instrumentation• Conduct experiments aimed at optimizing culture productivity through nutrient optimization and crop protection strategies, temperature, lighting, mixing rate and materials tolerance• Research and develop waste conversion strategies and provide laboratory and field trials to demonstrate algal conversion of dairy effluent and certain industrial wastes to end products• Development and operation of a GMO fermentation technology platform for axenic biomass production and biocontainment of genetically modified organisms following cGMP• Provided technical support, biological expertise and aseptic technique training for staff at a partner production facility in Batam, Indonesia • Developed a commissioning and standard operation plan based on P&ID layout and assisted with commissioning operations and test run of an integrated 13 greenhouse and raceway bioreactor and also for other production scale bioreactors and CIP systems• Isolated, characterized and developed a biocide-stress and heat resistant algae strain for use in wastewater mitigation for dairy effluent and factory process waste water Show less

Arizona State University, Polytechnic

• Manage and coordinate biomass production operations• Test, verify and provide on third party commercial technology • Operate and optimize wastewater solids separation systems including dissolved air flotation, membrane desalinization, Iron/Alum and pH clarification, centrifugation • Conduct routine laboratory analysis on production and experimental cultures• Operate and maintain laboratory equipment and supplies• Conduct experiments aimed to produce higher biomass yields… Show more • Manage and coordinate biomass production operations• Test, verify and provide on third party commercial technology • Operate and optimize wastewater solids separation systems including dissolved air flotation, membrane desalinization, Iron/Alum and pH clarification, centrifugation • Conduct routine laboratory analysis on production and experimental cultures• Operate and maintain laboratory equipment and supplies• Conduct experiments aimed to produce higher biomass yields and growth rates, reduce effects of contamination or increase efficiency of algal based waste mitigation Show less

Chandler, Az

• Manage production facility, laboratory and staff• Research and develop algal species and strains for various products and co-products• Assist in production scale bioreactor design, construction and operation • Present data and business plans to investors and conference audiences • Develop stress resistant strains of algae for salt, pH, contaminant, alkalinity and temperature • Provide economic analysis of biomass production and develop cost reduction… Show more • Manage production facility, laboratory and staff• Research and develop algal species and strains for various products and co-products• Assist in production scale bioreactor design, construction and operation • Present data and business plans to investors and conference audiences • Develop stress resistant strains of algae for salt, pH, contaminant, alkalinity and temperature • Provide economic analysis of biomass production and develop cost reduction strategies• Design and operate processes for bioremediation of dairy effluent and carbon dioxide • Contributed heavily to scale-up design, construction, and operation of a dewatering device for collecting Spirulina sp. biomass with a water processing capacity of 1M liters/day• Served as class instructor on algal biotechnology at National Algae Association conferences Show less

M.N.S

Activities and Societies: Phycological Society of America • "Biological Nitrate Removal from Contaminated Agriculture Runoff Water.

B.S., Molecular Biosciences And Biotechnology

Activities and Societies: Phycological Society of America • A Promising Microalgal Candidate for Biological CO2 Sequestration and High.