M.M.C. International’s laboratory is especially focused on the production and development of narcotic identification products for Police Forces, Customs and Forensic Laboratories. I was in charge of the R&D team that developed the novel electrochemical analysis device called the Narcosens, commercially launched and patented (NL1043265B1).

LutEin Algae Feasibility project (LEAF), research supported under the Seventh Framework Programme by the European Research Council.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/363444623_The_trophic_reactor_a_new_concept_of_bioreactor_and_its_application_for_the_production_of_metabolites_with_commercial_interest The LEAF project aimed to develop the basis of a cost effective process of obtaining Lutein from microalgae using innovative biotechnology on an industrial scale. During my PhD studies I have designed and developed a novel technology in order to overcome key challenges that may facilitate the feasibility of a new metabolites production system. As a result of my research, new IP was presented to the transfer office of the Waterford Institute of Technology, producing the creation of a new patent filed at the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of the UK government.

As part of "All-Gas" project, a multinational project supported under the Seventh Framework Programme by the European Research Council.Project aimed to demonstrate on large scale the sustainable production of bio-fuels based on low-cost microalgae cultures using municipal waste water. I based my research on the microalgae biomass characterization to study possible uses and applications of the different biomass fractions such as: lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates.

During the development of my MSc thesis I performed the following tasks: - Extraction of marine organisms’ metabolites for antitumor response screening.- Designed a database relating actinomycetes species with antitumor response metabolites.- Molecular Taxonomy of marine actinobacteria via DNA sequencing (PCR, Antibase2011).- Actinobacteria cultures management (bioreactors) for the production of antitumor metabolites.

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