DrPedro Nakasu
Research Associate
Department of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- Research AssociateDepartment of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 07745 881 108 (Work)
- B329, ACE Extension, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
Dr. Pedro Nakasu received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2019) at State University of Campinas. His Ph.D research, which was also done partly at Imperial College London (2017), investigated sugarcane bagasse pretreatment with ionic liquids for 2nd generation ethanol. He joined Imperial College as a research assistant in 2021. His current work entails plant biomass fractionation to generate high-purity lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose for further transformation into value-added products. He also investigates shellfish fractionation into chitosan and proteins for applications in biorefinery.
Research interests
Dr. Nakasu's research interests include:
Lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment/fractionation for an integrated biorefinery approach, specifically with ionic liquids.
Chitin and chitosan production from shellfish waste.
Development and optimization of pretreatment processes.
Enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass and alcoholic fermentation of hydrolysates.
Protein extraction from lignocellulosic biomass
Research interests
Dr. Nakasu's research interests include:
Lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment/fractionation for an integrated biorefinery approach, specifically with ionic liquids.
Chitin and chitosan production from shellfish waste.
Development and optimization of pretreatment processes.
Enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass and alcoholic fermentation of hydrolysates.
Protein extraction from lignocellulosic biomass
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Research Associate