Anne
Meyer

Technical University of Denmark
Biocatalysts for the degradation of plastics

Florent
Allais

AgroParisTech
Combining biomass-derived synthons and biocatalysis to access novel monomers and polymers

Tim
Börner

HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Life-cycle-engineered products and processes through biopolymers and biotechnology: opportunities and challenges

Andrew
Carnell

University of Liverpool
Enzyme cascades for conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to bioplastics precursors

Francisca
Contreras Leiva

RWTH Aachen University
Adhesion-promoting peptides for surface functionalization

Mehdi
Davari

Leibniz Institute Halle
Computational enzyme ngineering and inhibitor design

Lothar
Elling

RWTH Aachen University
Enzyme cascades for the synthesis of hyaluronic acid

Tom
Farmer

University of York
Functional, bio-based and degradable polymers – opportunities and challenges for biocatalysis

Valerio
Ferrario

BASF
Synthesis and functionalization of biopolymers

Rajni
Hatti Kaul

Lund University
Closing the loop: biocatalytic synthesis of polymer building blocks from renewable feedstock and recycled plastic

Tetiana
Kurkina

Innovationlabs ProtLab & PlastiQuant-SF
ProtLab and PlastiQuant: two Innovation Labs for protein-based solutions in the Model Region Bioeconomy Revier with a focus on agriculture and food industry

Ligia
Martins

NOVA University of Lisbon
Engineering oxidoreductases for industrial biotechnology

Tanja
Narancic

University College Dublin
Building blocks from renewable resources to biobased polymers (Synthetic Biology)

Bernd
Nidetzky

Graz University of Technology
Building up and breaking down cellulose using multienzyme systems

Jasmina
Nikodinovic-Runic

University of Belgrade
Adding functionality to polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs)

Kevin
O’Connor

BiOrbic SFI Bioeconomy Research Centre
Enzymes for the degradation of biopolymers

Alessandro
Pellis

University of Genoa
Chemo-enzymatic strategies for polymers circularity

Maria
Reis

NOVA School of Science & Technology
Challenges on the production and purification of biopolymers from wastes

Wolfgang
Streit

University of Hamburg
Functional metagenomics to identify plastic degrading enzymes

Per-Olof
Syrén

KTH
Enzyme engineering strategies for applications within biopolymer science

Nick
Wierckx

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Engineering Pseudomonas to use plastic waste as carbon source for biotechnology

Stefaan de
Wildemann

B4PLASTICS
Biobased building blocks for plastics