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Research Interests
My research interests encompass fine chemicals and platform chemical production as well as pollution abatement in gas streams using biological processes (biofiltration). In my research, I combine experimental information with different forms of modeling, parameter estimation and optimization to answer research questions spanning from the improvement of microbial strains to the optimization of entire chemical and biochemical plants.
As a member of the Green Technologies Research Group at Universidad de los Andes (Gtech), my research is concentrated in two experimental systems. Firstly, the production of hydroxy acids and polymers in bacteria, especially those consuming a mixture of hydrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide. We have been working with Azohydromonas lata, Ralstonia eutropha and other bacteria that can accumulate PHB and its monomer, the chiral (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid. Secondly, the use of bacteria and fungi for the abatement of airborne pollutants, especially VOCs (in collaboration).
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
- TP Chemical technology
- Biochemical engineering
- Process engineering
- Genetic engineering
- Systems biology
Open Keywords
- Polyhydroxybutyrate
- Genetic engineering
- Gas substrate fermentation
- Fermentation
- System Biology
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Fungal biofilters for eliminating hydrophobic compounds causing odor nuisance in industrial emissions
Aroca, G., Scott, F. I., Vergara, A. & Gentina, J. C.
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile
1/03/21 → 1/03/24
Project: Research
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A multiperiod optimal control approach for the scheduling of catalyst replacement in internal diffusion-controlled kinetics with application to a multienzymatic reaction system
Scott, F. I., Conejeros, R., Wilson, L. & Illanes, A.
National Agency for Research and Development (ANID)
1/03/21 → 1/04/24
Project: Research
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Engineering a microbial community for the biofiltration of phenanthrene vapor biodegradation
Vergara, A., Scott, F. I., Aroca, G. & Cardenas Carvajal, C.
Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID), Chile
1/04/19 → 15/04/23
Project: Research
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Production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid from methane by in vivo depolymerization of polyhydroxybutyrate in Methylocystis parvus OBBP
Yáñez, L., Rodríguez, Y., Scott, F., Vergara-Fernández, A. & Muñoz, R., Jun 2022, In: Bioresource Technology. 353, p. 127141 127141.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Antarctic rahnella inusitata: A producer of cold-stable β-galactosidase enzymes
Núñez-Montero, K., Salazar, R., Santos, A., Gómez-Espinoza, O., Farah, S., Troncoso, C., Hoffmann, C., Melivilu, D., Scott, F. I. & Díaz, L. B., 16 Apr 2021, In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22, 8, 4144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Biodegradation of 2,5-dimethylpyrazine in gas and liquid phase by the fungus Fusarium solani
Araya, B., Diaz, C., Martín, J. S., Vergara-Fernández, A., Aroca, G. & Scott, F., 2021, In: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Characterization of the microbial community in a biotrickling filter treating a complex mixture of gaseous compounds causing odor nuisance
Aguirre, A., Gentina, J. C., Malhautier, L., Fanlo, J. L., Vergara, A., Scott, F. I. & Aroca, G., Jun 2021, In: Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology. 96, 6, p. 1720-1731 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimal control in chemical engineering: Past, present and future
Nolasco, E., Vassiliadis, V. S., Kähm, W., Adloor, S. D., Ismaili, R. A., Conejeros, R., Espaas, T., Gangadharan, N., Mappas, V., Scott, F. & Zhang, Q., Sep 2021, In: Computers and Chemical Engineering. 155, p. 107528 107528.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations
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Hidrógeno verde, más que exportar un commodity
Felipe Ignacio Scott & Germán Aroca
24/05/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media