Algal Bioenergy Special Interest Group
Director appointed
Dr Michele Stanley has been appointed as Director to lead the AB-SIG network, hosted by the Technology Strategy Board Biosciences KTN. Michele will be appointed on a secondment from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) to the KTN Plant Sector team for one day per week over the two year duration of the AB-SIG.
Michele is a Senior Lecturer in Marine Molecular Biology at SAMS and an internationally recognised expert in the field of algal biofuels. Michele brings extensive knowledge to the AB-SIG of commercial activities which use algal biomass for renewable energy and chemicals production, and the environmental considerations associated with the large-scale use of micro- and macro-algae.
"We are delighted to welcome Michele to the Plant Sector team and look forward to working with her in the coming months. Michele has considerable research experience in applied phycology projects and has initiated and led research to investigate the use of micro- and macro-algae as sources of biofuels whilst at SAMS. Michele has also advised UK and international industry about opportunities to exploit algae as a renewable feedstock in the energy, chemicals, food and feed sectors. This knowledge and expertise will be extremely valuable to our activities in the AB-SIG." - Dr Tom Jenkins, Assistant Director, Plant Sector Lead, Biosciences KTN.
NERC and TSB are co-funding the AB-SIG Director position. NERC also provides funding to support the AB-SIG network. The network will consider the commercial opportunities of using micro- and macro-algae for energy and chemicals production and the environmental science potential and considerations associated with the large-scale deployment of such activities.
You can contact Michele via email.
About the programme
External links