Alberto Scoma
Ghent University, Belgium
Biography
Alberto Scoma obtained his PhD within a joint project between the CNR and Bologna University (Italy) in 2010 while working on the biophotolytic H2 production achieved with green microalgae. His work led to the fi rst solar-driven H2 production in these oxygenic microbes. During his fi rst postdoc, he focused on integrated, stand-alone 2nd generation biorefi neries working in Italy, Germany, Portugal and Hungary. He published 31 papers in 13 different domains in the fi eld of green- and bio-technology and served as Guest Editor in 3 reputed journals. He is now a postdoc at LabMET, Gent University (Belgium), where he is developing a research vision on marine biotech.