Recovery of Biomolecules From Agri-residues Through - Montpellier, France - UMR IATE

Description

Recovery of biomolecules from agri-residues through cascading biorefinery and their use in biomaterials:

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ABG-115001

• Sujet de Thèse 05/06/2023
• Financement de l'Union européenne
• UMR IATE
• Lieu de travail
• Montpellier
• Occitanie
• France
• Intitulé du sujet
• Recovery of biomolecules from agriresidues through cascading biorefinery and their use in biomaterials
• Champs scientifiques
• Chimie
• Ecologie, environnement
• Matériaux
• Mots clés biorefinery, polyphenols, extraction, NADES, biomaterials, agriresidues
  Description du sujet:
• The PhD will be involved in Horizon Europe project AGRILOOP (Pushing the frontier of circular agriculture by converting residues into novel economic, social and environmental opportunities), coordinated by N. Gontard (INRAE), including 37 partners (academic/industrial) from France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Denmark, Netherland, Hungary, Belgium, Switzerland, United
• Kingdom and China. Driven by a « zerowaste » society requirement, AGRILOOP aims at eco

- efficiently upgrading underexploited agricultural residues into a portfolio of high added-value bioproducts by developing safe-and-sustainable-by
- design bioconversion processes integrated in a cascading biorefinery approach.

• The PhD will be involved in the development of an extraction process for the recovery of high value molecules in their native forms from agriresidues.
• In a cascading biorefinery scheme, He/she will elaborate the extraction of polyphenols and carotenoids along with plant polyesters (cutin, suberin), and proteins, while saving solvents and resources. The use of natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) for extraction will be investigated. In the second part of the work, the PhD will be in charge (with collaboration of other researchers) of integrating the extracted molecules in the formulation of biomaterials.
• This will be based on an integrated approach: pretreatment of agriresidues, development of the extraction process, chemical and biological characterization of the extracts, development of predictive tools on structure/functionality relationship, processing of materials with additives.
• The expected impact is the valorization of unexploited agriresidues (reducing waste) for the production of bioproducts capable of replacing nonrenewable petrochemical counterparts.

Prise de fonction:

• 04/09/2023
  Nature du financement:
• Financement de l'Union européenne

Précisions sur le financement:


Présentation établissement et labo d'accueil:

• UMR IATE

At UMR IATE, the PhD student will join the ePOP (eco-efficient Polymeric and Organic Packaging) team.

He/she will benefit from a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment conducive to both the transmission of expert scientific knowledge and the creation of innovative know-how.

The ePOP team offers solid expertise in the eco-design of biosourced, biodegradable and active materials. It coordinates the European AGRILOOP project, which complements the team's other European projects such as NoAW (waste and ResUrbis (IARC UMR IATE's laboratories and technology platform are equipped to offer excellent working and safety conditions.


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Intitulé du doctorat:

• Agroressources, procédés, aliments bioproduits

Pays d'obtention du doctorat:

• France

Etablissement délivrant le doctorat:

• Université de Montpellier
  Ecole doctorale:
• GAIA: Biodiversité, Agriculture, Alimentation, Environnement, Terre, Eau
  Competences
• Master or Engineer degree in Chemistry (analytical, organic), polymer science or materials.
• Demonstrated skills to communicate in English (speak and write), interact with other public and industrial partners and good ability for selfinitiative
• Commitment to environmental concern 07/07/2023