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Thelmo Lu Chau
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Thelmo Lú-Chau
Assistant Professor
Thelmo A. Lu-Chau is Chemical Engineer by the Universidad Nacional de Trujillo (PERU) and obtained a PhD in Chemical Engineering by the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC). He is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the USC in the Department of Chemical Engineering (Faculty of Sciences, Lugo).
His research areas include the production of biofuels (ethanol, butanol) and biopolymers (PHA) from lignocellulosic biomass and cereals, the production of enzymes (glucanases and ligninolytic enzymes) by natural and genetically modified microorganisms, and the extraction of bioactive compounds from agro-industrial residues and their enzymatic transformation.
His scientific production summarized as 5 PhD theses; 55 papers in SCI journals (Scopus, H factor 19, 1342 citations); 5 book chapters; author of 2 Spanish patents; participation in 10 research projects funded by European Commission (2), Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (3) and companies (Abengoa Bioenergy, IFP-Energies Nouvelles, Veolia ER&I) (5). He is member of the Spanish Lignin Degradation Network (LIGNOCEL), and collaborates regularly as evaluator of research projects from Chile and Colombia.
Scientific Profiles: Portal da Investigación (USC), Research Gate, Google Scholar, Orcid
Publications
Valorization of bioethanol by-products to produce unspecific peroxygenase with Agrocybe aegerita: Technological and proteomic perspectives
Authors: Alba Trueba, Thelmo Lu Chau, Maite Moreira
Authors-Ext: Sandra González-Rodríguez
Magazine/book: New Biotechnology
Volume: 76
Pages: 63-71
Date of publication: 25/09/2023
Publishing house: Elsevier
DOI: link
Electrochemical oxidation of lignin for the simultaneous production of bioadhesive precursors and value-added chemicals
Authors: Sandra González, Thelmo Lu Chau, Gemma Eibes, Maite Moreira
Authors-Ext: Julio Conde, Xinyi Chen, Antonio Pizzi
Magazine/book: Biomass and Bioenergy
Volume: 169 (2023)
Date of publication: 26/12/2022
Publishing house: Elsevier
ISBN: 978-3-319-34927-5
Impact Index: 5.77
Quartil: Q1
DOI: link
Functionalisation of organosolv lignin by enzymatic demethylation for bioadhesive formulation
Authors-Ext: Xinyi Chen, Antonio Pizzi
Magazine/book: Industrial Crops & Products
Volume: 186
Pages: 115223
Date of publication: 18/06/2022
Publishing house: Elsevier
ISBN: 0926-6690
Impact Index: 5.65
Quartil: Q1
Decil: D1
DOI: link
Patents
Procedimiento para la producción de polihidroxialcanoatos y de ectoína mediante sacarificación y fermentación simultánea a partir de hidrolizados de grano de cereal
Authors: María García, Maria_Lopez, Thelmo Lu Chau, Juan M. Lema
Date of publication: 01/06/2016
Procedimiento de degradación de compuestos orgánicos recalcitrantes presentes en efluentes industriales mediante un sistema en dos etapas
Authors: Roberto_Taboada, Thelmo Lu Chau, Gemma Eibes, Maite Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo, Juan M. Lema
Pages: 17
Date of publication: 12/06/2012
Doctoral Theses
Solvent-based approaches to evaluate the ABE extractive fermentation
Authors: Helena González
Supervisors: Thelmo Lu Chau, Juan M. Lema
Date: 03/12/2019
European doctorate: x
Cum Laude: x
Biopolymers production by Halomonas boliviensis in an integrated biorefinery
Authors: María García
Supervisors: Thelmo Lu Chau, Juan M. Lema
Date: 09/05/2017
Exploitation of the ligninocellulosic by-product raquis, obtained from the extraction of palm oil for the production of ethanol
Authors: Natalia Gómez
Supervisors: Juan M. Lema, Thelmo Lu Chau
Supervisors-Ext: Rigoberto Rios and Mariana Peñuela (University of Antioquia, Colombia)
Date: 18/07/2016
Master Theses
Valorización secuencial del bagazo de manzana: extracción de compuestos bioactivos y producción de biocombustibles por fermentación ABE
Authors: Alfonso Bea
Supervisors: Gemma Eibes, Thelmo Lu Chau
Supervisors-Ext: Raquel Fariñas
Date: 15/02/2024
Master in chemical engineering and bioprocesses
Produción de polihidroxibutirato(PHB) a partir de auga de cocción de mexillón (MPW) empregando unha bacteria halófila
Authors: Antonio Fernández
Supervisors: Almudena Hospido, Thelmo Lu Chau
Date: 07/07/2021
Máster in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses
Optimización da produción de biobutanol mediante fermentación ABE empregando bagazo de mazá como substrato
Authors: Javier Bravo
Supervisors: Gemma Eibes, Thelmo Lu Chau
Date: 07/07/2021
Máster in Chemical Engineering and Bioprocesses
Congresses
Removal of emerging contaminants with unspecific peroxygenases (UPOs)
Authors: Sandra González, Thelmo Lu Chau, Maite Moreira, Gemma Eibes
Type: Oral
Magazine/book: Book of abstracts of European Biotechnology Congress 2022
Date: 05/10/2022
City: Masaryk College (Praga, República Checa)
Website: http://eurobiotech2022.eu/
Production of unspecific peroxygenase (UPO) from Agrocybe aegerita using residues from bioethanol production
Authors: Sandra González, Alba Trueba, Thelmo Lu Chau, Maite Moreira, Gemma Eibes
Authors-Ext:
Type: Poster presentation
Magazine/book: III Bio Iberoamerica: Ibero-american congress on biotechnology
Date: 07/04/2022
City: Braga (Portugal)
Website: https://www.bioiberoamerica2022.com/
Optimization of biobutanol production from apple pomace hydrolysate by acetone-butanol-ethanol (ABE) fermentation of Clostridium beijerinckii CECT 508
Authors: Ines Prado, Abel Muñiz, Thelmo Lu Chau, Gemma Eibes
Authors-Ext: Javier A. Bravo-Venegas
Type: Poster presentation
Magazine/book: III Bio Iberoamerica: Ibero-american congress on biotechnology
Date: 07/04/2022
City: Braga (Portugal)
Website: https://www.bioiberoamerica2022.com/
Personal details
- Department of Chemical Engineering
School of Engineering - Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa s/n
Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
E-15782 Santiago de Compostela. Spain - E-mail:
Thelmo.lu@usc.gal
Phone: +34 8818 16016