Dr. VanderGheynstís research addresses problems that involve the transformation, decomposition and conversion of plant biomass to products. Plants include dedicated crops and algae, food processing residues and urban and agricultural wastes. Her focus is on bioprocess engineering for the production of food and bioenergy; mathematical modeling of transport phenomena and microbial kinetics of biological systems; and microbial ecology of biological systems.
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