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Overview

Edgard Gnansounou is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans multiple interconnected areas within engineering and environmental science, emphasizing sustainable technologies and materials.

The main fields of study relevant to their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these fields, their subfields of specialization cover:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Pollution
  • Food Science
  • Molecular Biology

Gnansounou's research topics highlight an emphasis on the development and application of sustainable and biodegradable materials as well as the bioeconomy. These main topics are:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Biodiesel Production and Applications
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
  • Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
  • Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development

Their recent scientific contributions have appeared predominantly in the journal Bioresource Technology, alongside publications in other environmental and engineering journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Bioresource Technology (12 publications)
  • Environmental Technology & Innovation (4 publications)
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Environmental Research
  • Environmental Pollution

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Edgard Gnansounou include:

  • Recent advances in the sustainable design and applications of biodegradable polymers, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Green processing and biotechnological potential of grape pomace: Current trends and opportunities for sustainable biorefinery, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Critical overview of biomass feedstocks as sustainable substrates for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Advancements in heavy metals removal from effluents employing nano-adsorbents: Way towards cleaner production, 2021, Environmental Research

Frequent collaborators in research projects and publications include:

  • Ashok Pandey
  • Raveendran Sindhu
  • Sunita Varjani
  • Parameswaran Binod
  • G. Baskar

Best Publications

  • Cyanobacteria and microalgae: a positive prospect for biofuels.

    Asha Parmar;Niraj Kumar Singh;Ashok Pandey;Edgard Gnansounou

  • Refining sweet sorghum to ethanol and sugar: economic trade-offs in the context of North China

    E. Gnansounou;A. Dauriat;C.E. Wyman

  • Methods and tools to evaluate the availability of renewable energy sources

    Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis;Markus Biberacher;Javier Dominguez;Giulia Fiorese;Giulia Fiorese

  • Techno-economic analysis of lignocellulosic ethanol: A review

    Edgard Gnansounou;Arnaud Dauriat

  • Life cycle assessment of biofuels: energy and greenhouse gas balances.

    Edgard Gnansounou;Arnaud Dauriat;Juan Villegas;Luis Panichelli

  • Recent advances in the sustainable design and applications of biodegradable polymers.

    Pawankumar Rai;Srishti Mehrotra;Smriti Priya;Edgard Gnansounou

  • Assessing the energy vulnerability: Case of industrialised countries

    Edgard Gnansounou

  • GIS-based approach for defining bioenergy facilities location: A case study in Northern Spain based on marginal delivery costs and resources competition between facilities

    Luis Panichelli;Edgard Gnansounou

  • Conversion of food and kitchen waste to value-added products

    Raveendran Sindhu;Edgard Gnansounou;Sharrel Rebello;Parameswaran Binod

  • Comprehensive review on toxicity of persistent organic pollutants from petroleum refinery waste and their degradation by microorganisms.

    Sunita J. Varjani;Edgard Gnansounou;Ashok Pandey

  • Carbon dioxide capture, storage and production of biofuel and biomaterials by bacteria: A review

    Manish Kumar;Smita Sundaram;Edgard Gnansounou;Christian Larroche

  • Bioflocculation: An alternative strategy for harvesting of microalgae - An overview.

    Sabeela Beevi Ummalyma;Edgard Gnansounou;Rajeev K. Sukumaran;Raveendran Sindhu

  • Biofuels: alternative feedstocks and conversion processes.

    A. Pandey;C. Larroche;S. C. Ricke;C. G. Dussap

  • Critical overview of biomass feedstocks as sustainable substrates for the production of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB).

    Ranjna Sirohi;Jai Prakash Pandey;Vivek Kumar Gaur;Edgard Gnansounou

  • Bioconversion of sugarcane crop residue for value added products - An overview

    Raveendran Sindhu;Edgard Gnansounou;Parameswaran Binod;Ashok Pandey

  • Green processing and biotechnological potential of grape pomace: Current trends and opportunities for sustainable biorefinery.

    Ranjna Sirohi;Ayon Tarafdar;Shikhangi Singh;Taru Negi

  • Production and use of lignocellulosic bioethanol in Europe: current situation and perspectives.

    Edgard Gnansounou

  • Bacterial polyhydroxyalkanoates: Opportunities, challenges, and prospects

    Manish Kumar;Manish Kumar;Rashmi Rathour;Rashmi Singh;Yuqing Sun

  • Life cycle assessment of soybean-based biodiesel in Argentina for export

    Luis Panichelli;Arnaud Dauriat;Edgard Gnansounou

  • Water hyacinth a potential source for value addition: An overview.

    Raveendran Sindhu;Parameswaran Binod;Ashok Pandey;Aravind Madhavan

  • Life cycle assessment of algae biodiesel and its co-products

    Edgard Gnansounou;Jegannathan Kenthorai Raman

  • Biofuels: Alternative Feedstocks and Conversion Processes for the Production of Liquid and Gaseous Biofuels

    Ashok Pandey;Christian Larroche;Edgard Gnansounou;Samir Kumar Khanal

Frequent Co-Authors

Ashok Pandey
Ashok Pandey Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Raveendran Sindhu
Raveendran Sindhu National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
Sunita Varjani
Sunita Varjani University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Indu Shekhar Thakur
Indu Shekhar Thakur Amity University
Samuel Pierre
Samuel Pierre Polytechnique Montréal
Samir Kumar Khanal
Samir Kumar Khanal University of Hawaii at Manoa
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi
Arivalagan Pugazhendhi Cape Breton University
Steven C. Ricke
Steven C. Ricke University of Wisconsin–Madison
Johann F. Görgens
Johann F. Görgens Stellenbosch University
Avinash Kumar Agarwal
Avinash Kumar Agarwal Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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