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Mats Galbe

Mats Galbe

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
19611
World Ranking
7180
National Ranking
94

Overview

Mats Galbe is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden and has a research profile centered primarily on engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including biomedical engineering, molecular biology, biomaterials, nutrition and dietetics, and plant science.

Their research focuses extensively on topics such as biofuel production and bioconversion, lignin and wood chemistry, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, catalysis for biomass conversion, advanced cellulose research studies, enzyme-mediated dye degradation, and enzyme production and characterization.

Frequent co-authors in Galbe's research include:

  • Ola Wallberg
  • Basel Al-Rudainy
  • Miguel Sanchis-Sebastiá
  • Michael Persson
  • Sheila Montipó

Their publications often appear in a range of scholarly journals such as:

  • Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery
  • Molecules
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Bioresource Technology

Representative recent papers include:

  • Severity factor kinetic model as a strategic parameter of hydrothermal processing (steam explosion and liquid hot water) for biomass fractionation under biorefinery concept, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Novel sustainable alternatives for the fashion industry: A method of chemically recycling waste textiles via acid hydrolysis, 2020, Waste Management
  • Lignin Extraction by Using Two-Step Fractionation: A Review, 2023, Molecules
  • High efficient ethanol production from corn stover by modified mild alkaline pretreatment, 2021, Renewable Energy
  • Wheat bran fractionation: Effect of steam explosion and hydrotropic extraction conditions on the recovery of sugars and lignin, 2023, Industrial Crops and Products

Best Publications

  • Bio-ethanol--the fuel of tomorrow from the residues of today.

    Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal;Mats Galbe;Marie-Francoise Gorwa-Grauslund;Gunnar Lidén

  • A review of the production of ethanol from softwood

    Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials for efficient bioethanol production.

    Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Techno‐Economic Evaluation of Producing Ethanol from Softwood: Comparison of SSF and SHF and Identification of Bottlenecks

    Anders Wingren;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Techno-economic evaluation of integrated first- and second-generation ethanol production from grain and straw

    Elisabeth Joelsson;Borbála Erdei;Mats Galbe;Ola Wallberg

  • Techno-Economic Evaluation of Bioethanol Production from Three Different Lignocellulosic Materials

    Per Sassner;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Pretreatment: The key to efficient utilization of lignocellulosic materials

    Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Pretreatment for biorefineries: a review of common methods for efficient utilisation of lignocellulosic materials

    Mats Galbe;Ola Wallberg

  • Ethanol production from enzymatic hydrolysates of sugarcane bagasse using recombinant xylose-utilising Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Carlos Martı́n;Carlos Martı́n;Mats Galbe;C.Fredrik Wahlbom;Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal

  • Simultaneous saccharification and co-fermentation of glucose and xylose in steam-pretreated corn stover at high fiber content with Saccharomyces cerevisiae TMB3400

    Karin Öhgren;Oskar Bengtsson;Marie-Francoise Gorwa-Grauslund;Mats Galbe

  • Reduced inhibition of enzymatic hydrolysis of steam-pretreated softwood.

    Charlotte Tengborg;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Process engineering economics of bioethanol production.

    Mats Galbe;Per Sassner;Anders Wingren;Guido Zacchi

  • Two-step steam pretreatment of softwood by dilute H2SO4 impregnation for ethanol production

    Johanna Söderström;Linda Pilcher;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Influence of Enzyme Loading and Physical Parameters on the Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Steam‐Pretreated Softwood

    Charlotte Tengborg;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Fuel ethanol production from steam-pretreated corn stover using SSF at higher dry matter content

    Karin Öhgren;Andreas Rudolf;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Steam pretreatment of H2SO4-impregnated Salix for the production of bioethanol

    Per Sassner;Carl-Gustav Mårtensson;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • The effect of Tween-20 on simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of softwood to ethanol

    Malek Alkasrawi;Torny Eriksson;Johan Börjesson;Anders Wingren

  • The effect of water-soluble inhibitors from steam-pretreated willow on enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation

    Eva Palmqvist;Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Steam pretreatment of dilute H2SO4-impregnated wheat straw and SSF with low yeast and enzyme loadings for bioethanol production.

    Marie Linde;Eva-Lena Jakobsson;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

  • Effect of substrate and cellulase concentration on simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of steam‐pretreated softwood for ethanol production

    Kerstin Stenberg;Mónika Bollók;Kati Réczey;Mats Galbe

  • Comparison of SO2 and H2SO4 Impregnation of Softwood Prior to Steam Pretreatment on Ethanol Production

    Charlotte Tengborg;Kerstin Stenberg;Mats Galbe;Guido Zacchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Guido Zacchi
Guido Zacchi Lund University
Gunnar Lidén
Gunnar Lidén Lund University
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal
Bärbel Hahn-Hägerdal Lund University
Leif J. Jönsson
Leif J. Jönsson Umeå University
Keikhosro Karimi
Keikhosro Karimi Isfahan University of Technology
Lisbeth Olsson
Lisbeth Olsson Chalmers University of Technology
George Szakacs
George Szakacs Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Matti Siika-aho
Matti Siika-aho VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
Patric Jannasch
Patric Jannasch Lund University

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