| Fermentation Technology, Bioreactor design and operation, media composition, gas exchange and mass transfer, sterilization, bioreactor scale-up. Process engineering and instrumentation. Production and commercial applications of industrial products including amino and organic acids, biodegradable polymers and antibiotics. Biofuels, biotransformation and biosensors. Downstream processing and product purification. Bioremediation; hydrocarbon-oxidising microorganisms, biosurfactants, removal of organic and metallic pollutants from soil. Biodesulphurisation, Biosensors in environmental applications. The emerging roles of GMOs; The plastics dilemma and biodegradable plastics; Microbes in clean production technology. |
Administrative assistant: Kajol Jogarah
Telephone: 4037400
Email: k.jogarah@uom.ac.mu |
