| 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. Diagnostic kits in aquaculture for detection of pathogens, toxins and harmful environmental contaminants. Commercial application of marine organisms and their metabolites. 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 |
