Dr. Brace checking in, back from the 47th annual Symposium on Biomaterials, Fuels & Chemicals (SBFC) hosted by the Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIMB). Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Sarvada, Lil' Baldy, and I - as well as Prof. Antonio Freitas dos Santos from BC Engineering - traveled to Milwaukee for this annual research conference. Dr. Sarvada presented a poster on the work we have been doing on sustainable production of xylitol via fermenttion, ion-exchange separation, and crystallization. She received lots of great questions, feedback, and compliments on the work! I co-chaired the session on systems integration of bioenergy analysis, which included a lot of great talks on TEA, LCA, process modeling, and more! Overall, it was great to connect with other researchers in the biofuels & bioproducts space and we came back with renewed excitement and new ideas.
Lil' Baldy (lab mascot) at the SBFC Conference, hosted by SIMB!
Dr. Sarvada presenting our poster on sustainable production of xylitol.
Dr. Brace & Dr. Sarvada with Lil' Baldy and the poster at the SBFC Conference!
Lil' Baldy embracing traveling to Milwaukee for the conference.