Samir Meramo
Tenure Track Researcher
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby.
Biography
Research and innovation provide the possibility to develop methods for large scale production of sustainable foods, sustainable bio-chemicals and natural products. Here at The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (DTU Biosustain) we aim to do just that. Consumers need to have the option to choose sustainable products that leave greener footprints on Earth than we currently have.
Today, plastic bags, toys, cancer drugs, fuel and food ingredients are manufactured from chemical materials based on oil or extracted from plants. But this way of manufacturing depletes natural resources and increases carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, the products should instead be produced using sustainable biotechnological processes. Achieving this requires a massive research effort in industrial biotechnology.
