PhD thesis: Simultaneous Saccharification, Fermentation and Filtration (SSFF)

Our PhD student Mofoluwake Ishola will defend her thesis on "Novel application of membrane bioreactors in lignocellulosic ethanol production : simultaneous saccharification, filtration and fermentation (SSFF)" on 31 October. She had nailing today which an old tradition (since 1517 by Martin Luther). In this ceremony, the candidate nail the thesis on a tree as you can see in the photo.

The thesis was about fermentation of lignocellulosic materials. She developed a method that combines the traditional methods of enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation named Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (SSF) and separation hydrolysis and fermentation (SHF) to this new method called SSFF. Using membranes are the heart of this development.  You can read more about it in her thesis, or publications: 

- Simultaneous saccharification, filtration and fermentation (SSFF): A novel method for bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass
- Effect of high solids loading on bacterial contamination in lignocellulosic ethanol production,
- Effect of Fungal and Phosphoric acid Pretreatment on Ethanol production from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches (OPEFB)
- Biofuels in Nigeria: A critical and strategic evaluation,