Summary
Dr. Pedro Nakasu received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2019) at State University of Campinas. His Ph.D research, which was also done partly at Imperial College London (2017), investigated sugarcane bagasse pretreatment with ionic liquids for 2nd generation ethanol. He joined Imperial College as a research assistant in 2021. His current work entails plant biomass fractionation to generate high-purity lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose for further transformation into value-added products. He also investigates shellfish fractionation into chitosan and proteins for applications in biorefinery.
Research interests
Dr. Nakasu's research interests include:
- Lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment/fractionation for an integrated biorefinery approach, specifically with ionic liquids.
- Chitin and chitosan production from shellfish waste.
- Development and optimization of pretreatment processes.
- Enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass and alcoholic fermentation of hydrolysates.
- Protein extraction from lignocellulosic biomass
Publications
Journals
Nakasu PYS, Ienczak JL, Rabelo SC, et al., 2021, The water consumption of sugarcane bagasse post-washing after protic ionic liquid pretreatment and its impact on 2G ethanol production, Industrial Crops and Products, Vol:169, ISSN:0926-6690, Pages:113642-113642
Nakasu PYS, Pin TC, Hallett JP, et al., 2021, In-depth process parameter investigation into a protic ionic liquid pretreatment for 2G ethanol production, Renewable Energy, Vol:172, ISSN:0960-1481, Pages:816-828
Nakasu PYS, Clarke CJ, Rabelo SC, et al., 2020, Interplay of Acid–Base Ratio and Recycling on the Pretreatment Performance of the Protic Ionic Liquid Monoethanolammonium Acetate, Acs Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol:8, Pages:7952-7961
Nakasu PYS, Chagas MF, Costa AC, et al., 2017, Kinetic Study of the Acid Post-hydrolysis of Xylooligosaccharides from Hydrothermal Pretreatment, Bioenergy Research, ISSN:1939-1242
Nakasu PYS, Ienczak LJ, Costa AC, et al., 2016, Acid post-hydrolysis of xylooligosaccharides from hydrothermal pretreatment for pentose ethanol production, Fuel