Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Lena Decuyper serves as the Program Manager for Public Projects at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant since June 2020, where strategic alignment of publicly funded projects with private B2B partnerships and bioeconomy needs takes precedence. Prior to this role, Lena was a Project Acquisition Coordinator at the same organization, coordinating the Horizon Europe project REPurpose. Previous experience includes a role as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Ghent University and Qpinch, focused on optimizing a catalytic system for chemical heat pumps, and a PhD researcher at Ghent University specializing in Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, with research on beta-lactam inhibitors for resistant bacteria. Lena's educational background includes a Doctor of Applied Biological Sciences from Ghent University, alongside master's and bachelor's degrees in Chemistry and Bioscience engineering from Ghent University and Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier.
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant
Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant is a flexible and diversified pilot plant for the development, scale-up and custom manufacturing of biobased processes and products. It operates at kilogram to multi ton scale and aims at closing the critical gap between scientific feasibility and industrial application of new biotechnological processes. The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant in a one-stop-shop that performs the entire value chain in a single plant, from the biomass green resource up to the final bioproduct. The pilot plant is equipped with state-of-the-art equipment to perform biomass pretreatment, biocatalysis, fermentation, up- and downstream purification and green chemistry. It focuses on conversion of biomass (a.o. agricultural crops and by-products, industrial side streams) into biochemicals, biomaterials, biofuels and other bioproducts. The Pilot Plant is situated in the Port of Ghent in Belgium. It is an independent, open innovation pilot plant and is accessible for companies and research institutions throughout the world.