Lars T. Angenent
Lars T. Angenent | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Netherlands |
Spouse | Ruth E. Ley |
Academic background | |
Education | BS, Environmental Sciences, M.S. Environmental Technology/Microbiology,Wageningen University and Research PhD, Environmental Engineering, 1998,Iowa State University |
Thesis | Development of a new high-rate anaerobic process for the treatment of industrial and domestic wastewaters: the anaerobic migrating blanket reactor (AMBR)(1998) |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Cornell University University of Tübingen |
Website | envbiotech |
Largus Theodora Angenent(born 1969) is a Dutch environmental biotechnologist. He is a Humboldt Professorship in applied microbiology at theUniversity of Tübingen,Germany's largest monetary international research prize.
Early life and education
[edit]Angenent was born in 1969.[1]He completed hisBachelor of Sciencedegree andMaster's degreefromWageningen University and Researchin the Netherlands. Following this, he traveled to the United States and enrolled atIowa State Universityfor his doctorate degree.[2]
Career
[edit]Upon completing his post-doctoral research at theUniversity of Colorado, Boulder,Angenent accepted anassistant professorposition atWashington University in St. Louis.After his wife, microbial ecologistRuth E. Ley,joined him in the city they conducted a dual career job search before settling onCornell University.[3]As anassociate professorof biological and environmental engineering, Angenent and his laboratory researchers began harnessing microbes to produce liquid fuel from the gases produced by slow pyrolysis.[4]A few years later, he was the recipient of a State University of New York Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Professional Service for 2015.[5]
In 2016, Angenent was appointed a Humboldt Professorship in applied microbiology at theUniversity of Tübingen,Germany's largest monetary international research prize.[6]In his first academic year in this role, Angenent sought to recycle waste with the ultimate aim of creating a sustainable cycle of materials. He developed a bioprocess that enables the conversion of acid whey without the use of additional chemicals.[7]During theCOVID-19 pandemic,Angenent began investigating how proteins can be produced without the need for animal husbandry or crop cultivation.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Angenent, Largus T. 1969-".viaf.org.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.
- ^"Portfolio: Prof. Dr. Largus Theodora Angenent".fit.uni-tuebingen.de.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.
- ^Ley, Ruth E. (May 29, 2009)."In Person: Breaking All the Rules".sciencemag.org.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.
- ^Garris, Amanda (October 18, 2011)."Kiln to make rural Kenyan village energy self-sufficient with agricultural boon".news.cornell.edu.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.
- ^"18 Cornellians win SUNY Chancellor's Awards for Excellence".news.cornell.edu.May 27, 2015.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.
- ^"New Humboldt Professorship in applied microbiology for the University of Tübingen".uni-tuebingen.de.May 18, 2016.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.
- ^"Researchers look to convert dairy wastewater to animal feed, aviation fuel".watertechonline.December 14, 2017.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.
- ^"Technologies for protein production: New ways to feed the world's population".research-in-germany.org.May 19, 2020.RetrievedMarch 27,2021.