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Aloia Romaní

Invited Assistant Researcher


Career

  • Since  2016: Invited Assistant Researcher, Universidade do Minho

Qualifications

  • 2011: Tesis de Doctorado en Ciencia y Tecnología Agroalimentaria por la Universidad de Vigo, Universidad de Vigo

  • Since 2016: The Bio-factory - Biotechnology as a key enabling technology for new processes, products and resource recovery
  • 2012 - 2016: New Pre-treatments

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Recent Publications

1
Xylose fermentation efficiency of industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast with separate or combined xylose reductase/xylitol dehydrogenase and xylose isomerase pathways
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels, 12(20), 2019
2
Valorization of Eucalyptus nitens bark by organosolv pretreatment for the production of advanced biofuels
  • Industrial Crops and Products, 132, 327-335, 2019
3
Bioactive compounds recovery optimization from vine pruning residues using conventional heating and microwave-assisted extraction methods
  • Industrial Crops and Products, 132, 99-110, 2019
4
Molecular and physiological basis of Saccharomyces cerevisiae tolerance to adverse lignocellulose-based process conditions
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 103(1), 159-175, 2019
5
Third generation bioethanol from invasive macroalgae Sargassum muticum using autohydrolysis pretreatment as first step of a biorefinery
  • Renewable Energy, (In Press), 2019
6
Comparative autohydrolysis study of two mixtures of forest and marginal land resources for co-production of biofuels and value-added compounds
  • Renewable Energy, 128, Part A, 20-29, 2018
7
Xylitol production from lignocellulosic whole slurry corn cob by engineered industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae PE-2
  • Bioresource Technology, 267, 481-491, 2018
8
Valorization of pineapple waste for the extraction of bioactive compounds and glycosides using autohydrolysis
  • Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies, 47, 38-45, 2018
9
HAA1 and PRS3 overexpression boosts yeast tolerance towards acetic acid improving xylose or glucose consumption: unravelling the underlying mechanisms
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 102(10), 4589-4600, 2018
10
Recombinant family 3 carbohydrate-binding module as a new additive for enhanced enzymatic saccharification of whole slurry from autohydrolyzed eucalyptus globulus wood
  • Cellulose, 25(4), 2505-2513, 2018
11
Boosting bioethanol production from Eucalyptus wood by whey incorporation
  • Bioresource Technology, 250, 256-264, 2018
12
Integral valorization of vine pruning residue by sequential autohydrolysis stages
  • Journal of Cleaner Production, 168, 74-86, 2017
13
  • Aguilar-Reynosa, Alejandra; Romaní, Aloia; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa M.; Aguilar, Cristóbal N.; Garrote, Gil; Ruiz, Héctor A.
Comparison of microwave and conduction-convection heating autohydrolysis pretreatment for bioethanol production
  • Bioresource Technology, 243, 273-283, 2017
14
  • Aguilar-Reynosa, Alexandra; Romaní, Aloia; Rodríguez-Jasso, Rosa Ma.; Aguilar, Cristóbal N.; Garrote, Gil; Ruiz, Héctor A.
Microwave heating processing as alternative of pretreatment in second-generation biorefinery: An overview
  • Energy Conversion and Management, 136, 50-65, 2017
15
Integrated approach for selecting efficient Saccharomyces cerevisiae for industrial lignocellulosic fermentations: importance of yeast chassis linked to process conditions
  • Bioresource Technology, 227, 24-34, 2017
16
Evaluation of strategies for second generation bioethanol production from fast growing biomass Paulownia within a biorefinery scheme
  • Applied Energy, 187, 777-789, 2017
17
Compositional features and bioactive properties of whole fraction from Aloe vera processing
  • Industrial Crops and Products, 91, 179-185, 2016
18
Combined alkali and hydrothermal pretreatments for oat straw valorization within a biorefinery concept
  • Bioresource Technology, 220, 323-332, 2016
19
Valorization of Eucalyptus wood by glycerol-organosolv pretreatment within the biorefinery concept: An integrated and intensified approach
  • Renewable Energy, 95, 1-9, 2016
20
Simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of hydrothermal pretreated lignocellulosic biomass: evaluation of process performance under multiple stress conditions
  • Bioenergy Research, 9(3), 750-762, 2016
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