Dr.-Ing. Flávio Baleeiro
Contact
Flávio C F Baleeiro
Scientist
Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Working Group Microbiology of Anaerobic Systems
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
in cooperation with
Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ)
Torgauer Str. 116, 04347 Leipzig, Germany
Phone +49 341 2434-577
flavio.baleeiro@ufz.de
Research Interests
I want to develop and scale up a biorefinery process that will make current fossil-based chemical platforms obsolete.
To reach that goal I am particularly interested in
- mixotrophic microbial communities;
- bioreactor designs;
- biological carbon fixation with H2 and waste gases; and
- development of downstream processing strategies for extracting bio-based chemicals.
CV / Scientific Career
Since 07/2022
Scientist
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Leipzig, Germany
Process development for the production, extraction, and valorization of carbon-negative carboxylates.
Scale-up of anaerobic fermentation of biomass.
Analysis and application of mixotrophic microbial communities.
2022
Helmholtz Doctoral Prize in applied research - category "Earth and Environment"
04/2020 - 02/2021
Research assistant
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Supervisor in the “bioprocess engineering practical course” for the bachelor’s and master’s degrees of the chemical engineering faculty.
04/2018 - 09/2022
PhD degree (Dr.-Ing.)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
Scholarship CAPES (Brazilian Ministry of Education).
Topic: Anaerobic fermentation merging the carboxylate and syngas platforms – Harnessing the potential of mixotrophic communities.
Supervisors: Dr. Heike Sträuber, Dr. Anke Neumann, and Prof. Dr. Christoph Syldatk.
In cooperation with the Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ).
Adjunct Professor of Industrial Chemistry (non-tenure track lecturer)
Federal Institute of Goiás (IFG), Goiânia Campus, Brazil
Full-time lecturer with a temporary contract. Lectured courses: Unit Operations, Corrosion, Kinetics and Reactors, Transport Phenomena and Industrial Biotechnology
2016
Industrial Master's in Refining, Petrochemicals and Gas
Centro Superior de Formación Repsol, Madrid, Spain
Fundación Carolina Scholarship.
2008 - 2014
Chemical Engineering
Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
Publications
2024 (2)
- Robazza, A., Raya i Garcia, A., Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A. (2024):
Acetate shock loads enhance CO uptake rates of anaerobic microbiomes
Microb. Biotechnol. 17 (12), e70063 10.1111/1751-7915.70063 - Robazza, A., Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A. (2024):
Two-stage conversion of syngas and pyrolysis aqueous condensate into L-malate
Biotechnol. Biofuels Bioprod. 17 , art. 85 10.1186/s13068-024-02532-2
2023 (2)
- Baleeiro, F.C.F., Varchmin, L., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H., Neumann, A. (2023):
Formate-induced CO tolerance and methanogenesis inhibition in fermentation of syngas and plant biomass for carboxylate production
Biotechnol. Biofuels Bioprod. 16 , art. 26 10.1186/s13068-023-02271-w - Baleeiro, F.C.F., Raab, J., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A., Sträuber, H. (2023):
Mixotrophic chain elongation with syngas and lactate as electron donors
Microb. Biotechnol. 16 (2), 322 - 336 10.1111/1751-7915.14163
2022 (2)
- Robazza, A., Welter, C., Kubisch, C., Baleeiro, F.C.F., Ochsenreither, K., Neumann, A. (2022):
Co-fermenting pyrolysis aqueous condensate and pyrolysis syngas with anaerobic microbial communities enables L-malate production in a secondary fermentative stage
Fermentation 8 (10), art. 512 10.3390/fermentation8100512 - Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H. (2022):
Recirculation of H2, CO2, and ethylene improves carbon fixation and carboxylate yields in anaerobic fermentation
ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 10 (13), 4073 - 4081 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c05133
2021 (2)
- Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H. (2021):
Hydrogen as a co-electron donor for chain elongation with complex communities
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9 , art. 650631 10.3389/fbioe.2021.650631 - Baleeiro, F.C.F., Ardila, M.S., Kleinsteuber, S., Sträuber, H. (2021):
Effect of oxygen contamination on propionate and caproate formation in anaerobic fermentation
Front. Bioeng. Biotechnol. 9 , art. 725443 10.3389/fbioe.2021.725443
2019 (1)
- Baleeiro, F.C.F., Kleinsteuber, S., Neumann, A., Sträuber, H. (2019):
Syngas-aided anaerobic fermentation for medium-chain carboxylate and alcohol production: the case for microbial communities
Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 103 (21-22), 8689 - 8709 10.1007/s00253-019-10086-9