Lizzette Moreno Garcia joined NREL in 2022 as a postdoctoral researcher. At NREL, she is working on the optimization and scale up of a co-culture-based bioprocess for the synthesis of platform chemicals for the production of sustainable aviation fuels using solid agricultural residues as feedstocks.

Lizzette completed her doctoral degree in bioresource engineering at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada. She has experience in microalgae biorefinery systems, phycoremediation, carbon dioxide capture by microalgae, bioprocess scaling, and thermochemical conversion processes from waste oils to sustainable aviation fuels. Lizzette’s academic background is in biochemical engineering (bachelor's and master's). She has more than eight years of experience as a university lecturer in Mexico and Canada, teaching engineering, math, and experimental design courses.

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Research Interests

Bioprocess development and scaling 
 
Biorefinery systems from microalgae and bacteria 
 
Application of engineering, statistical, and genetic tools to bioprocess analysis, modeling, and optimization

Education

Ph.D., Bioresource Engineering, McGill University 
 
M.Sc., Biochemical Engineering, National Technological Institute of Mexico 
 
B.Sc., Biochemical Engineering, National Technological Institute of Mexico 

Professional Experience

Researcher, Queen’s University and Myera Group

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Course Lecturer, McGill University

Research Assistant, University of Alberta

Teaching Assistant/Fellow, McGill University

Lecturer, Polytechnic University of Guanajuato

Featured Work

Factors Affecting the Fatty Acid Profile of Wastewater-Grown-Algae Oil as Feedstock for Biodiesel, Fuel (2021) 
 
Biorefinery of Microalgae Biomass Cultivated in Wastewaters, Refining Biomass Residues for Sustainable Energy and Bioproducts (2020) 
 
Effect of Environmental Factors on the Biomass and Lipid Production of Microalgae Grown in Wastewaters, Algal Research (2019)

Optimization of the Proportions of Four Wastewaters in a Blend to Cultivate Microalgae Using a Mixture Design, Bioresource Technology (2019)

Microalgae Biomass Production for a Biorefinery System: Recent Advances and the Way Towards Sustainability, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (2017)

Awards and Honors

Bourse d'excellence pour étudiants étrangers, Les Fonds de Recherche du Québec, Nature et Technologies, Government of Quebec (2015)

Scholarship to Support Studies of PhD Abroad, National Council of Science and Technology, Government of Mexico (2015)