Rebecca J. Wicker

• • Production of biomethane, biohydrogen, and volatile fatty acids from Nordic phytoplankton biomass grown in blended wastewater (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.147809

• • Hybrid planktonic-biofilm cultivation of a Nordic mixed-species photosynthetic consortium: A pilot study on carbon capture and nutrient removal (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.144585

• • The effects of light regime on carbon cycling, nutrient removal, biomass yield, and polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by a constructed photosynthetic consortium (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127912

• • The potential of mixed-species biofilms to address remaining challenges for economically-feasible microalgal biorefineries: A review (2022)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.138481

• • Biologically-mediated carbon capture and utilization by microalgae towards sustainable CO2 biofixation and biomass valorization – A review (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.130884

• • Emergent green technologies for cost-effective valorization of microalgal biomass to renewable fuel products under a biorefinery scheme (2021)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.128932
  • Application of Nordic microalgal-bacterial consortia for nutrient removal from wastewater (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.125567

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Technical Physics (Kuopio), currently working to develop near-infrared spectroscopy as a diagnostic tool for various tissue types by relating spectral data to lipidomics and histopathological scoring.

I have a diverse academic background in chemical ecology, analytical chemistry, biogeochemistry, and microbiology; I completed my MSc in environmental biology with a minor in environmental law at UEF Joensuu, and my PhD in green chemical technology at LUT Mikkeli. Between my MSc and PhD, I studied methane cycling in the anoxic deep ocean at the University of Southern Denmark. In addition to my academic experience, I have professional experience in renewable energy policy consulting in Djibouti and industrial biotechnology in the USA.