Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB
Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB

Tamang, Pravesh Dr.

Industrial biotechnology – Bioprocess engineering

Dr. Pravesh Tamang is a bioprocess engineer and an expert in the field of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers production from sustainable and renewable material, such as the industrial waste stream through bacterial fermentation.

He aims to transfer the PHA production process from lab to industrial scale. His research also focuses on the downstream processing of the PHA biopolymer to develop sustainable and cost-effective ways to extract and purify PHA.

Since January 2023, Dr. Tamang is working as a scientist at Fraunhofer IGB.

Industrial biotechnology

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    • Polyhydroxyalkanoate production
    • Microbial fermentation
    • Bioprocess development
    • PHA extraction and purification
    • Fermentation scale up

  • Professional Career
    Since 2023 Scientist in the working group Bioprocess Engineering of the "Industrial Biotechnology" innovation field at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB, Stuttgart, Germany
    April 2022 – December 2022 Scientific Assistant at the Indian Embassy, Berlin, Germany
    January 2018 – February 2022 Research Assistant/PhD at the Institute for Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany | Thesis title: Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from wastewater using microbial mixed culture
    July 2015 – June 2017 Master in Technology (Agricultural Biotechnologie), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
    June 2011 – June 2015 Bachelor in Technology (Biotechnologie), National Institute of Technology Durgapur, India

     

    • 2018: Netaji Subhas – ICAR International Fellowship 2018–21, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India
    • 2017: Prof. Asoke Kumar Chatterjee Memorial Award (Best graduating student), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
    • 2016: Master Sandwich Model Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), Germany

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    Project title Project title long Funding source Period
    BW2Pro Biowaste to Products Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, EU October 2021 – March 2024
    KoalAplan Biorefinery Büsnau: Municipal wastewater as a source of ammonium nitrogen, hydrogen and bioplastics Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector, EU October 2021 – March 2024
    BiPoTEX Development of a biobased coating for textile finishing based on polyhydroxyalkanoates the biopolymer chitosan  BMEL July 2021 – June 2023

    •  Pravesh Tamang, Rintu Banerjee, Stephan Köster, & Regina Nogueira (2019). Comparative study of polyhydroxyalkanoates production from acidified and anaerobically treated brewery wastewater using enriched mixed microbial culture. Journal of environmental sciences, 78, 137–146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2018.09.001
    •  Pravesh Tamang, Aniruddha Bhalerao, Carmen Arndt, Karl-Heinz Rosenwinkel & Regina Nogueira (2020). Ein integrierter Ansatz zur Biopolymerproduktion aus Abwasser. Wasser Abfall, 06, 19-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s35152-020-0228-3
    • Pravesh Tamang, Carmen Arndt, Johanna Bruns-Hellberg, & Regina Nogueira. (2021). Polyhydroxyalkanoates production from industrial wastewaters using a mixed culture enriched with Thauera sp.: Inhibitory effect of the wastewater matrix. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 21, 101328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eti.2020.101328
    • Pravesh Tamang & Regina Nogueira (2021). Valorisation of waste cooking oil using mixed culture into short- and medium-chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates: effect of concentration, temperature and ammonium. Journal of biotechnology, 342, 92-101.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbiotec.2021.10.006