3rd MEEP Symposium 2019, Lucerne, Switzerland
Microbial, Enzymatic & Bio-Photovoltaic Electrochemical ReactorsFuel Cells & Electrolyser Systems
- 3rd to 4th July 2019 -
Topics of interest
Biological Electrochemical Reactors
Fundamentals in Electron Transfer Processes, Microbial Interactions & Electrosynthesis, Bioelectrochemical reactor design & materials Microbial Electrolysis Cell Systems with Hydrogen Fuel Cells (HFC)
Scale-up of Microbial Electrochemical Systems
Scale up approaches – opportunities & challenges
Implementation examples
LCA, Emerging Applications, Commercialisation
Systems Engineering
Sensors, Water treatment, Bio-remediation & Resource recovery
Scope
The idea behind the 3rd International MEEP Symposium, is to establish a biannual Microbial/Enzymatic Electrochemistry Platform (MEEP). MEEP is offering students, researchers, suppliers and industry the opportunity to come together and share information and insights in these interesting and continuously expanding fields of science and technology. This event will be held alongside the already well established and highly respected European Fuel Cell Forum (www.EFCF.com), offering further opportunities to meet researchers and industry members in other fields of low temperature Fuel Cell & Electrolysers and Hydrogen research from around the world.
The MEEP Symposium welcomes contributions (oral & poster) covering science and engineering, materials and manufacturing, components and systems, design, testing, integration and applications, for all Microbial & Enzymatic Electrochemical Reactors, especially Microbial Fuel Cells, Electrolysers and Applications. A specially formed Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) consisting of recognized international experts will be established, to ensure that the contributions are of a high standard, ensuring value and interest for participants of all levels.
Symposium Chair
Prof. Ioannis IeropoulosBristol BioEnergy Center, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UK
Bristol BioEnergy Center, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UK
Bio: Ioannis Ieropoulos is a Professor of Bioenergy & Self-Sustainable Systems and Director of the Bristol BioEnergy Centre, at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, UWE. He has an interest in waste utilisation and energy autonomy and produced the EcoBot family of robots, powered by microbial fuel cells (MFCs) fed on organic waste; the latest example is Row-bot. He leads a Gates Foundation funded program, developing MFCs for sanitation, looking also into biodegradable materials.
He has published >90 peer reviewed journal papers, generated >£7M of research income in the last 8 years and is frequently invited at international conferences, such as ECS. He is a member of the EPSRC Peer Review College, a reviewer for the EU and numerous scientific Journals and the Section Editor for SETA (Elsevier).
Scientific Advisory Board
• Dr. Bruno Allard / Ecole de Lyon, France
• Prof. Rachel Armstrong / Newcastle University, UK
• Dr. Claudio Avignone-Rossa / University of Surrey, UK
• Dr. Alain Bergel / CNRS, France
• Prof. Haluk Beyenal / Washington State University, USA
• Ms. Pierangela Cristiani / Ricerca sul Sistema Energetico, Italy
• Dr. Mirella Di Lorenzo / University of Bath, UK
• Dr. Benjamin Erable / CNRS, France
• Prof. Fabian Fischer / HEVS, Switzerland
• Prof. Johannes Gescher / KIT, Germany
• Prof. Ioannis Ieropoulos / Bristol BioEnergy Centre, UWE, UK (Chair)
• Prof. Sven Kerzenmacher / Bremen University, Germany
• Dr. Carlo Santoro / University of the West of England, UK
• Prof. Orkun Soyer / University of Warwick, UK
• Dr. Eileeen Yu / Newcastle University, UK
• Prof. Feng Zhao / Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
