1. Recent Advances in Chemically Modifiable Polyhydroxyalkanoates. 2. The Design of Functionalized PHA-Based Polymeric Materials by Chemical Modifications. 3. Amphiphiles from Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates). 4. Bioactive and Functional Oligomers derived from Natural PHA and their Synthetic Analogues. 5. Processing and Thermomechanical Properties of PHA. 6. Additive Manufacturing of PHA. 7. Mechanical and Permeation Properties of PHA-Based Blends and Composites. 8. Competitive Advantage and Market Introduction of PHA Polymers and Potential Use of PHA Monomers. 9. Linking the Properties of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) to Current and Prospective Applications. 10. Hydrogen-Oxydizing Producers of Polyhydroxyalkanoates: Synthesis, Properties, and Applications. 11. Polyhydroxyalkanoates, their Processing and Biomedical Applications. 12. Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) Based Materials in Food Packaging Applications. State of the Art and Future Perspectives. 13. Aerobic and Anaerobic Degradation Pathways of PHA. 14. Factors Controlling Lifetimes of Polyhydroxyalkanoates and their Composites in the Natural Environment.
Martin Koller was awarded his PhD degree by Graz University of
Technology, Austria, for his thesis on polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA)
production from dairy surplus streams which was enabled by the
EU-project WHEYPOL (“Dairy industry waste as source for sustainable
polymeric material production”), supervised by Gerhart Braunegg,
one of the most eminent PHA pioneers. As senior researcher, he
worked on bio-mediated PHA production, encompassing development of
continuous and discontinuous fermentation processes, and novel
downstream processing techniques for sustainable PHA recovery. His
research focused on cost-efficient PHA production from surplus
materials by bacteria and haloarchaea and, to a minor extent, to
the development for PHA for biomedical use.
He currently holds more than 70 Web-of-science listed articles in
high ranked scientific journals (h-index 23), authored twelve
chapters in scientific books, edited three scientific books and
four journal special issues on PHA, gave plenty of invited and
plenary lectures at scientific conferences, and supports the
editorial teams of several distinguished journals.
Moreover, Martin Koller coordinated the EU-FP7 project ANIMPOL
(“Biotechnological conversion of carbon containing wastes for
eco-efficient production of high added value products”), which, in
close cooperation between academia and industry, investigated the
conversion of animal processing industry´s waste streams towards
structurally diversified PHA and follow-up products. In addition to
PHA exploration, he was also active in microalgal research and in
biotechnological production of various marketable compounds from
renewables by yeasts, chlorophyte, bacteria, archaea, fungi or
lactobacilli.
At the moment, Martin Koller is active as research manager and
external supervisor for PHA-related projects.
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