What if we fed bacteria to our fish and pigs? 🦠 🍽 🐟 🐖

Lotte Van Peteghem is currently pursuing a PhD in Bioscience Engineering: Environmental Science and Technology. Her PhD project is a collaboration between ArcelorMittal Ghent and CMET (Center for Microbial Ecology and Technology). She is guided by professor Korneel Rabaey, Dr. Silvio Matassa, Ir. Myrsini Sakarika and Ir. Frederik De maré. Together, they try to shed light on the production of protein from ‘waste’ at the steel factory. Lotte studied industrial biochemical engineering at Ghent University. During her studies she got the opportunity to complete her third year of the bachelor program at the NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). Subsequently, she completed her master thesis at CMET, working on the production of carboxylates from waste active sludge. Lotte is fascinated by the potential of microbial technology to play a key role in resource recovery and subsequent valorization.