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first cohort (2020-2022)

Host institutions for optional internships (2021) - first cohort:

Host institution Country
Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE) France
Lesaffre International France
National Laboratory of Energy and Geology (LNEG) Portugal
Tallinn University of Technology - Laboratory of Polymers and Textile Technology Estonia

Host institutions for internships and master’s thesis (2022) - first cohort:

Host institution Country
Aalto University Finland
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) France
Centre Européen de Biotechnologies et Bioéconomie (CEBB) URD-ABI France
Firmenich France
Greensea France
Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER) France
Institut Pasteur France
Institut national de recherche pour l’agriculture, l’alimentation et l’environnement (INRAE) France
Lesaffre International France
LGP2, Laboratory of Process Engineering for Biorefinery, Bio-based Materials and Functional Printing France
National Laboratory of Energy and Geology (LNEG) Portugal
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) United States
Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU Norway
Technical University of Denmark, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability Denmark
ULiège Belgium

Bioceb Graduates current positions - first cohort:

Name Current Position Country
AL-SHWAFY Khaled PhD "Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Biorefinery", KULeuven Belgium
AGATHI Maria Quality Control Analyst, Accord Healthcare SA Greece
AMADOR-PRACHE Amanda Fermentation research scientist, CRODA France
CARVAJALINO OLAVE Juan Diego PhD "Coupling microbial electrolysis with gas fermentation for CO2 valorization", Toulouse Biotechnology Institute France
CITAKOVIC Ivan Industrial PhD (CIFRE) in Industrial biotechnology-biopesticides production, Collaboration between Immunrise Biocontrol France and Institut Français de recherche pour l’exploitation de la mer France
GRASSI Tommaso Sustainability Jr Project Manager, Firmenich France
GUL Amna Research scientist, Synbio Powerlabs Finland
HAVAEI Mohammadhossein PhD in Plastic Recycling, Ghent University Belgium
JAVAID Hadiqa Analyst decarbonisation (work-study placement), Sanofi France
LÓPEZ RODRÍGUEZ Elena PhD "Accelerated evolution of nanobodies using Diversity Generating Retroelements", Institut Pasteur France
LÓPEZ TAVERA Esteban PhD in Enzyme Engineering, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) Norway
MEJIA OTALVARO Felipe PhD in Biotechnology and Sustainability & Research Assistant, Technical University of Denmark (DTU) Denmark
PORTES Yasmini PhD in Sustainable Materials Chemistry, Stockholm University Sweden
RAO Pranita Dasi PhD in Sustainability assessments, UAntwerpen,UHasselt and VITO Belgium
SHE Jialin PhD in Construction polymers, Saint Gobain France
TARIQ Muhammad Siddiq Founder & CEO NovioChem (Formulator & Supplier of Textile Chemicals)
TAGLIANI Tommaso Scientist, Äio Estonia
THOTTATHIL Adithya Raveendran Concentration and Separation Technologist, Danone France
VENKAT Veshal Research engineer in fuels and energy, Southwest Research Institute USA

PhD theses successfully defended - first cohort:

Name Topic Institution Year
CITAKOVIC Ivan Industrial PhD (CIFRE) in Industrial biotechnology
Improvement of Amphidinol 18 Productivity in the Dinoflagellate Microalga Amphidinium carterae by Random Mutagenesis
Immunrise Biocontrol France and Institut Français de Recherche pour l’Exploitation de la Mer 2026
SHE Jialin Relationships between the phase behavior and mechanical properties of synthetic polyelectrolyte complex coacervates University of Strasbourg / Institut Charles Sadron 2025
THOTTATHIL Adithya Raveendran Flexible lignin-first biorefinery : exploitation of inter- and intraspecies variability of local plant feedstock Université Paris-Saclay / AgroParisTech / IJPB - Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin-Sciences du Végétal 2025

Updated June 2026