Pattanathu Rahman
Dr Rahman has 20+ years of industrial and academic experience in R&D, innovation, management, and commercialization. He served as an Associate Professor at University of Portsmouth and Teesside University and founded TeeGene Biotech and Tara Biologics. He has discovered novel biosurfactant producing bacteria from Teesside and author of 70+ peer-reviewed journal articles with 4800 citations, h-index 28, and editor of two books on the topic of Biosurfactants. His vast technical and management experience in biotechnology lead to various cutting-edge technologies, product discovery, scale-up, tech-transfer and commercialization. He is a recipient of SAB Award of Excellence in Microbial Biotechnology and winner of Teesside University’s Enterprise Project of the year award. He is a visiting Professor at SOA University (India) and has visited most of the IIT’s and Research Institutions in India as part of British Councils delegations and collaborating with them on UN sustainable Development goals on Health Care and Environmental Sustainability. He has been part of many R&D research projects including Plastic degrading enzymes, Soap from Agricultural wastes and Sustainable Clean water treatment. He has established a strong international consortium with Europe, USA, India, New Zealand, UAE and China and has been a part of multi-million research project consortium (EU Life-3 BIOREGEN, DEFRA Biorecycling at Teesside and ‘UKRI -Plastic degrading Enzyme’ at Centre for Enzyme Innovation at Portsmouth. He was leading MSc Food Science and Biotechnology programme at Teesside University. His main area of research interest includes Biomanufacturing of novel biopolymers (biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers), bioprocess development for algal biofuels and biosynthesis of nanomaterials. Dr Rahman has completed his Bachelor, Master and Doctorate degrees in Environmental Microbiology at Bharathiar University, MPhil Env Sci at Anna University and Advanced Biomanufacturing of Biopharmaceuticals Course at University of Cambridge (UK). Then started his career as a postdoctoral researcher in the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland (2000-01), research Scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York, USA (2001 -02) and an academic and enterprise researcher at Teesside University (2003-to date) and University of Portsmouth (2018 - to date) mostly working on biotechnology research and enterprise projects.
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bioactive molecules produced by a variety of
microorganisms. They are secondary metabolites
that accumulate at interfaces, reduce surface tension
and form micellar aggregates. This research
topic describes few novel microbial strains with
a focus on increasing our understanding of
genetics, physiology, regulation of biosurfactant
production and their commercial potentials. A
major stumbling block in the commercialization
of biosurfactants is their high cost of production.
Many factors play a significant role in making the
process cost-effective and the most important
one being the use of low-cost substrates such as
agricultural residues for the production of biosurfactants.
With the stringent government regulations
coming into effect in favor of production
and usage of the bio-based surfactants, many new
companies aim to commercialize technologies
used for the production of biosurfactants and
to bring down costs.
This Research Topic covers a compilation of original research articles, reviews and research
commentary submitted by researchers enthusiastically working in the field of biosurfactants
and highlights recent advances in our knowledge of the biosurfactants and understanding of the
biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in their production, scale-up and industrial
applications. Apart from their diverse applications in the field of bioremediation, enhanced oil
recovery, cosmetic, food and medical industries, biosurfactants can also boast off their unique
eco-friendly nature to attract consumers and give the chemical surfactants a tough competition
in the global market.
This biosurfactant focused research topic aims to summarize the current achievements and
explore the direction of development for the future generation of biosurfactants and bioemulsi-
fiers. Some of the biosurfactant optimization processes presented are well-structured and already
have a well-established research community. We wish to stimulate on-going discussions at the
level of the biosurfactant production including common challenges in the process development,
novel organisms and new feedstock and technologies for maximum benefit, key features of next
generation biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers. We have compiled the research outputs of international
leaders in the filed of biosurfactant particularly on the development of a state-of-the-art
and highly-efficient process platform.
Papers by Pattanathu Rahman
bioactive molecules produced by a variety of
microorganisms. They are secondary metabolites
that accumulate at interfaces, reduce surface tension
and form micellar aggregates. This research
topic describes few novel microbial strains with
a focus on increasing our understanding of
genetics, physiology, regulation of biosurfactant
production and their commercial potentials. A
major stumbling block in the commercialization
of biosurfactants is their high cost of production.
Many factors play a significant role in making the
process cost-effective and the most important
one being the use of low-cost substrates such as
agricultural residues for the production of biosurfactants.
With the stringent government regulations
coming into effect in favor of production
and usage of the bio-based surfactants, many new
companies aim to commercialize technologies
used for the production of biosurfactants and
to bring down costs.
This Research Topic covers a compilation of original research articles, reviews and research
commentary submitted by researchers enthusiastically working in the field of biosurfactants
and highlights recent advances in our knowledge of the biosurfactants and understanding of the
biochemical and molecular mechanisms involved in their production, scale-up and industrial
applications. Apart from their diverse applications in the field of bioremediation, enhanced oil
recovery, cosmetic, food and medical industries, biosurfactants can also boast off their unique
eco-friendly nature to attract consumers and give the chemical surfactants a tough competition
in the global market.
This biosurfactant focused research topic aims to summarize the current achievements and
explore the direction of development for the future generation of biosurfactants and bioemulsi-
fiers. Some of the biosurfactant optimization processes presented are well-structured and already
have a well-established research community. We wish to stimulate on-going discussions at the
level of the biosurfactant production including common challenges in the process development,
novel organisms and new feedstock and technologies for maximum benefit, key features of next
generation biosurfactants and bioemulsifiers. We have compiled the research outputs of international
leaders in the filed of biosurfactant particularly on the development of a state-of-the-art
and highly-efficient process platform.