BO HU

Professor
Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering

PhD, Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, 2007

bhu@umn.edu
bohu.cfans.umn.edu

Research Interests

Development of bioprocessing technologies to convert agricultural residue and waste materials to value-added chemicals and biofuels. Research areas include biomass utilization, industrial fermentation, waste management and treatment.

Bio

Bo Hu is interested in biomass utilization, industrial fermentation, waste management and treatment. His research primarily focuses on the development of bioprocessing technologies to convert agricultural residue and waste materials to value-added chemicals and biofuels. The Bo lab has established several new cultivation methods, such as solid state cultivation, pelletized cultivation of fungi and algae, and cultivation of lichen biofilm.