Q&A: Turning waste into fuel and chemicals—practical application through collaboration

Creating fuel and chemicals from agricultural waste to revolutionize the industrial structure is the aim of the cutting-edge biomanufacturing research activity based at Kobe University. One key player in this research is Professor Ogino Chiaki, a bioproduction engineering expert at Kobe University's Graduate School of Engineering.


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