Guest Editors
Mario Pagliaro
Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (ISMN), National Research Council (CNR)
<p>Mario Pagliaro is research director at Italy’s National Research Council in Palermo, where he leads a research group focused on nanochemistry, solar energy, green chemistry, and the bioeconomy. In 2021, he was elected an ordinary member of the Academia Europaea. His group’s work—conducted in collaboration with researchers from over 20 countries—has been published in nearly 400 peer-reviewed papers.</p><p><br></p><p>Dr. Pagliaro has named numerous innovative functional materials and enabling technologies developed by his lab, including IntegroPectin, CuproGraf, NiGraf, CytroCell, GrafeoPlad, CytroCav, AquaSun, SiliOrange, AnchoisOil, LimoFish, AnchoisFert, SiliaSun, and HyTan. He is also the author or co-author of 22 books, several of which are considered key references in their respective fields.</p>
Anne-Sylvie Fabiano Tixier
Avignon University
<p>Anne-Sylvie Fabiano Tixier is the adjunct director of UMR 408 SQPOV (INRAE) at Avignon University in France, where she began her career as a lecturer in 2000. She joined the Eco-Extraction of Natural Products Research Group, which was led by the late Professor Farid Chemat. In addition to her role as adjunct director, she also co-coordinates the Master's Program in Food Production Engineering (IPA) and serves as the head of the UNESCO Chair in Green and Sustainable Chemistry for Plant-Based Products.</p><p><br></p><p>Her research focuses on the green extraction of natural products. Through highly collaborative efforts, she has developed many innovative methods that are now routinely employed by the natural product industry to create enhanced extracts used in food, cosmetics, and phytotherapy.</p>
Collection Overview
In the emerging bioeconomy, the shift toward sustainable production systems transforms how chemical substances, functional materials, and energy are sourced. Biological resources, particularly agro-industrial, food, marine, and forest by-products—once regarded as biowaste—are increasingly utilized as raw materials for high-value bioproducts. This shift is underpinned by advances in green chemistry, innovative extraction methods, and circular economy approaches that prioritize waste minimization and resource efficiency.
However, key challenges persist in scaling up these bio-based production systems, optimizing process efficiencies, and ensuring economic and environmental sustainability. There is a critical need for robust analytical methods to assess product quality, environmental impacts, and societal benefits while integrating these systems into broader industrial frameworks. Addressing these challenges requires interdisciplinary innovation and the dissemination of both technical methodologies and experimental insights.
This collection aims to provide a comprehensive platform for researchers to share article contributions that advance bio-based production and circular economy processes. We welcome both method-focused articles demonstrating innovative techniques and protocols, as well as research articles presenting novel findings, technological breakthroughs, and real-world applications.
The collection will serve as a valuable resource for the scientific community by combining methodological advances and cutting-edge research findings. It will accelerate the development of sustainable solutions that benefit the economy, society, and the environment.
Abstracts
Enhanced methane generation from brewery wastewater in a bioelectrochemically enhanced anaerobic digester
Abid Hussain*1,
Banu Ormeci1,
Seyedomid Ahmadanijad1,
Shuyao Wang2,
Vijaya Raghavan2
1Carleton University,
2McGill University