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The Mary Rosenthal Memorial Student Travel Grant from the Algae Foundation was initiated to provide support for students presenting a poster or oral presentation at the Algae Biomass Summit. See our all of our recipients below. Please note that no recipients were awarded from 2021–2023 due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. 


  • Hamzah Alzanbaki

    Aeration and Power Requirements for CO2-Replete Cultivation of Red Seaweed in Tumble and Recirculating Raceway Tanks


  • Rugan Suresh

    The ability of microalga Chlorella vulgaris to remove nitrogen and phosphorous from wastewater in microgravity in the International Space Station


  • Rahul Kumar

    Enhanced elimination of Particulate matter, Formaldehyde, and Total Volatile Organic Compounds using diatoms embedded microalgal biochar (non-activated) for indoor air purification

  • Sunil Tiwari

    Greatly enhanced thermostability of phycocyanin from cyanobacteria


  • Neha Arora

    Mixotrophic cultivation of C. vulgaris using sweet sorghum bagasseto reduce cost and enhance sustainability

  • Priscila Paola Dario

    Biochemical composition and conversion of methil esters via direct microalgae biomass transesterification


  • Fengzheng Gao

    Maximum fucoxanthin and lipid production by Tisochrysis lutea at lab and pilot scale

  • Yaoguang Li

    Development of genomic tools for breeding superior sugar kelp (Saccharina latissima) cultivars for food and fuel

  • Magdalini Tsarpali

    Lipid extraction of microalgae & hydrothermal carbonization of the residual algal biomass for sustainable hydrochar production

  • Dágon Manoel Ribeiro

    Culture media for the production of biomass of green microalgae (Chlorophyta) at low cost

  • Anita Ljubic

    Nannochloropsis oceanica as a new natural source of vitamin D3


  • Chelsea Tyus

    Characterizing Monosaccharides and Starches in a Co-Culture of Microalgae


  • Dylan Franks

    Using Algae in Undergraduate STEM Education...

  • Fabian Abiusi

    Oxygen balanced mixotrophic cultivation: how to double microalgae productivity...

  • Gisell Pazmino

    Potential microalgae acclimation to centrate wastewater...

  • Lizzette Garcia

    Effect of environmental factors on the biomass and lipid production of microalgae...

  • Madelyn Wilson

    A Look at Post-combustion Flue Gas CO2 Capture for Sustainable Algae Production

  • Pedro Chacon

    Energy harvesting system for turbulent flow: Application to microalgal cultures

  • Alvin Cheng

    A microfluidic approach for high-throughput screening of microalgae-to-bioproducts conversions

  • Derek Hess

    Impact of Heavy Metals on Microalgae Growth and Conversion into Biofuel and Biogas Production...

  • Eric Monroe

    Production, upgrading, and testing of fusel alcohols as high performance fuels from whole algae bioconversion

  • William Stanley

    Marine Algae Cultured in Enriched Medium Demonstrate Increased Uptake


  • Ali Teymouri

    Evaluation of Lipid Extractability After Flash Hydrolysis of Algae


  • Lei Wang

    A Low- Cost Microfluidic Concentrator for Cyanobacteria Harvesting


  • Rey Allen

    Synthetic ecology for quantitative prediction of anti-comtamination strategies


  • Andrew Burch

    Combined nitrogen limitation and peroxide treatment enhances neutral lipid accumulation the marine diatom

  • Dylan Franks

    Physiological Optimization of Lipid Accumulationin Microalgaeduring Continuous Culture


  • Hasti Hosseinizand

    Economics of drying microalgae Chlorella in a conveyor belt dryer with recycled heat


  • Jiang Bowen

    The Algae Foundation’s Algae Academy
                                                              


  • Kishi Masatoshi

    The Algae Foundation’s K-13 STEM Initiative



  • Li Yalin

    Quantitative Multiphase Model for Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) of Algal Biomass


  • McKenna Loop

    The Effect of the Type of Extraction Method on the Amount of Crude Algal Lipids Recovered for Economically Feasible Biofuel Production


  • Stan Pankratz

    Modeling Algae Pond Cultivation –Canada (and global)



  • Umme Aiman






  • Andrew Bessette

    LCA of Algae Based Biofuels Produced Utilizing Flash Hydrolysis ProcessUsing and Argonne GREET Model 


  • Raul Gonzalez

    Steamlined Contruction of the Carboxysome for the Develpment of Modular Protein-Based Nanoreactor 


  • Huiya Gu






  • Matthew Jackson

    Promotng Lipid Accumulation in Chlorella vulgaris UTEX395 Using Nitrogen...


  • Jakob Nalley

    Well‐Oiled Green Cleaning Machines: Harnessing the Synergy of Algal Biofuel Production...


  • Garima Saxena






  •  Prachi Varshney

    Effect of high CO2concentrations on the growth and macromolecular composition...


  • Elena Barbera

    Improving light absorption and energy conversion in Photobioreactorsfor microalgae production


  • Javier Gimpel

    Production of recombinant proteins in microalgae at pilot greenhouse scale 


  • Lisa A. Anderson

    Small Molecule Modulators of Lipid Production in Microalgae and NMR Spectroscopy of Lipids


  • Mona Mirsiaghi

    Biocon version of Lipid-Extracted Algal Biomass into Ethanol
     


  • Lenny de Jaeger

    Superior TAG accumulation in starchless mutants of Scenedesmus obliquus


  • Alexander S. Zevin

    Characteriza*on of microbial community structure and func*on in Synechocys)s sp.PCC 6803 photobioreactors


  • Julian Rosenberg

              




  • Trina Halfhide

              




  • Rebecca Knight

              




  • Jeffery Moody

              




  • Lillie Cavonius

              




  • Pavlo Bohutskyi

              




  • Stephanie Brunelle

              




Algae Biomass Summit Student Travel Grants Available

For more information, contact Marissa Nalley at mnalley@thealgaefoundation.org

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Mary Rosenthal, 1958-2014

Mary Rosenthal was the founding force and first executive director of the Algae Foundation. She was a champion for STEM education. These grants are dedicated to her memory.