Abdellatif Barakat

Abdellatif Barakat is a Director Researcher in Green Chemistry and Valorization of Biomass at INRAE, JRU of Agropolymer Engineering and Emerging Technologies (IATE), Montpellier, France, which focuses on dry fractionation and bioconversion of agroresources and waste, biofuels, anaerobic digestion, digestate valorization, pyrolysis, biofertilizers and molecules of interest. His current research interests include valorization of biomass for bioenergy production, pretreatments, extraction of biopolymers, and biofertilizers formulation. He received his PhD in Chemistry and Physicochemical of Biopolymers from Reims University in 2007, and has previously held several postdoc positions, including at the Laboratory of Biotechnologies of the Environment (LBE, INRA) and at the Institut Charles Gerhardt (MACS, CNRS). Dr. Barakat has published over 120 papers in international journals, 4 patents, and 6 book chapters.