Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Industry specializing in industrial biotechnology and microbial bioprocess development. She has extensive experience in R&D strategy, project leadership, consortium building, and technology maturation from lab-scale proof of concept to scale-up. Her work focuses on microbial cell factories, fermentation, CO2 utilization, and bio-based production of chemicals, proteins, lipids, and materials from diverse sustainable feedstocks.
Education
Academic background in biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, and microbial systems biology. PhD in Biochemistry and Cellular Biology from Graz University of Technology, followed by postdoctoral research at Chalmers University of Technology focused on microbial systems biology. Awarded an EMBO fellowship for a research stay at Freiburg University. MSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology across KU Leuven and the University of Molise, and BSc in Cellular and Molecular Biology.
Competence and research areas
Microbial cell factory development for sustainable production of proteins, lipids, chemicals and biopolymers. Research areas include strain and process development, fermentation technology, CO2 utilization, gas fermentation, bioreactor-based cultivation, lab- to pilot-scale bioprocess scale-up, downstream processing, proteomics-based characterization, process integration, and implementation of biotechnology solutions in industrial operations.
Linkedin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-di-bartolomeo-b14bb539/
ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Francesca-Di-Bartolomeo
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4302-0701
