Ellen Slegers is a scientist working on sustainable chains with the two focus areas:

· Identifying and studying sustainable biobased and circular chains

· Quantifying and optimising sustainability performance during early design stages of (process) chains.

Core of expertise is developing simulation and optimisation models that quantitatively address the sustainability performance. In such models principles from operations management systems analysis, process engineering, and sustainability analysis (e.g. LCA) are combined. My research interest is for, but not limited to, the research fields biobased economy, biotechnology, and circular chains.

In January 2019 Ellen became Associate Editor of the Elsevier journal Algal Research (focus area LCA,TE,optimisation) 

Ongoing research projects:

• bilateral projects with other WUR chair groups
• ProSeaWeed, LCA of near-future seaweed cultivation for food products (together with Wageningen Economic Research, Blonk Consultants, Stichting Noordzee Boerderij); 2019 - 2020
• Valuing waste streams for sustainable food systems: towards a digital twin(together with Plant Production Systems); 2020-2023    
• development BeWhere Algae (in cooperation with IIASA, Austria); 2011 - present

Former research projects:

• bilateral projects with the chair groups Urban Economics, Bioprocess Engineering, AlgaePARC, Plant Breeding, Food and Biobased Research, Animal Production Systems, Water Systems and Global Change
• EU FP7 MIRACLES; 2013-2017
• TKI AlgaePARC Biorefinery; 2013-2017
• Wetsus (algae theme): "For efficient, robust and flexible algae plants: an advanced scenario study approach"; 2009-2013
• PhD thesis: click here 

Obtained University Teaching Qualification in May 2017.

Lecturer in course:

• Sustainability Analysis (plus coordination)
• Circular Economy
• MOOC Biobased principles, module Achieving Sustainability

Former courses:

• Biorefinery
• Biobased economy/Principles of biobased economy
• Time dependent systems
• Proceskunde voor technologen