PhD Susanne Ekendahl is a researcher in microbiology, ecologist, project manager and author. She has >35 years of experience in practical laboratory research. Susanne focuses on environmental projects and preventive industrial microbiology in processes, products and the environment, for example microbial ocurrence, purity, contamination/potentially problematic growth and cultivation of organisms for different applications. She works with pretty much all types of microbes – bacteria (aerobic and anaerobic), fungi (yeast, mold, wood decay), cyanobacteria and microalgae. We do not cultivate virus strains at the Industridoktorn lab, but can work with them indirectly.
Among environmental projects, Susanne works with for example soil remediation. For the past 15 years Susanne has also developed the research area of microalgae, which can be used for industrial capture of carbon dioxide (CCS/CCU) and biobased materials. She has worked with three algae pilot plants, two of them at heavy industry.
Susanne works full-heartedly as a consultant and researcher in her company Miljösus AB at the Industridoktorn laboratory and enjoys the combination of writing, planning, organizing and, of course, practical labwork, inherent in her role as researcher. For more information, see https://miljosus.se.