Richard Ahorsu
Rovira I Virgili University, Spain
Biography
Richard Ahorsu is currently a PhD student at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Rovira I Virgili University. His research is focused on transformation of biomass into value added chemicals. At the present, he adopted simple and cost efficient autohydrolysis technique to convert walnut shell into xylose and glucose followed by batch fermentation to obtain L-lactic acid. He obtained his Master’s degree in Nanoscience, Materials and Processes in URV. During his Master’s degree he intensively investigated hydrogen evolution through water splitting mechanism by employing electrospun photocatalyst.