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Life Cycle Assessment, Bioresources Optimization Strategies, Bioeconomy, Biogas, Biomethane, Renewable Energy Systems, Waste Management, Carbon Management, Land Use Changes
EDUCATION
2013 Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, University of Southern Denmark (SDU), of Engineering, Dept. of Chemical Eng., Biotech. & Environmental Tech., Odense, Denmark. Title: Carbon Management and Environmental Consequences of Agricultural Biomass in a Danish Renewable Energy Strategy. Resulted in 5 peer-reviewed ISI papers.
2009 M.Sc. Agricultural Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada. Resulted in 1 peer-reviewed ISI paper.
2006 B.Eng. Agricultural Engineering, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada.
ACTIVITIES IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2014-16 European Orientation Group, EU project “Climate ChangER”, advisory board
2011-13 Member of the “Technical Working Group” (TWG) for Denmark in the revision of the BREF on Intensive Rearing of Poultry and Pigs under the Industrial Emission Directive. EU IPPC Bureau, Seville.
2011-16 Board Member, Danish Ecological Council.
2008-09 Board Member, Quebec Association for Agri-Food Engineers
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016 Senior Scientist – Inst. of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, State Research Institute, Dept. of Bioeconomy & System Analysis. Pulawy, Poland. ERA Chair Programme.
2014-16 Assistant Professor - University of Southern Denmark, Dept. Chemical Eng., Biotech. & Environ. Tech., Centre for Life Cycle Engineering. Odense, Denmark. Leader of the “Carbon Management” research group. Comprised 2 postdocs, 2 PhDs, 1 M.Sc.
2013-14 Postdoctoral researcher - University of Southern Denmark, Dept. Chemical Eng., Biotech. & Environ. Tech. Odense, Denmark.
2008 Project Manager – Institute of Research & Development for the Agri-Environment (IRDA). Quebec, Canada.
RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, SELECTED
2016 Work Package Leader – HiGradeGas. Danish Innovation Fund - Technical process evaluation, risk assessment and basic engineering of a new biogas upgrading and biomethane storage technology based on nanomaterials.
2014-16 Work Package Leader – Environmentally Friendly Protein Production. Danish Innovation Fund. Production of a microbial single cell protein from methane, oxygen and ammonia, allowing to decouple the production of protein from the use of land, and with focus on protein quality (amino acids). Life Cycle Assessment.
2013-16 Work Package Leader – Grass for Green Gas (GR3) – Intelligent Energy Europe. Production of a microbial single cell protein from methane, oxygen and ammonia, allowing to decouple the production of protein from the use of land, and with focus on protein quality (amino acids). Life Cycle Assessment.
2013-16 Work Package Leader – SYMBIO – Danish Innovation Fund. Life Cycle Assessment and system integration of biogas as a key to wind power integration in a future Danish renewable energy system, where hydrogen is used to upgrade manure-biogas.
2015-16 Work Package Leader – Urban Energy. Danish EUDP Fund. Value stream analysis for a turnkey treatment process turning urban waste into a biopulp for biogas and valuable fertilizer products. Determination of the biogas potential, and analysis of the contaminants in the biopulp and digested biomass.
2010-13 Work Package Leader – Baltic Manure – Interreg Baltic Sea Region. Life Cycle Assessment of current and future manure management systems in the Baltic Sea regions.
Publications:
1. Cimpan C, Rothmann M, Hamelin L, Wenzel H (2015). Towards increased recycling of household waste: Documenting cascading effects and material efficiency of commingled recyclables and biowaste collection. Journal of Environmental Management, 157, 69-83.
2. De Vries JW, Vinken TMWJ, Hamelin L, De Boer IJM (2012). Comparing environmental consequences of anaerobic mono-and co-digestion alternatives for pig manure to produce bio-energy – a life cycle perspective. Bioresource Technology, 125, 239-248.
3. Hamelin L, Naroznova I, Wenzel H (2014). Environmental consequences of different carbon alternatives for increased manure-based biogas. Applied Energy, 114, 774-782.
4. Hamelin L, Jørgensen U, Petersen BM, Olesen JE, Wenzel H (2012). Modelling the carbon and nitrogen balances of direct land use changes from energy crops in Denmark; a consequential life cycle inventory. Global Change Biology Bioenergy, 4, 889-907.
5. Hamelin L, Wesnæs M, Wenzel H, Petersen BM (2011). Environmental consequences of future biogas technologies based on separated slurry. Environmental Science & Technology, 45, 5869-5877.
6. Hamelin L, Godbout S, Thériault R, Lemay SP (2010). Evaluating ammonia emission potential from concrete slats designs for pig housing. Biosystems Engineering, 105, 455-465.
7. Habib K, Hamelin L, Wenzel H (2016). A dynamic perspective of the geopolitical supply risk of metals. Journal of Cleaner Production, 133, 850-858.
8. Tonini D, Hamelin L, Astrup TF (2016). Environmental implications of the use of agro-industrial residues for biorefineries: application of a top-down model for indirect land-use changes. Global Change Biology Bioenergy.8(4), 690-706.
9. Tonini D, Hamelin L, Morales AM, Astrup TF (2016). GHG emission factors of bioelectricity, biomethane and bioethanol quantified for 24 biomass substrates with consequential life-cycle assessment. Bioresource Technology, 208, 123-133.
10. Tonini D, Hamelin L, Wenzel H, Astrup T (2012). Bioenergy production from perennial energy crops: a consequential LCA of 12 bioenergy chains including land use changes. Environmental Science & Technology, 46, 13521-13530.
