Laurent Dufossé 
CHEMBIOPRO Lab, University of Reunion Island, Saint-Denis, France.
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Bio
Prof. Laurent Dufossé is a Professor at the Reunion Island University, France. He obtained a Ph.D. in Food Science from the University of Burgundy, Dijon (1993). He served as a Lecturer at the Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Quimper (1995–2006). He has been involved in the field of Biotechnology of Food Ingredients for more than 30 years. His main research focused on the microbial production of pigments. This activity started 23 years ago and studies were and are mainly devoted to aryl carotenoids, such as isorenieratene, C50 carotenoids, anthraquinones, and azaphilones. A few years ago he also started to work on microplastics in the food chain and on the biodegradation of microplastics using microorganisms.
Research Interests
Microplastics in the food chain, Food science, Biotechnology of food ingredients, Microbial pigments, Use of by-products from fisheries, Dairy microbiology
