Anna Trubetskaya
Associate Professor
Faculty of Biosciences and Aquaculture
Dr. Anna Trubetskaya graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Technical University of Denmark in 2016, M.Sc. in Bio-Engineering at University of Kassel, Germany (2011), and Biotechnology & Process Engineering at University of Applied Sciences Flensburg, Germany (2009). Currently, I undertake MBA at the Warwick Business School specializing in climate entrepreneurship and sustainable management. She is an author > 50 scientific articles with the h-index = 23 (google scholar). She worked in the bio- and material sciences, energy sector and chemical engineering in the US, Ireland, Germany, Finland, Denmark and currently in Norway. I am open for both fundamental research and commercialisation.
Anna is a director of the BSc program in "Sustainable bioproduction" at the Nord University. She is also teaching "Biomaterials" and "Biochemistry & Biomolecular Sciences" classes within "Forestry" and "Sustainable bioproduction" BSc programs. Since Anna graduated from The Centre for Educational Development at the Luleå University of Technology / KTH Stockholm in 2017, she has participated in development of Lean Six Sigma and Industrial Manufacturing program at the University of Limerick and has extensively supervised MSc students from the industry, e.g., medical and biomedical manufacturing, and pharmaceutical sectors. She has also given several guest lectures at MIT, University of Galway, and Trinity College Dublin.
An essential part of my research is conducted in very close collaboration with industrial enterprises and research organisations worldwide. Sustainable energy- and cost-efficient processes are investigated from engineering and business prospective in my research group. Life cycle assessment and Lean Six Sigma manufacturing methods form an essential part of research activities. The development of novel processes in biomaterial fractionation, plastic recycling, bioplastic and biofuel production are important integratives of my research aiming to foster circular economy and secure sustainable and resilient manufacturing. The application of biomaterials in biomedical, medical, water and energy sectors are of particular interest to my research group.
2026
Creating a Proactive Churn Retention Strategy in a Telecommunications Company Through the Application of Design for Lean Six Sigma 2026 Sustainability (Basel) - Enda Mulcahy, Rachel Moran, Patrick Walsh, Anna Trubetskaya
Recycled carbon fibers from wind-turbine blade waste combined with carbon nanotubes for sensitive electrochemical detection of carbendazim 2026 Electrochimica Acta - Anna Trubetskaya, Jaroon Jakmunee, Pakin Noppawan, Nontipa Supanchaiyamat, Andrew J. Hunt, Narongrit Sosa, Jamras Lerdsri, Jantima Upan
Integrated Analytical Approach to Micro- and Macroalgae: Tailored Extraction Strategies for Sustainable Biorefineries 2026 ACS Omega - Anna Trubetskaya, Roland Haseneder, Volker Herdegen, Luis Leimbrock , Italo Pisano, Yvonne Joseph, Carla Vogt, Stefan Rudolf Kaschabek , Jan Zuber
2025
Implementing environmental efficiencies in aviation using lean six sigma in air traffic control 2025 Research in Transportation Business and Management (RTBM) - Declan Mangan, Olivia McDermott, Anna Trubetskaya
The Effect of Ultraviolet Light Irradiation on Pigment Performance in Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Arthrospira platensis 2025 Marine Drugs - Anna Trubetskaya, Roland Hassender, Maximilian Lippold, Rob van Haaren, Volker Herdegen, Lisa Ditscherlein, JJ Leahy, Italo Pisano, Yvonne Joseph, Carla Vogt, Jan Zuber
Industrial Assessment Tools of Risks Associated with Wastewater and Water Technologies 2025 ACS ES&T Water - Anna Trubetskaya, Colm Gaskin, Aine Hennessy, Ian Ryan, Ken Stockil
Lean Six Sigma 4.0 Application in the Food & Beverage Industry: A Case Study 2025 IEEE Engineering Management Review - Olivia McDermott, WELLINGTON QUIRINO DOS SANTOS, Anna Trubetskaya
Digital marketing process enhancement in an online store utilising a combination of design of experiments and lean six sigma 2025 International Journal of Lean Six Sigma - Olivia McDermott, Julien Swana Tansha, Anna Trubetskaya, Angelo Rosa, Rachel Moran
Thermochemical processing of organic wastes for sustainable valorisation and energy recovery: A review of recent contributions to the field 2025 Biomass & Bioenergy - Cigdem Yangin-Gomec, Kenan Dalkılıç, Altunay Perendeci, Mine Güngörmüşler, Tosin Somorin, Jimmy Roussel, Murat Varol, Ana Ramos, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Anna Trubetskaya, Feyza Kazanc, Milica Vasić, Aytac Perihan Akan, Aysenur Ugurlu, Jorge Mario Marchetti, Viveka Balasundararajan, Timo Kikas
Design for green lean six sigma to improve sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry–a case study 2025 Production & Manufacturing Research - Olivia McDermott, Anna Trubetskaya, Javed Iqbal, Yvonne McGlinchey, Mohanavelu Thenarasu
2024
Fast, Easy, and Reproducible Fingerprint Methods for Endotoxin Characterization in Nanocellulose and Alginate-Based Hydrogel Scaffolds 2024 Biomacromolecules - Jan Zuber, Paula Lopes Cascabulho, Sara Gemini Piperni, Ronaldo José Farias Corrêa do Amaral, Vincent Carre, Carla Vogt, Jasmine Hertzog, Eero Kontturi, Anna Trubetskaya
Microwave hydrolysis, as a sustainable approach in the processing of seaweed for protein and nanocellulose management 2024 Algal Research - Anna Trubetskaya, Huy Quang Le, Jenni Leppiniemi, Tetyana Koso, Markus B Linder, Teemu Välisalmi, Italo Pisano, Jinze Dou, JJ Leahy, Eero Kontturi
Pharma industry 4.0 deployment and readiness: a case study within a manufacturer 2024 The TQM Journal - Olivia McDermott, Anete Magdalena Wojcik, Anna Trubetskaya, Michael Sony, Jiju Antony, Manjeet Kharub
Improving value chain data lifecycle management utilising design for Lean Six Sigma methods 2024 The TQM Journal - Anna Trubetskaya, Olivia McDermott, Pierre Durand, Daryl John Powell
2023
A benefit costing process for Lean Six Sigma programs 2023 The TQM Journal - Mary Margaret Crowdle, Olivia McDermott, Anna Trubetskaya
A total productive maintenance & reliability framework for an active pharmaceutical ingredient plant utilising design for Lean Six Sigma 2023 Heliyon - Noel Shannon, Anna Trubetskaya, Javed Iqbal, Olivia McDermott
On the understanding of bio-oil formation from the hydrothermal liquefaction of organosolv lignin isolated from softwood and hardwood sawdust 2023 Sustainable Energy & Fuels - Petter Paulsen Thoresen, Jonas Fahrni, Heiko Lange, Jasmine Hertzog, Vincent Carre, Ming Zhou, Anna Trubetskaya, Fredéric Aubriet, Jonas Hedlund, Tomas Gustafsson, Ulrika Rova, Paul Christakopoulos, Leonidas Matsakas
Application of Design for Lean Six Sigma to strategic space management 2023 The TQM Journal - Anna Trubetskaya, Olivia McDermott, Anthony Ryan
Implementation of an ISO 50001 energy management system using Lean Six Sigma in an Irish dairy: a case study 2023 The TQM Journal - Anna Trubetskaya, Olivia McDermott, Seamus McGovern
Thermoresponsive and biocompatible poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-cellulose nanocrystals hydrogel for cell growth 2023 Materials Advances - Anna Trubetskaya, Jenni Leppiniemi, Sami Lipponen, Salvatore Lombardo, Wim Thielemans, Thaddeus Maloney, Timo Paakkonen, Kavindra Kumar Kesari, Janne Ruokolainen, Vesa P. Hytonen, Eero Kontturi
Implementing a customised Lean Six Sigma methodology at a compound animal feed manufacturer in Ireland 2023 International Journal of Lean Six Sigma - Anna Trubetskaya, Olivia McDermott, Padraig Brophy
Strategic facility & space planning utilising Design for Lean Six Sigma 2023 International Journal of Sustainable Engineering - Brían Ó'Longaigh, John Noonan, Anna Trubetskaya, Olivia McDermott
Utilising a hybrid DMAIC/TAM model to optimise annual maintenance shutdown performance in the dairy industry: a case study 2023 International Journal of Lean Six Sigma - Anna Trubetskaya, Alan Ryan, Daryl John Powell, Connor Moore
The development of a lean six sigma and BIM framework for enhancing off-site manufacturing 2023 International Journal of Lean Six Sigma - Anna Trubetskaya, Olivia McDermott, John W. Noonan, Angelo Rosa, Kevin O'Dwyer
2022
The Effect of Medical Device Regulations on Deploying a Lean Six Sigma Project 2022 Processes - Anna Trubetskaya, Vincent McGrane, Olivia McDermott, Angelo Rosa, Michael Sony
Characterization of tars from recycling of PHA bioplastic and synthetic plastics using fast pyrolysis 2022 Journal of Hazardous Materials - Anna Trubetskaya, Heiko Lange, Tania Palmeiro-Sanchez, Duarte Magalhaes, Sean Moore, Feyza Kazanc, Alexandre Paiva, Alican Akgül
The Lack of Ireland’s Assisted Human Reproduction (AHR) Regulation Viewed under the Lens of the Patient’s Experience 2022 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) - Olivia McDermott, Lauraine Ronan, Mary Ann Butler, Anna Trubetskaya
An evaluation of Lean deployment in Irish micro-enterprises 2022 Total Quality Management and Business Excellence - Anna Trubetskaya, J. Stuart Nelson, Olivia McDermott, Bobby Woods
A Review of Lean Adoption in the Irish MedTech Industry 2022 Processes - Anna Trubetskaya, Declan Manto, Olivia McDermott
Room Temperature Fabrication of Macroporous Lignin Membranes for the Scalable Production of Black Silicon 2022 Biomacromolecules - Anna Trubetskaya, Michael Morris, Manuel Ruether, Eoin Cotte, Andrew Selkirk, Ramsankar Senthamaraikannan Senthamaraikannan, Arantxa Davó-Quiñonero, Stephen A. O’Brien, Nadezda Prochukhan, David McClosky
Changes towards more sustainable food packaging legislation and practices. A survey of policy makers and stakeholders in Europe 2022 Food Packaging and Shelf Life - Anna Trubetskaya, Philip Benjamin Vincent Scholten, Milena Corredig
A Review of Lean Methodology Application and Its Integration in Medical Device New Product Introduction Processes 2022 Processes - Anna Trubetskaya, Owen Slattery, Olivia McDermott, Sean Moore
Production and characterization of bio-oil from fluidized bed pyrolysis of olive stones, pinewood, and torrefied feedstock 2022 Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis - Anna Trubetskaya, Lukas von Berg, Robert Johnson, Sean Moore, JJ Leahy, Yinglei Han, Heiko Lange, Andres Anca-Couce
2021
Prediction of yields and composition of char from fast pyrolysis of commercial lignocellulosic materials, organosolv fractionated and torrefied olive stones 2021 Fuel - Anna Trubetskaya, Kaan Gürel, Feyza Kazanc, Duarte Magalhaes, Paul Christakopoulos, Leonidas Matsakas, Ulrika Rova, JJ Leahy, Italo Pisano
Transformation of inorganic matter in poultry litter during fluidised bed gasification 2021 Fuel processing technology - Anna Trubetskaya, Mirko Ziegner, Elena Yazhenskikh, Michael Müller, JJ Leahy, Marzena Kwapinska, Daya Shankar Pandey
Special Issue: Biochemical and Thermochemical Conversion Processes of Lignocellulosic Biomass Fractionated Streams 2021 Processes - Anna Trubetskaya, Leonidas Matsakas
Study of Emissions from Domestic Solid-Fuel Stove Combustion in Ireland 2021 Energy & Fuels - Anna Trubetskaya, Jurgita Ovadnevaite, Darius Ceburnis, Colin O’Dowd, Rory F.D. Monaghan, JJ Leahy, William Smith, Chunshui Lin, Robert Johnson, Peter Layden
A methodology for assessing and monitoring risk in the industrial wastewater sector 2021 Water Resources and Industry - Anna Trubetskaya, Shane Merritt, Sean Moore, William P Horan, Paul Conheady, Ken Stockil
Supercritical extraction of biomass as an effective pretreatment step for the char yield control in pyrolysis 2021 Renewable Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Vitaliy L. Budarin, Mehrdad Arshadi, Duarte Magalhaes, Feyza Kazanc, Andrew Hunt Johnson
On the use of reference mass spectra for reducing uncertainty in source apportionment of solid-fuel burning in ambient organic aerosol 2021 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques - Anna Trubetskaya, Darius Ceburnis, Chunshui Lin, Wei Xu, William Smith, Stig Hellebust, John C. Wenger, Colin O’Dowd, Jurgita Ovadnevaite
Supercritical Extraction of Biomass—A Green and Sustainable Method to Control the Pyrolysis Product Distribution 2021 ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering - Anna Trubetskaya, Jacek Grams, Thomas M. Attard, Andrew Hunt Johnson, Mehrdad Arshadi, Vitaliy L. Budarin
A methodology for industrial water footprint assessment using energy-water-carbon nexus 2021 Processes - Anna Trubetskaya, Paul Conheady, William Horan, Ken Stockil, Sean Moore
2020
Prediction of fast pyrolysis products yields using lignocellulosic compounds and ash contents 2020 Applied Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Michael T. Timko, Kentaro Umeki
The effect of particle size, temperature and residence time on the yields and reactivity of olive stones from torrefaction 2020 Renewable Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Jacek Grams, Paul Gallagher, Marzena Kwapinska, JJ Leahy, Rory F.D. Monaghan, Robert Johnson
2019
Characterization of woodstove briquettes from torrefied biomass and coal 2019 Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Robert Johnson, Peter Layden, JJ Leahy, Kenny Ståhl, Rory F.D. Monaghan, Michael Müller, Elena Yazhenskikh
Effect of microwave and thermal co-pyrolysis of low-rank coal and pine wood on product distributions and char structure 2019 Energy & Fuels - Anna Trubetskaya, Candice R Ellison, Victor Abdelsayed, Dushyant Shekhawat, Mark W. Smith
Removal of phenol and chlorine from wastewater using steam activated biomass soot and tire carbon black 2019 Journal of Hazardous Materials - Anna Trubetskaya, Jens Kling, Thomas M. Attard, Elisabeth Schröder, Olov Ershag
Categorization of tars from fast pyrolysis of pure lignocellulosic compounds at high temperature 2019 Renewable Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Nabil Souihi, Kentaro Umeki
2018
Characterization and reactivity of soot from fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic compounds and monolignols 2018 Applied Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Michael T. Timko, Avery Brown, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Markus Broström, Jens Kling, Kentaro Umeki, Mogens Larsen Andersen
Potassium and soot interaction in fast biomass pyrolysis at high temperatures 2018 Fuel - Anna Trubetskaya, Andrey Shchukarev, Flemming Hofmann Larsen, Kenny Ståhl, Kentaro Umeki
The nature of stable char radicals: An ESR and DFT study of structural and hydrogen bonding requirements 2018 ChemPlusChem - Anna Trubetskaya, Mogens Larsen Andersen, Søren Talbro Barsberg
2017
One way of representing the size and shape of biomass particles in combustion modeling 2017 Fuel - Anna Trubetskaya, Gert Beckmann, Johan Wadenbäck, Jens Kai Holm, Sitaram P. Velaga, Roman Weber
Secondary comminution of wood pellets in power plant and laboratory-scale mills 2017 Fuel processing technology - Anna Trubetskaya, Yunus Poyraz, Roman Weber, Johan Wadenbäck
Modeling the influence of potassium content and heating rate on biomass pyrolysis 2017 Applied Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Alexander Shapiro, Richard Bates, Gerrit Ralf Surup
2016
Fast pyrolysis of biomass at high temperatures 2016 - Anna Trubetskaya, Peter Glarborg
Characterization of free radicals by electron spin resonance spectroscopy in biochars from pyrolysis at high heating rates and at high temperatures 2016 Biomass & Bioenergy - Anna Trubetskaya, Peter Glarborg, Anker Degn Jensen, Mogens Larsen Andersen, Flemming Hofmann Larsen
Effects of several types of biomass fuels on the yield, nanostructure and reactivity of soot from fast pyrolysis at high temperatures 2016 Applied Energy - Anna Trubetskaya, Jens Kling, Peter Glarborg, Peter Arendt Jensen, Anker Degn Jensen, Diego Gardini, Kentaro Umeki, Ángel David García Llamas, Richard Bates
Comparison of high temperature chars of wheat straw and rice husk with respect to chemistry, morphology and reactivity 2016 Biomass & Bioenergy - Anna Trubetskaya, Peter Glarborg, Anker Degn Jensen, Peter Arendt Jensen, Flemming Hofmann Larsen, Markus Steibel, Hartmut Spliethoff
Effect of fast pyrolysis conditions on biomass solid residues at high temperatures 2016 Fuel processing technology - Anna Trubetskaya, Peter Glarborg, Peter Arendt Jensen, Anker Degn Jensen, Kentaro Umeki, Ángel David García Llamas
2015
Influence of fast pyrolysis conditions on yield and structural transformation of biomass chars 2015 Fuel processing technology - Anna Trubetskaya, Peter Glarborg, Peter Arendt Jensen, Hartmut Spliethoff, Markus Steibel, Anker Degn Jensen, Anker Degn Jensen
2011
Comparison of rotary kiln and fluidized bed in oil shale pyrolysis using an Enefit bench scale unit 2011 - Anna Trubetskaya, Jens Hesselbach