Biographical Sketch:

Tryg Lundquist, Ph.D., P.E., CTO, is an Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). With over two decades of research and engineering practice in algae wastewater treatment, he is one of the most experienced engineers in this field. A long-time protégé of the late Professor William Oswald of U.C. Berkeley, the pioneer of the raceway pond system for microalgae production for applications from wastewater treatment to high-value products, Dr. Lundquist developed major improvements in this technology and its applications to wastewaters and biofuels.

Education and Training:

University of California, Berkeley          

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 2002-2006

M.S., Environmental Engineering, 1992

B.A., Environmental Science, 1989

Licensed Civil Engineer, California, C56732

Relevant Experience:

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, California Polytechnic State University (Assistant 2006-2011, Associate 2012-2016, Professor 2016-present). Directing research on algae biofuels, anaerobic digestion, hydrogen fermentation, animal waste treatment, wastewater reclamation, algae cultivation, emergency water treatment, wetland water quality management, and chemical treatment of oil field produced water.  Principal Investigator on more than $5 million in research projects at Cal Poly, majority from USDOE, USDA and CEC.  Lead advisor for 45 MS thesis students (2006-2016).  Teaching the capstone environmental engineering design course and courses on drinking water treatment, wastewater reclamation, manure management, and water chemistry.

Principal, Co-Founder, MicroBio Engineering Inc. (2009 to present).  Consultation on algae biotechnology science and engineering.

AWARDS AND HONORS 

Excellent in Research Award, Cal Poly (2018)

Recognized for the largest payroll for student research assistants at Cal Poly (2017-2018 and 2018-2019) by the Office of Research and Economic Development

Raytheon Excellence in Teaching and Applied Research Award (2015).

Principal Investigator for undergraduate posters receiving 2nd and 3rd place awards in the Engineering Section, Algae Biomass Summit, Washington DC (2015).

Most Supportive Faculty Member nomination, Society of Women Engineers (2013-14).

Invited lecturer, 3rd International Symposium Tohoku Recovery Next-Generation Energy Research and Development Project, Sendai, Japan (2014).

Invited plenary speaker, Algae Biomass Summit, San Diego (2014).

National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance E-team grant, 2009 (with student M. Herzog). 

Advisor of T. Compas, winner of 2008 Outstanding Commitment Award, Clinton Global Initiative-University.  Barron Family Award, 2007 Cal Poly Innovation Quest (with students D. Frost and S. Barr). 

National Science Foundation Engineering Education Fellowship, 2005-2006.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Marcia A. Murry, Shelton E. Murinda, SuTing Huang, A. Mark Ibekwe, Gregory Schwartz, Tryg Lundquist (2019). Chapter 12. Bioconversion of agricultural wastes from the livestock industry for biofuel and feed production. In:  Advanced Bioprocessing for Alternative Fuels, Biobased Chemicals, and Bioproducts. (M. Hosseini, ed.) Woodhead Publishing. Elsevier Inc., Frisco, Colo., USA, p 225-247. 

P. Bohutskyi, R.E. Spierling, D. Phan, A.M. Kopachevsky, Y. Tang, M.J. Betenbaugh, E.J. Bouwer, T.J. Lundquist (2018).  Bioenergy from wastewater resources: Nutrient removal, productivity and settleability of indigenous algal-bacteria polyculture, and effect of biomass composition variability on methane production kinetics and anaerobic digestion energy balance, Algal Research, 36:217-228.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.10.020.

Leifer, I., Melton, C., Tratt, D. M., Buckland, K. N., Chang, C. S., Frash, J., ... & Lundquist, T. (2018). Validation of mobile in situ measurements of dairy husbandry emissions by fusion of airborne/surface remote sensing with seasonal context from the Chino Dairy Complex. Environmental Pollution, 242, 2111-2134.

Benemann, J. R., Woertz, I., & Lundquist, T. (2018). Autotrophic Microalgae Biomass Production: From Niche Markets to Commodities. Industrial Biotechnology, 14(1), 3-10.

Ibekwe, A. M., Murinda, S. E., Murry, M. A., Schwartz, G., & Lundquist, T. (2017). Microbial community structures in high rate algae ponds for bioconversion of agricultural wastes from livestock industry for feed production. Science of the Total Environment, 580, 1185-1196.

Solimeno, A., Parker, L., Lundquist, T., García, J. (2017).  “Integral microalgae-bacteria model (BIO_ALGAE): Application to wastewater high rate algal ponds,” Science of The Total Environment, Vol. 601–602, pp.  646-657, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.215.

M. Huesemann, P. Williams, S. Edmundson, P. Chen, R. Kruk, V. Cullinan, B. Crowe, T. Lundquist (2017).  “The laboratory environmental algae pond simulator (LEAPS) photobioreactor: Validation using outdoor pond cultures of Chlorella sorokiniana and Nannochloropsis salina, Algal Research, Vol. 26, pp. 39-46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2017.06.017.

Lundquist, T.J. (2015).  “Use of Wastewater in Algal Cultivation.”  Chapter 4 In:  Industrial Algae Measurements, Version 7.0, September, Ed. L. Laurens. Algae Biomass Organization, Washington, DC.

Woertz, I.C., Benemann, J.R, Du, N., Unnash, S., Mendola, D., Mitchell, B.G., Lundquist, T.J. (2014). “Life cycle GHG emissions from microalgal biodiesel – a CA-GREET model” Environmental Science and Technology, Under Review.

Benemann, J.R., I.C. Woertz, and T.J. Lundquist (2012). "Life cycle assessment for microalgae oil production," Disruptive Science and Technology, 1(2): 68-78. doi:10.1089/dst.2012.0013.

Craggs, R.J., T.J. Lundquist & J.R. Benemann (2012). “Wastewater treatment pond algal production for biofuel.” In:  The Science of Algal Fuels: Phycology, Geology, Biophotonics, Genomics and Nanotechnology. Eds.: R. Gordon & J. Seckbach. Dordrecht, Springer.

Woertz, I.C.*, T.J. Lundquist, A.S. Feffer*, Y.M. Nelson (2009).  “Lipid productivity of algae grown on dairy and municipal wastewaters for biofuel feedstock.” Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 135, Issue 11, pp. 1115-1122.

Brune, D.E., T.J. Lundquist, J.R. Benemann (2009).  “Microalgal biomass for greenhouse gas reductions:  potential for replacement of fossil-fuels and animal feeds.” Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 135, Issue 11, pp. 1136-1144.

Garcia, J., F.B. Green, T.J. Lundquist, et al. (2006).  “Long term diurnal variations in contaminant removal in high rate ponds treating urban wastewater,” Bioresource Technology, Vol. 97, No. 14, pp. 1709-1715.