Novel Cascade Biorefinery Concept for Furcellaria Lumbricalis: A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment-Based Study

Riccardo Paoli was born in 1996 in Varese, Italy. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental and Workplace Safety Engineering (2018) and a Master’s degree in Environmental and Workplace Sustainability Engineering (2021) from the University of Insubria. Since 2021, he has been a researcher at the Institute of Energy Systems and Environment at Riga Technical University and is currently working as a Sustainability Engineer at ABB. During his doctoral studies, Riccardo was a visiting student at the University of Texas at Arlington and received the Young Scientist Award at the Baltic Sea Science Day in 2022. His research focuses on cleaner production, circular economy approaches, and sustainability strategies, particularly in complex value chains and emerging technologies.