Profile
Jane White
Global Head of Discipline - Bioscience and Assistant Professor
- Campus
- Edinburgh
- Research Institute
- J.White@hw.ac.uk

Biography
Jane is an Assistant Professor in Brewing and Distilling and an expert in biomass processing, separation, fermentation and scale-up. She has both an academic and industry background, and over 15 years of experience in valorising brewing & distilling by-products. She has patented a process for production of biobutanol from spent grains and food waste and has developed a patented process to produce protein as a feed ingredient for salmon from pot ale. She is an active member of the KTN/IBioIC Bioeconomy Cluster Builder and commercial reviewer for IBioIC grants.
Areas of interest
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- Applications
- By-products
- Feeds
- INIS
- Interactions
- Proteins
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- Whisky
- Yeasts