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Joel L. Cuello is a Professor of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and Director of the Global Initiative for Strategic Agriculture in Dry Lands (GISAD) at The University of Arizona.
A globally recognized expert in the engineering of sustainable biological and agricultural systems, his technical expertise in both engineering and biology provides the platform for engineering designs in various agricultural and biological systems with emphasis on optimizing biological and agricultural productivities while fostering resource sustainability and environmental protection.
Prof. Cuello has designed, constructed and implemented varied types of engineered agricultural or biological systems, including those applied in bioregenerative space life support, hydroponics, tissue culture, and industrial mass production of algae, plant cell and microbial cultures for production of biomass, nutraceuticals, pharmaceuticals, etc. He is the Principal Inventor of the patented algae photobioreactor series -- the Accordion photobioreactors -- and is the creator of the Minimally Structured, Modular and Prefabricated Vertical Farm design (the Vertical Greenbox® Solution) that is considered an archetypal design for Vertical Farming 2.0.
Prof. Cuello conducted his postdoctoral research in the Controlled Ecological Life Support System Division at NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida as a U.S. National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate. He earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural & Biological Engineering, with Minor in Chemical Engineering, from The Pennsylvania State University in 1994. He also earned two M.S. degrees (Agricultural & Biological Engineering; Plant Physiology) from The Pennsylvania State University. He obtained his B.S. in Agricultural Engineering (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines at Los Banos. He is a lifetime Visiting Professor at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, a Faculty Fellow at the Innovation Center of the Ateneo de Manila University in the Philippines, and a Visiting Professor at De La Salle University in Manila, Philippines.Show Less
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Courses
- IESFWENIntegrated Engineered Solutions in the Food-Water-Energy Nexus
- GSIGlobalization, Sustainability and Innovation
- EBPEngineering of Biological Processes
- IEIntroduction to Engineering
- IBEIntroduction to Biosystems Engineering
Grants
- FMRG: Bio: Distributed Methane Conversion into Value Chemicals via Synthetic Microbial Consortia
Key Personnel (KP)
2022
$3.2M
Active - Industrial Hemp Cell Cultures for CBD Production
Principal Investigator (PI)
2019
$160.6K
Active - Hydrodynamic Simulation of the ACCORDION Photobioreactor Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation and Experimentation
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$15.3K
- Design of a Cost-Effective Microalgae Cultivation System
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$15.2K
- Design of a Low-Cost Vacuum Oven for the Drying of Algal Biomass
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$14.3K
- A Molecular Dynamics Study for Process Improvement of the Algae Industry in the Philippines
Principal Investigator (PI)
2017
$8.4K
- Optimization Of Growth Of And Astaxanthin Production By Haematococcus Pluvialis
Principal Investigator (PI)
2016
$37.2K
- Semi-Continuous Operational Mode of the Accordion Photobioreactor
Principal Investigator (PI)
2015
$20.7K
- Planning and Benefit Analysis of QNFSP Demo Farm
Principal Investigator (PI)
2013
$120.1K
- National Alliance for Advance Biofuels and Bioproducts - An Algal Biofuels Research Consortium
Co-Investigator (COI)
2010
$2.2M
Technologies / Patents
News
- Small but mighty: How UArizona researchers are harnessing the power of algae to capture carbon
2022
- Despite COVID, UArizona Reports Strong Year for Innovation and Commercialization
2021
- The Future of Farming Takes Root
2018
- UA, Saudi Universities Partner on Farming
2016
- TLA to Honor Innovation, Impact
2015
- UA Shares Agricultural Technology With World
2015
- UA Documentary Shows How a Veggie Garden for the Moon Can Sustain Life on Earth
2014
- UA Faculty Present at Global Agriculture Forum in Abu Dhabi
2014
- Biofuels From Algae Hold Potential, but Not Ready for Prime Time
2012
- Small Grants Make a Big Impact
2012
- More Than Mere Pond Scum
2011
- Harnessing the Power of Pond Scum
2011
- UA Part of Federal Effort to Develop Advanced Biofuels
2010
- Project Sage Special Report: Achieving Sustainability Through Agriculture
2010
- Wanted: A Viable Arizona Biofuel Crop
2008
- Faculty Senate Announces Election Results
2006
Publications (34)
Recent
- Evaluation of a recirculating hydroponic bed bioreactor for removal of contaminants of emerging concern from tertiary-treated wastewater effluent
2021
- Hydrodynamics of a hydroponic bed bioreactor with different substrate media
2020
- Application of Artificial Neural Networks in prediction of pyrolysis behavior for algal mat (LABLAB) biomass
2019
- Assessing Microalgal Biodiesel Sustainability via MCI and LCA Frameworks
2019
- Effect of structural and dynamical properties of lipid bilayer on water permeation studied using course-grained molecular dynamics simulation
2018
- Mediterranean Cities and Vertical Farming: Fostering Sustaianble Local Food Production and Building Neighbourhood Esprit de Corps
2018
- Course-grained molecular dynamics investigation on the effects of uniform electric field on DPPC lipid bilayer: With and without vacuum space
2018
- Determination of soil nutrients and pH level using image processing and artificial neural network
2018
- Linear programming modelling of an integrated sugarcane microalgal biofuel plant
2018
- Quality assessment of lettuce using artificial neural network
2018
- A comparative assessment for algal biodiesel production in the Philippines
2017
- Growth and lipid profiles of the Antarctic snow microalga Chlamydomonas sp. in response to changes in temperature, photoperiod, salinity and substrate
2017
- Fuzzy mixed integer non-linear programming model for the design of an algae-based eco-industrial park with prospective selection of support tenants under product price variability
2016
- Hydrodynamic Analysis of the Accordion Photobioreactor for Microalgae Cultivation using Computational Dynamics Analysis
2016
- A fuzzy mixed-integer linear programming model for optimal design of polygeneration systems with cyclic loads
2016
- Application of Stochastic Analytic Hierarchy Process for Evaluating Algal Cultivation Systems for Sustainable Biofuel Production
2015
- Fuzzy Mathematical Programming Approach in the Optimal Design of an Algal Bioenergy Park
2015
- Multi-Criterion Evaluation of Cultivation Systems for Sustainable Algal Biofuel Production using Analytic Hierarchy Process and Monte Carlo Simulation
2014
- Allocation of Carbon Footprint in an Integrated Algal Biorefinery using Fuzzy Fractional Programming
2014
- Multi-Regional Multi-Objective Optimization of an Algal Biofuel Polygeneration Supply Chain with Fuzzy Mathematical Programming
2014
- Fuzzy multi-objective optimization approach to designing an algal bioenergy park
2014
- Notes from a Decade of Travels in a World Without Walls
2013
- Effects of implementing PSI-Light on Hydrogen Production via Biophotolysis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Mutant Strains
2013
- Bioethanol production from the macroalgae Sargassum spp.
2013
- Acid Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Microalgal Starches to Ethanol by the Yeast Saccharomyces cereviseae
2012
- A Passage to the Philippines (and Globalization 2.0)
2012
- Strategies to Achieving Sustainability in Algae Production for Biofuels and High-Value Bioproducts
2012
- Sustainable Development of Algal Biofuels in the United States
2012
- Innovative Strategies to Achieving Sustainability in Algae Production
2012
- Design of new strategy for green algal photo-hydrogen production: spectral-selective photosystem I activation and photosystem II deactivation
2012
- Linking Knowledge to Action: Innovations for Connecting Algae to the Marketplace
2011
- ACCORDION Photobioreactor for Algae Production of Biofuels and Biochemicals
2011
- Flocculation of wall-deficient cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii mutant cw15 by calcium and methanol.
2011
- Innovations for Algae as Biofuel and Biochemical Factories
2011
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