Dr. Marc Carnicer
Assistant Professor
Bioengineering Department, IQS.
marc.carnicer@iqs.url.edu
Bioprocess development.
CURRICULUM VITAE (2026)
Marc Carnicer Heras
Associate Professor
Project Manager, IQS Bioprocess Pilot Plant
Bioprocess Unit leader, Laboratory of Biochemistry
Bioengineering Department, Institut Químic de Sarrià (IQS), Universitat Ramon Llull
Via Augusta 390, 08017 Barcelona, Spain
Tel: +34-932672000, e-mail: marc.carnicer@iqs.url.edu
ORCID: 0000-0003-4459-5969
A. Education
PhD in Biotechnology, 2012, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. PhD Extraordinary Award.
Master Degree in Advanced Biotechnology, 2008, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
Biochemistry Degree, 2007, Universitat de Barcelona.
B. Appoinments
2026-present: Associate Professor, Bioengineering Department, IQS School of Engineering, URL.
2019-present: Project Manager, IQS Bioprocess Pilot Plant.
2016-present: Bioprocess Unit leader, Laboratory of Biochemistry, IQS.
2015-2026: Assistant Professor, IQS School of Engineering.
2014-2015: Specialist Researcher, Metatoul platform, Toulouse, France.
2012-2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, INSA de Toulouse, France.
2012: Specialist Researcher, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain.
C. Publications
Full list of articles at Google Scholar Citations)
Recent relevant publications
M. Carnicer, P. Haasnoot, M. Texido, A. Planas.
Taguchi L9 optimization of BsPdaC-CD production in Escherichia coli.
Scientific Reports 16, 24770 (2026).
M. Carnicer, S.A. Wahl, R.M. Seifar, J. Albiol, W. van Gulik, P. Ferrer.
ID-MS-Based Quantitative Analysis of Metabolites in Pichia pastoris. A Step-by-Step Protocol.
Methods in Molecular Biology 2697, 137-152 (2026).
X. Melero-Cobo, M. Gallemi, M. Carnicer, E. Monte, A. Planas, P. Leivar.
MoCloro: an extension of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii modular cloning toolkit for microalgal chloroplast engineering.
Physiologia Plantarum 177, 1-13 (2025).
A. Calvillo, T. Pellicer, M. Carnicer, A. Planas.
Developing a single-stage continuous process strategy for vitamin B12 production with Propionibacterium freudenreichii.
Microbial Cell Factories 22, 26 (2023).
A. Calvillo, T. Pellicer, M. Carnicer, A. Planas.
Bioprocess strategies for vitamin B12 production by microbial fermentation and its market applications.
Bioengineering 9, 365 (2022).
B. Delepine, M.G. Lopez, M. Carnicer, C.M. Vicente, V.F. Wendisch, S. Heux.
Charting the metabolic landscape of the facultative methylotroph Bacillus methanolicus.
mSystems 5, e00745-20 (2020).
D. Trichez, C. Auriol, A. Baylac, R. Irague, C. Dressaire, M. Carnicer-Heras, S. Heux, J.M. Francois, T. Walther.
Engineering of Escherichia coli for Krebs cycle-dependent production of malic acid.
Microbial Cell Factories 17, 113 (2018).
M. Carnicer, G. Vieira, T. Brautaset, J.C. Portais, S. Heux.
Quantitative metabolomics of the thermophilic methylotroph Bacillus methanolicus.
Microbial Cell Factories 15, 5 (2016).
L. Lessmeier, J. Pfeifenschneider, M. Carnicer, S. Heux, J.C. Portais, V.F. Wendisch.
Production of carbon-13-labeled cadaverine by engineered Corynebacterium glutamicum using carbon-13-labeled methanol as co-substrate.
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 99, 10163-10176 (2015).
G. Vieira, M. Carnicer, J.C. Portais, S. Heux.
FindPath: a Matlab solution for in silico design of synthetic metabolic pathways.
Bioinformatics 30, 2986-2988 (2014).
D. Research projects and technology transfer
PID2025-174052OB-I00. Synthetic biology and bioprocess engineering for advancing chloroplast-based bioproduction in green microalgae (CHLOROENGIN). MINECO, Spain. PI: Pablo Leivar. Role: Researcher. 09/2026-09/2029.
101209410. Crop Protection Strategies for Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture (CROP-SAFE). European Union, HORIZON-JU-CBE-2024-RIA-03. PI: Antoni Planas. Role: Researcher. 06/2025-06/2029.
PID2022-138252OB-I00. Engineered Glycozymes in biocatalysis, metabolic engineering and bio-orthogonal chemical biology (GLYCOENGIN). MINECO. PI: A. Planas and M. Faijes. Role: Researcher. 09/2023-08/2026.
PDC2022-133580-I00. Biotechnological production of defined chitosan oligosaccharides as immunostimulants. Upscaling and valorization (paCOSVALOR). MICINN. PI: A. Planas. Role: Researcher. 12/2022-12/2024.
2021 SGR 00535. Grupo Consolidado de Quimica Biologica y Biotecnologia (GQBB). Generalitat de Catalunya. PI: A. Planas. Role: Researcher. 01/2022-06/2025.
PID2019-104350RB-I00. Protein engineering and metabolic engineering of glycozymes for the production of bioactive glycans and glycoconjugates targeting biomedical applications (GLYCODESIGN). MINECO. PI: A. Planas. Role: Researcher. 01/2020-06/2023.
BFU2016-77427-C2-1-R. Especificidad por substrato y mecanismo de enzimas activos sobre carbohidratos: aplicaciones en biomedicina y biotecnologia (GLYCO2ZYMES). MINECO. PI: A. Planas. Role: Researcher. 01/2017-12/2019.
FP7-KBBE-2011-3-6-04. Products from methanol by synthetic cell factories (PROMYSE). European Union. Role: Postdoctoral researcher. 09/2012-08/2014.
BIO2005-23733-E. Genome-Wide Comparison of Physiological Bottlenecks in Multi-Subunit Protein Production in Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Microbial Hosts (GENOPHYS). European Science Foundation EUROCORES Program. Role: PhD researcher. 12/2005-12/2008.
Research contracts
The accumulated budget of research contracts from the last five years is above EUR 300,000.
Contracts and services at the IQS Bioprocess Pilot Plant: more than 15 contracts since 2020, with M. Carnicer as Project Manager.
E. Teaching Experience
2024-present: Omics science for diagnostics and personalized medicine, Master in Bioengineering, IQS.
2016-present: Gene to Product Laboratory, Master in Bioengineering, IQS.
2015-present: Upstream Processing Laboratory, Biotechnology Degree, IQS.
2015-present: Downstream Processing, Biotechnology Degree, IQS.
2018-2023: Synthetic Biology, Master in Bioengineering, IQS.
2016-2022: Bioprocess Design and Simulation, Master in Bioengineering, IQS.
2016-2022: Downstream Processing, Master in Bioengineering, IQS.
2015-2022: Genomic, Proteomic and Metabolomic, Biotechnology Degree, IQS.
2011-2012: Downstream Processing, Biotechnology Degree, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
2011-2012: Integrated Laboratory, Biotechnology Degree, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
2011-2012: Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering Degree, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona.
F. Synergistic activities
Co-supervision of one completed doctoral thesis and one ongoing doctoral thesis.
Supervision of 13 Master theses and 20 Bachelor theses.
Participation in 5 PhD committees.
Reviewer for international scientific journals.
Participation in training initiatives aimed at disseminating advanced bioprocess knowledge to industry.
Co-organization of workshops and professional courses.
Main research metrics: 17 peer-reviewed journal articles and H-index 13 as of August 2026.
Member of the Spanish Society of Biotechnology (SEBiot).