Prof. Ahring works with biomass conversion to biofuels and high-value bioproducts. Her expertise is broad and expands from full biorefinery set-ups for biomass conversion involving pretreatment, biological production, and molecular tailoring of new biocatalysts to separation and catalysis of platform molecules into fuels and chemicals. Currently, she is involved in the production of jet fuels using a new bio-based concept, and her research group works all the way from proofs of concept activities in the laboratory to pilot-scale testing of new concepts. Her overall philosophy is to make full use of any raw material.