Matthew S. Mettler
Graduate Student
2009 - 2012
Thesis: Revealing Cellulose Pyrolysis Chemistry for Biofuels Production
Current Affiliation: ExxonMobil
Jin Yang
Graduate Student
2008 - 2013
Thesis: Experimental and Computational Studies of Aqueous-Phase Hydrogenation of Biorenewable Aromatic Chemicals
Current Affiliation: Dow Chemical Company
Andrew R. Teixeira
Graduate Student
2009 - 2014
Thesis: Transport Limitations in Zeolites and Biomass Pyrolysis
Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
C. Luke Williams
Graduate Student
2009 - 2014
Thesis: Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of Biomass-Derived Furans
Current Affiliation: Idaho National Laboratory
Sara K. Green
Graduate Student
2009 - 2014
Thesis: Renewable Toluene by Diels-Alder Cycloaddition of Biomass-Derived Methylfuran
Current Affiliation: ExxonMobil
Sheng Chu
2009 - 2014
Graduate Student
Thesis: Production of Renewable Chemicals and Energy from Waste Biomass
Current Affiliation: Natural Systems Utilities, New Jersey, USA
Alex Paulsen
2010 - 2015
Graduate Student
Thesis: Primary and Secondary Reactions of Cellulose Melt Pyrolysis
Current Affiliation: Mainstream Engineering, Florida, USA
Christoph Krumm
Graduate Student
2011 - 2016
Thesis: Pulse-Heated Analysis of Solid Reactions
Current Affiliations: Sironix Renewables
Cheng Zhu
Graduate Student
2011 - 2016
Thesis: Energetics of Cellulose Initiation
Current Affiliation: Post-doc - North Carolina State University
Katherine Vinter, Ph.D.
Graduate Student
2013 - 2018
Thesis: Production of Renewable Aromatic Chemicals from Biomass-Derived Furans through Bronsted Acid Zeolites
Current Affiliation: Ginkgo Bioworks
Saurabh Maduskar
Graduate Student
2013 - 2018
Ph.D. Millisecond Kinetics of Cellulose Activation
Current Affiliation: ExxonMobil, Houston, TX
Kristeen Joseph
Graduate Student
2013 - 2018
Thesis: Synthesis of Oleo-Furan Sulfonate (OFS) Surfactants
Current Affiliation: Dow Chemical Company