Production of Fuels and Chemicals
Research Activities Include:
- Biofuels production from biomass
- Fermentation of biomass with advanced thermophilic microbes – Team (Transcriptional analysis of Clostridium thermocellum using microarray technology.)
- Fermentation for system biology analysis - Team
- Bioconversion of genetically modified lignin plants such as switchgrass – Mielenz, Hamilton
- Fermentation of soybean hulls to produce ethanol while not losing protein value – Mielenz
- Value-added chemicals from oils and fats - Borole
- Production of methane from biowaste - Borole
- Assessment of metrics of renewables bioprocessing - Mielenz
- Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals - Mielenz
Biocatalytic Production of Industrial Chemicals (epoxides, esters)
- Development of thermophilic cytochrome P450 systems - Borole
- Development of highly active enzymes for non-aqueous bioprocessing - Borole
- Development of unsaturated fatty molecules via desaturase action - Borole
- Enzyme reactions for nonaqueous biocatalysis (esters, epoxides, polymers, etc.) - Borole, Davison
