Main Areas of Research
- Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from biomass hydrolysates
- Biosynthesis of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) from CO2
- Lignite-grade hydrochar from catalytic hydrolysis of woody biomass
- Drop-in liquid fuels from catalytic refining of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB)
Lab Equipment
- Yamato SN 300C, 500C sterilizer
- Labconco Class II A2 biosafety cabinet
- Fisherbrand Isotemp 60L microbial incubator
- New Brunswick C76 water bath shaker
- New Brunswick Innova 4230 refrigerated shaker
- Eppendorf BioFlo 115 bioreactor system
- Parr Instrument Series 5500 high pressure stirred reactor (0.6 L) w/4848 controller
- Parr Instrument Series 5403 continuous flow tubular reactor w/4848 controller
- Eppendorf 5804 centrifuge
- Thermo Sci Genesys 10S UV/VIS spectrometer
- VirTis BenchTop 2K Freeze dryer
- Thermo Fisher TRACE 1310 Gas Chromatography with flame ionization detector and thermal conductivity detector
- Shimazu UPFC55647 High Performance Liquid Chromatography with photodiode array detector and reflective index detector
- TA Instruments Q2000 Differential Scanning Calorimeter with refrigerated cooling system
- Buchi RotaVapor R3 rotary evaporator
- TestResources 100 universal testing machine
- Custom Scientific Instrument CSI-183 IM injection mixing molder
