Fundamentals of Biomass Catalysis

Monday, June 15, 2015: 1:30 PM-3:10 PM
301-303 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Jeffrey Greeley, Purdue University, USA and Rees Rankin, Villanova University, USA.
1:30 PM
 Keynote 
A Silica-Supported Organochromium(III) Complex Modeling the Phillips Ethylene Polymerization Catalyst
Susannah Scott, Youhong Wang, Anthony Fong and Baron Peters, University of California, USA.
2:10 PM
Synergistic Catalysis of Fe Based Bimetallic Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin Derived Compounds
Yongchun Hong1,2,3, Alyssa Hensley1, He Zhang1, Junming Sun1, Ayman Karim3, Meng Gu2, Mark Engelhard2, Jean-Sabin McEwen1 and Yong Wang1, (1)Washington State University, USA, (2)Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory, USA, (3)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.
2:50 PM
Solvent Effects in Acid-Catalyzed Biomass Conversion Reactions
Max Mellmer, Canan Sener, Jean Marcel Gallo, Jeremy Luterbacher, David Martin Alonso and James A. Dumesic, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.