Christopher Saffron

Associate Professor

Michigan State University

United States

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Dr. Christopher Saffron is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University in the United States. His research focuses on renewable energy development, biochar production, biobased compostable plastics, and the chemical upcycling of plastics. He has published extensively on topics including the economic feasibility of biomass utilization, microbial community impacts of biochar, and life cycle assessments of biodegradable materials.

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Microalgae could be sustainably used to sequester CO 2 and processed to fuels and chemicals.

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Eric L. Hegg

Michigan State University

UNITED STATES

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Vinod Kumar

Cranfield University

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Vikash Kumar

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Michigan State University

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Karen Draths

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University

UNITED STATES

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Raju Pokharel

Assistant Professor

Michigan State University

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Yuting Zhou

University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

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James Jackson

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Michigan State University

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Assessing Feedstock Availability and Economic Feasibility of Utilizing Forest Biomass for Biochar Production in Stationary and Portable Systems in Michigan

Influence of biochar on microbial communities and anaerobic digestion of aqueous pyrolysis liquid (APL)

Technoeconomic Analysis for Renewable Energy Development Using Anaerobic Digestion and Pyrolysis at a Water Resource Recovery Facility

Biobased Compostable Plastics End-of-Life: Environmental Assessment Including Carbon Footprint and Microplastic Impacts

Chemical upcycling of high-density polyethylene into upcycled waxes as rheology modifiers and paper coating materials

Electrocatalytic conversion of biomass-derived oxygenated aromatics to cycloalkanes

Electrocatalytic hydrogenation of the formyl group and heteroaromatic ring in furfural on activated carbon cloth-supported ruthenium

Technoeconomic Analysis for Biodegradable and Recyclable Paper Coated with Synthetic Ionic PBAT for Packaging Application

Potential of using microalgae to sequester carbon dioxide and processing to bioproducts

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment and Technoeconomic Analysis of Biomass-Derived Shikimic Acid Production

Revolutionizing Plastics Chemical Recycling with Table Salt

Skeletal Ni electrode-catalyzed C-O cleavage of diaryl ethers entails direct elimination via benzyne intermediates

Comparative life cycle assessment of corn stover conversion by decentralized biomass pyrolysis-electrocatalytic hydrogenation versus ethanol fermentation

Seaweeds as a sustainable source of bioenergy: Techno-economic and life cycle analyses of its biochemical conversion pathways

Technoeconomic analysis of corn stover conversion by decentralized pyrolysis and electrocatalysis

Electrochemical upgrading of depolymerized lignin: a review of model compound studies

Electrochemical upgrading of depolymerized lignin: a review of model compound studies

Electrocatalytic cleavage of lignin model dimers using ruthenium supported on activated carbon cloth

Greener Routes to Biomass Waste Valorization: Lignin Transformation Through Electrocatalysis for Renewable Chemicals and Fuels Production

Multiple Mechanisms Mapped in Aryl Alkyl Ether Cleavage via Aqueous Electrocatalytic Hydrogenation over Skeletal Nickel

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Eric L. Hegg

Vinod Kumar

Vikash Kumar

Karen Draths

Raju Pokharel

Yuting Zhou

James Jackson

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