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Martin Menart Ph.D Student BS Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota Research interests: Synthesis, characterization, and application of catalysts for biomass conversion to liquid fuels via gasification routes. My emphasis is on the oligomerization of bio-derived light olefins towards non-aromatic, drop-in liquid fuels for gasoline, diesel, and jet engines. E-mail: mmenart@mines.edu
 Mengze Xu
Research interests: Developing novel hierarchical zeolites and non-zeolitic catalysts for biomass conversion with an emphasis on catalytic fast pyrolysis; synthesis, characterization and application of functionalized mesoporous catalysts. E-mail: mxu@mines.edu
Sarah Shulda
Research Interest: Metal oxides and synchrotron experiments
Sam Gage Ph.D Student MS Applied Chemistry, Clausthal University of Technology Research interests: I synthesize supported transition metal carbide and nitride catalysts and study support/catalyst interactions with surface characterization techniques, such as X-Ray photoelectron spectroscopy. E-mail: sgage@mines.edu
Amy Settle
Ph.D Student B.S. Chemistry, Colorado Mesa University Research interests: Synthesis, characterization, and application of catalysts for biomass conversion; gaining a first-principles understanding of the nature of catalytic active sites and their behavior modifications under reaction conditions. About Amy: Amy received her B.S. with honors in Chemistry from Colorado Mesa University in 2015, where she conducted research with Professor David R. Weinberg. Post graduation, she worked at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory under the guidance of Dr. Derek R. Vardon. She is currently a Ph.D. student in Applied Chemistry at Colorado School of Mines under the supervision of Professor Ryan M. Richards and Dr. Vardon. Her research focuses on heterogeneous catalyst design, application, and characterization for biomass upgrading to commodity chemicals.  Ph.D Student
BS Biochemistry & California State University, Long Beach Single-Subject Teaching Credential - Chemistry, California State University, Long Beach Research Interests: Synthesis and characterization of metal oxides, specifically lithium-doped magnesium oxide for oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) reactions, and carbon-coated metal oxides for pyrolysis oil upgrading. More about Allyson: Allyson obtained her BS in Biochemistry from CSULB in 2013, and subsequently completed her Single-Subject Teaching Credential in Chemistry in 2014. Teachin has always been a passion of hers, and she thoroughly enjoyed being a Supplemental Instrution coordinator for CSULB pre-nursing students which led her to her desire to become a professor after obtaining her PhD at CSM. She is passionate about renewable energy resource and hopes that the materials she synthesizes in the Richards lab will be widely used for E-mail: ayork@mines.edu
Chris Cadigan, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher BS Chemistry, Santa Clara University Research Interest: Inorganic synthesis of nanostructured materials (metals, metal oxides, metal nitrides) for use in catalysis, electrocatalysis, batteries, and biofuels.
E-mail: ccadigan@mines.edu
Zhifeng Zheng
Visiting Professor at CSM & NREL Research Interest: Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Biofuels, Biochemicals & Biomaterials; Carbon materials & Catalysts E-mail: zhengzhifeng666@hotmail.com Jia Zhang
Visiting Scholar School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shanghei University Research Interest: Metal oxide catalysts E-mail: irujam@shu.edu.cn |
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