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Enhancing Biofuel Yields from Biomass with Novel New Method
A team of researchers, led by Professor Charles E. Wyman, at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have developed a versatile, relatively non-toxic, and efficient way to convert raw agricultural and forestry residues and other plant matter, known as lignocellulosic biomass, into biofuels and chemicals.
Improving Commerical Viability of Biofuels
Dr. Wyman is one of the authors of a paper recently published in Science that outlines ways companies can commercialize and profit from what was thought to a waste product created when producing bio-fuels.
Article featured in "Spotlight" section
Dr. Kumar and Dr. Wyman's recent article was featured in "Spotlight" section in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, a leading journal in their field.
Key Plant Traits Yield More Sugar for Biofuels (Link)
http://newsroom.ucr.edu/news_item.html?action=page&id=2588
Prof. Wyman Named Among World’s Top 100 in Bioenergy
Prof. Charles Wyman was named to the list compiled from 15,000 votes by the publications readers, who identified more than 400 leaders in bio-fuels around the world.
The list was heavy with names of industry chief executive officers from a dozen nations, including those of three Brazilian bioenergy giants UNICA, Cosan and Petrobras. Wyman was among eight academics noted on the list, including three from University of California campuses. Knowledgeable sources noted that Wyman landed one of the highest vote totals as a co-founder of Mascoma (also high on the list) among other projects, and as a leader at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Graduate Student Researcher Heather L. McKenzie received the Martin Keller Award for the best student poster presentation in the Characterization area at the Bioenergy Science Center (BESC) Summer Retreat, 2010
Graduate Student Researcher Jaclyn DeMartini won the best poster prize at 32nd Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Biotechnology, Florida, April 2010
