Biochemical Conversion and Lignin Utilization

The U.S. Department of Energy's Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) hosted its 2023 Project Peer Review on April 3‒7, 2023. The presentations from the Biochemical Conversion and Lignin Utilization session are available to view below. For more information, including a complete schedule, view the 2023 Project Peer Review Agenda.

Biochemical Conversion and Lignin Utilization
Title	Speaker	Organization
Technology Area Daily Intro	Beau Hoffman, Lisa Guay	BETO
Biochemical Platform Analysis	Ryan Davis	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Biochemical Process Modeling and Simulation	Yannick Bomble	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Analytical Development and Support	Justin Sluiter	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Lignin First Biorefinery Development	Gregg Beckham	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Lignin Conversion to Sustainable Aviation Fuel Blendstocks	Gregg Beckham	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Lignin Utilization	Gregg Beckham	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Biological Lignin Valorization	Davinia Salvachua	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
SPERLU Selective Process for Efficient Removal of Lignin and Upgrading	Ian Klein	Spero Renewables, LLC
Recyclable Thermoset Polymers from Lignin Derived Phenols	Ian Klein	Spero Renewables, LLC
Technology Area Daily Intro	Beau Hoffman, Lisa Guay	BETO
Continuous Enzymatic Hydrolysis Development	Mike Himmel	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Production of Low-Cost and Highly Fermentable Sugar from Corn Stover via Chemical-Recovery-Free Deacetylation and Mechanical Refining (CRF-DMR) Process	Xiaowen Chen	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sugar is the New Crude	Kim Nelson	AVAPCO LLC
Biological Upgrading of Sugars	Jeffrey Linger	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Bench Scale Research and Development	Nancy Dowe	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Cell Free & Immobilization Technologies (CFIT) to Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuels and Other Bioproducts	Yannick Bomble	National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Towards Economical Cell-free Isobutanol Production and Cell-Free Production of Terpenoid Chemical Astaxanthin Using Crude Cofactor Lysates	Paul Opgenorth	Invizyne Technologies, Inc
Engineered reversal of the β-oxidation cycle in clostridia for the synthesis of fuels and chemicals	Shivani Garg	Lanzatech (on behalf of Northwestern University)
Fermentative production of Tulipalin A: a next-generation, sustainable monomer that drastically improves the Performance of pMMA	Aaron Korkegian	Arzeda