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  • 2006 - Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)

Overview

Brian H. Davison is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on the engineering and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology fields, with considerable contributions in biomedical engineering and molecular biology subfields. The scientist's work frequently intersects with topics such as biofuel production and bioconversion, catalysis for biomass conversion, and lignin and wood chemistry.

Their scholarly output includes publications in several notable venues. The top publication venues, reflecting multiple works, are:

  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Green Chemistry
  • Biofuels Bioproducts and Biorefining
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Journal of Applied Crystallography

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels, 2022, Energy & Environmental Science
  • 21st-century biogeochemical modeling: Challenges for Century-based models and where do we go from here?, 2020, GCB Bioenergy
  • Applications of biomass-derived solvents in biomass pretreatment - Strategies, challenges, and prospects, 2022, Bioresource Technology
  • Increased nitrogen use efficiency in crop production can provide economic and environmental benefits, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Deconstruction of biomass enabled by local demixing of cosolvents at cellulose and lignin surfaces, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Brian H. Davison include:

  • Sai Venkatesh Pingali
  • Hugh O'Neill
  • Arthur J. Ragauskas
  • James G. Elkins
  • Yunqiao Pu

The main topics covered in their research are:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior

Among their distinctions, Brian H. Davison was awarded the Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) in 2006.

Best Publications

  • The path forward for biofuels and biomaterials

    Arthur J. Ragauskas;Charlotte K. Williams;Brian H. Davison;George Britovsek

  • Lignin valorization: improving lignin processing in the biorefinery.

    Arthur J. Ragauskas;Gregg T. Beckham;Mary J. Biddy;Richard Chandra

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    Adam P. Arkin;Adam P. Arkin;Robert W. Cottingham;Christopher S. Henry;Nomi L. Harris

  • How biotech can transform biofuels

    Lee R Lynd;Mark S Laser;David Bransby;Bruce E Dale

  • Lignin content in natural Populus variants affects sugar release.

    Michael H. Studer;Jaclyn D. DeMartini;Mark F. Davis;Robert W. Sykes

  • Assessing the molecular structure basis for biomass recalcitrance during dilute acid and hydrothermal pretreatments.

    Yunqiao Pu;Yunqiao Pu;Fan Hu;Fan Hu;Fang Huang;Fang Huang;Brian H Davison

  • Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

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  • Enzyme stabilization by covalent binding in nanoporous sol-gel glass for nonaqueous biocatalysis.

    Ping Wang;Sheng Dai;S. D. Waezsada;Alice Y. Tsao

  • Common processes drive the thermochemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

    Paul Langan;Paul Langan;Loukas Petridis;Loukas Petridis;Hugh M. O'Neill;Sai Venkatesh Pingali

  • Variation of S/G Ratio and Lignin Content in a Populus Family Influences the Release of Xylose by Dilute Acid Hydrolysis

    Brian H Davison;Sadie R Drescher;Gerald A Tuskan;Mark F. Davis

  • Sugar release and growth of biofuel crops are improved by downregulation of pectin biosynthesis

    Ajaya K. Biswal;Ajaya K. Biswal;Melani A. Atmodjo;Melani A. Atmodjo;Mi Li;Mi Li;Holly L. Baxter;Holly L. Baxter

  • Significance of Lignin S/G Ratio in Biomass Recalcitrance of Populus trichocarpa Variants for Bioethanol Production

    Chang Geun Yoo;Alexandru Dumitrache;Wellington Muchero;Jace Natzke

  • Transcriptomic and metabolomic profiling of Zymomonas mobilis during aerobic and anaerobic fermentations

    Shihui Yang;Timothy J Tschaplinski;Nancy L Engle;Sue L Carroll

  • Biological lignocellulose solubilization: comparative evaluation of biocatalysts and enhancement via cotreatment.

    Julie M. D. Paye;Julie M. D. Paye;Anna Guseva;Anna Guseva;Sarah K. Hammer;Sarah K. Hammer;Erica Gjersing;Erica Gjersing

  • Production of Succinic Acid by Anaerobiospirillum succiniciproducens

    Nhuan P. Nghiem;Brian H. Davison;Bruce E. Suttle;Gerald R. Richardson

  • Dynamics of water bound to crystalline cellulose

    Hugh O'Neill;Hugh O'Neill;Sai Venkatesh Pingali;Loukas Petridis;Loukas Petridis;Junhong He

  • Characterization of the 70S Ribosome from Rhodopseudomonas palustris using an integrated "top-down" and "bottom-up" mass spectrometric approach.

    Michael Brad Strader;Nathan C. VerBerkmoes;David L. Tabb;Heather M. Connelly

  • Down-regulation of the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase gene in switchgrass reveals a novel monolignol analog

    Timothy J Tschaplinski;Robert F Standaert;Robert F Standaert;Nancy L Engle;Madhavi Z Martin

  • Integrating engineering design improvements with exoelectrogen enrichment process to increase power output from microbial fuel cells

    Abhijeet P Borole;Choo Yieng Hamilton;Tatiana A Vishnivetskaya;David Leak

  • Insights of biomass recalcitrance in natural Populus trichocarpa variants for biomass conversion

    Chang Geun Yoo;Yongil Yang;Yunqiao Pu;Xianzhi Meng

  • Continuous direct solvent extraction of butanol in a fermenting fluidized-bed bioreactor with immobilized Clostridium acetobutylicum

    Brian H. Davison;James E. Thompson

  • NMR Characterization of C3H and HCT Down-Regulated Alfalfa Lignin

    Yunqiao Pu;Yunqiao Pu;Fang Chen;Angela Ziebell;Angela Ziebell;Brian H. Davison

Frequent Co-Authors

Arthur J. Ragauskas
Arthur J. Ragauskas University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Mark F. Davis
Mark F. Davis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Hugh O'Neill
Hugh O'Neill Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Lee R. Lynd
Lee R. Lynd Dartmouth College
Steven D. Brown
Steven D. Brown LanzaTech (New Zealand)
Jeremy C. Smith
Jeremy C. Smith University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Charles E. Wyman
Charles E. Wyman University of California, Riverside
Yunqiao Pu
Yunqiao Pu Oak Ridge National Laboratory
C. Neal Stewart
C. Neal Stewart University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Debra Mohnen
Debra Mohnen University of Georgia

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