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Gregg T. Beckham is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology as subfields.

Their work covers a range of topics including:

  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Biochemical and biochemical processes

Beckham has contributed extensively to scientific literature with key publications such as:

  • Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling, 2021, Nature Catalysis
  • Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties, 2021, Nature Reviews Materials
  • Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling, 2022, Science
  • Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Beckham include:

  • Kelsey J. Ramirez
  • Yuriy Román-Leshkov
  • Christopher W. Johnson
  • Nicholas A. Rorrer
  • Allison Z. Werner

Their research has been published predominantly in venues such as:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Green Chemistry
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Lignin valorization: improving lignin processing in the biorefinery.

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

  • Chemicals from lignin: an interplay of lignocellulose fractionation, depolymerisation, and upgrading

    W. Schutyser;W. Schutyser;T. Renders;S. Van den Bosch;S.-F. Koelewijn

  • Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals

    Shishir P. S. Chundawat;Gregg T. Beckham;Michael E. Himmel;Bruce E. Dale

  • Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

    Harry P. Austin;Mark D. Allen;Bryon S. Donohoe;Nicholas A. Rorrer

  • Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

    Lucas D. Ellis;Nicholas A. Rorrer;Kevin P. Sullivan;Maike Otto

  • Lignin valorization through integrated biological funneling and chemical catalysis.

    Jeffrey G. Linger;Derek R. Vardon;Michael T. Guarnieri;Eric M. Karp

  • Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining

    Mahdi M. Abu-Omar;Katalin Barta;Gregg T. Beckham;Gregg T. Beckham;Jeremy S. Luterbacher

  • Fungal cellulases.

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  • Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

    Gregg T Beckham;Christopher W Johnson;Eric M Karp;Davinia Salvachúa

  • Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

    Robin M. Cywar;Robin M. Cywar;Nicholas A. Rorrer;Caroline B. Hoyt;Gregg T. Beckham

  • Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life.

    Simon M. Cragg;Gregg T. Beckham;Neil C. Bruce;Timothy D. H. Bugg

  • Adipic acid production from lignin

    Derek R. Vardon;Derek R. Vardon;Mary Ann Franden;Christopher W. Johnson;Eric M. Karp

  • Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling

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  • Expanding Plastics Recycling Technologies: Chemical Aspects, Technology Status and Challenges

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  • Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization.

    Brandon C. Knott;Erika Erickson;Mark D. Allen;Japheth E. Gado

  • Process Design and Economics for the Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Hydrocarbons: Dilute-Acid and Enzymatic Deconstruction of Biomass to Sugars and Biological Conversion of Sugars to Hydrocarbons

    R. Davis;L. Tao;E. C. D. Tan;M. J. Biddy

  • Computational Study of Bond Dissociation Enthalpies for a Large Range of Native and Modified Lignins

    Seonah Kim;Stephen C. Chmely;Mark R. Nimlos;Yannick J. Bomble

  • A Mechanistic Investigation of Acid-Catalyzed Cleavage of Aryl-Ether Linkages: Implications for Lignin Depolymerization in Acidic Environments

    Matthew R. Sturgeon;Seonah Kim;Kelsey Lawrence;Robert S. Paton

  • Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria†

    Davinia Salvachúa;Eric M. Karp;Claire T. Nimlos;Derek R. Vardon;Derek R. Vardon

  • Techno-economic, life-cycle, and socioeconomic impact analysis of enzymatic recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

    Avantika Singh;Nicholas A. Rorrer;Scott R. Nicholson;Erika Erickson

  • Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions.

    Julie E. Rorrer;Gregg T. Beckham;Yuriy Román-Leshkov

  • A perspective on oxygenated species in the refinery integration of pyrolysis oil

    Michael S. Talmadge;Robert M. Baldwin;Mary J. Biddy;Robert L. McCormick

  • Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Corn Stover Lignin

    Eric Michael Anderson;Eric Michael Anderson;Rui Katahira;Michelle Reed;Michael G. Resch

  • Quantum mechanical calculations suggest that lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases use a copper-oxyl, oxygen-rebound mechanism.

    Seonah Kim;Jerry Ståhlberg;Jerry Ståhlberg;Mats Sandgren;Robert S. Paton

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael F. Crowley
Michael F. Crowley National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Michael E. Himmel
Michael E. Himmel National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Jerry Ståhlberg
Jerry Ståhlberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Mark R. Nimlos
Mark R. Nimlos National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Bryon S. Donohoe
Bryon S. Donohoe National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Robert S. Paton
Robert S. Paton Colorado State University
Baron Peters
Baron Peters University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Stephen R. Decker
Stephen R. Decker National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ryan M. Richards
Ryan M. Richards Colorado School of Mines

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