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D-Index
102
Citations
42308
World Ranking
1147
National Ranking
25

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Canada Leader Award
  • 2007 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

John N. Saddler is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a focus on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics, particularly in biofuel production and bioconversion, lignin and wood chemistry, advanced cellulose research studies, mechanical behavior of composites, structural analysis of composite materials, optical measurement and interference techniques, and enzyme catalysis and immobilization.

Frequent publication venues for John N. Saddler include:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Composite Structures
  • Sustainable Energy & Fuels

The scientist's recent papers reflect a focus on the interface of wood chemistry and material science. These include:

  • The influence of lignin on the effectiveness of using a chemithermomechanical pulping based process to pretreat softwood chips and pellets prior to enzymatic hydrolysis (2020, Bioresource Technology)
  • An experimental investigation of the impact response and post-impact shear buckling behaviour of hybrid composite laminates (2022, Composite Structures)
  • The influence of pre-steaming and lignin distribution on wood pellet robustness and ease of subsequent enzyme-mediated cellulose hydrolysis (2020, Sustainable Energy & Fuels)

Their collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as Masatsugu Takada, Richard P. Chandra, Jie Wu, Mahdi Damghani, and Ethan Sammon, illustrating a multidisciplinary approach to research problems.

John N. Saddler was recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007, under the Academy of Science category.

Best Publications

  • Lignin valorization: improving lignin processing in the biorefinery.

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

  • An overview of second generation biofuel technologies.

    Ralph E.H. Sims;Warren Mabee;Jack N. Saddler;Michael Taylor

  • Multiplicity of beta-1,4-xylanase in microorganisms: functions and applications.

    K. K. Y. Wong;L. U. L. Tan;J. N. Saddler

  • Substrate pretreatment: the key to effective enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosics?

    R. P. Chandra;R. Bura;W. E. Mabee;A. Berlin

  • Substrate and Enzyme Characteristics that Limit Cellulose Hydrolysis

    Shawn D. Mansfield;Caitriona Mooney;John N. Saddler

  • Inhibition of cellulase, xylanase and β-glucosidase activities by softwood lignin preparations

    Alex Berlin;Mikhail Balakshin;Neil Gilkes;John Kadla

  • Organosolv Ethanol Lignin from Hybrid Poplar as a Radical Scavenger: Relationship between Lignin Structure, Extraction Conditions, and Antioxidant Activity

    Xuejun Pan;John F Kadla;Katsunobu Ehara;Neil Gilkes

  • Effect of hemicellulose and lignin removal on enzymatic hydrolysis of steam pretreated corn stover

    Karin Öhgren;Renata Bura;Jack Saddler;Guido Zacchi

  • Access to cellulose limits the efficiency of enzymatic hydrolysis: the role of amorphogenesis

    Valdeir Arantes;Jack N Saddler

  • Biorefining of softwoods using ethanol organosolv pulping: preliminary evaluation of process streams for manufacture of fuel-grade ethanol and co-products.

    Xuejun Pan;Claudio Arato;Neil Gilkes;David Gregg

  • Bioconversion of hybrid poplar to ethanol and co-products using an organosolv fractionation process: Optimization of process yields

    Xuejun Pan;Neil Gilkes;John Kadla;Kendall Pye

  • The effect of initial pore volume and lignin content on the enzymatic hydrolysis of softwoods

    Caitriona A. Mooney;Shawn D. Mansfield;Maria G. Touhy;John N. Saddler

  • The enhancement of enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic substrates by the addition of accessory enzymes such as xylanase: is it an additive or synergistic effect?

    Jinguang Hu;Valdeir Arantes;Jack N Saddler

  • Effects of Sugar Inhibition on Cellulases and β-Glucosidase During Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Softwood Substrates

    Zhizhuang Xiao;Xiao Zhang;David J. Gregg;John N. Saddler

  • Optimization of enzyme complexes for lignocellulose hydrolysis.

    Alex Berlin;Vera Maximenko;Neil Gilkes;Jack Saddler

  • A comparison between simultaneous saccharification and fermentation and separate hydrolysis and fermentation using steam-pretreated corn stover

    Karin Öhgren;Renata Bura;Gary Lesnicki;Jack Saddler

  • The lignin present in steam pretreated softwood binds enzymes and limits cellulose accessibility.

    Linoj Kumar;Valdeir Arantes;Richard Chandra;Jack Saddler

  • Cellulose accessibility limits the effectiveness of minimum cellulase loading on the efficient hydrolysis of pretreated lignocellulosic substrates

    Valdeir Arantes;Jack N Saddler

  • Factors affecting cellulose hydrolysis and the potential of enzyme recycle to enhance the efficiency of an integrated wood to ethanol process

    David J. Gregg;John N. Saddler

  • Strategies to enhance the enzymatic hydrolysis of pretreated softwood with high residual lignin content

    Xuejun Pan;Dan Xie;Neil Gilkes;David J. Gregg

  • Comparative Sugar Recovery and Fermentation Data Following Pretreatment of Poplar Wood by Leading Technologies

    Charles E. Wyman;Charles E. Wyman;Bruce E. Dale;Richard T. Elander;Mark Holtzapple

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinguang Hu
Jinguang Hu University of Calgary
Shawn D. Mansfield
Shawn D. Mansfield University of British Columbia
Neil R. Gilkes
Neil R. Gilkes University of British Columbia
Xuejun Pan
Xuejun Pan University of Wisconsin–Madison
Shahab Sokhansanj
Shahab Sokhansanj University of British Columbia
Douglas G. Kilburn
Douglas G. Kilburn University of British Columbia
Charles E. Wyman
Charles E. Wyman University of California, Riverside
Luiz Pereira Ramos
Luiz Pereira Ramos Federal University of Paraná
Michael R. Ladisch
Michael R. Ladisch Purdue University West Lafayette
Bruce E. Dale
Bruce E. Dale Michigan State University

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