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Melvin P. Tucker is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biofuel production and bioconversion, combining insights from engineering and biochemistry to explore sustainable energy alternatives.

The main fields of study in their work include Engineering and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, with subfields emphasizing Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Biotechnology.

The topics covered in their research span across:

  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Bioenergy crop production and management
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Enzyme Production and Characterization
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Lignin and Wood Chemistry

Melvin P. Tucker has contributed to several publications. Recent papers include:

  • Deacetylation and Mechanical Refining (DMR) and Deacetylation and Dilute Acid (DDA) Pretreatment of Corn Stover, Switchgrass, and a 50:50 Corn Stover/Switchgrass Blend (2020) published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Effect of Feedstock Variability, Feedstock Blends, and Pretreatment Conditions on Sugar Yield and Production Costs (2022) published in Frontiers in Energy Research
  • Ferrous and Ferric Ion-Facilitated Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass under Anaerobic or Aerobic Conditions: Observations of Fe Valence Interchange and the Role of Fenton Reaction (2020) published in Molecules
  • An Improved Leaf Protoplast System for Highly Efficient Transient Expression in Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) (2020) published in Methods in molecular biology
  • Iron incorporation both intra- and extra-cellularly improves the yield and saccharification of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) biomass (2021) published in Biotechnology for Biofuels

They have frequently collaborated with researchers such as Xiaowen Chen, Hui Wei, Bryon S. Donohoe, Michael E. Himmel, and Erik M. Kuhn.

The primary venues for their publications include:

  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Frontiers in Energy Research
  • Molecules
  • Methods in molecular biology
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels

Best Publications

  • Visualizing lignin coalescence and migration through maize cell walls following thermochemical pretreatment

    Bryon S. Donohoe;Stephen R. Decker;Melvin P. Tucker;Michael E. Himmel

  • Deposition of Lignin Droplets Produced During Dilute Acid Pretreatment of Maize Stems Retards Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Cellulose

    Michael J. Selig;Sridhar Viamajala;Stephen R. Decker;Melvin P. Tucker

  • Two-stage dilute-acid pretreatment of softwoods.

    Quang A. Nguyen;Melvin P. Tucker;Fred A. Keller;Fannie P. Eddy

  • Dilute acid/metal salt hydrolysis of lignocellulosics

    Quang A. Nguyen;Melvin P. Tucker

  • Recent Development in Chemical Depolymerization of Lignin: A Review

    Hai Wang;Melvin Tucker;Yun Ji

  • A highly efficient dilute alkali deacetylation and mechanical (disc) refining process for the conversion of renewable biomass to lower cost sugars.

    Xiaowen Chen;Joseph Shekiro;Thomas Pschorn;Marc Sabourin

  • Controlling Porosity in Lignin‐Derived Nanoporous Carbon for Supercapacitor Applications

    Ju Won Jeon;Ju Won Jeon;Libing Zhang;Jodie L. Lutkenhaus;Dhrubojyoti D. Laskar

  • Base-Catalyzed Depolymerization of Biorefinery Lignins

    Rui Katahira;Ashutosh Mittal;Kellene McKinney;Xiaowen Chen

  • Effects of Temperature and Moisture on Dilute-Acid Steam Explosion Pretreatment of Corn Stover and Cellulase Enzyme Digestibility

    Melvin P. Tucker;Kyoung Heon Kim;Mildred M. Newman;Quang A. Nguyen

  • High solids simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of pretreated wheat straw to ethanol

    A. Mohagheghi;M. Tucker;K. Grohmann;C. Wyman

  • Production of Furfural from Process-Relevant Biomass-Derived Pentoses in a Biphasic Reaction System

    Ashutosh Mittal;Stuart K. Black;Todd B. Vinzant;Marykate O’Brien

  • DMR (deacetylation and mechanical refining) processing of corn stover achieves high monomeric sugar concentrations (230 g L−1) during enzymatic hydrolysis and high ethanol concentrations (>10% v/v) during fermentation without hydrolysate purification or concentration

    Xiaowen Chen;Erik Kuhn;Edward W. Jennings;Robert Nelson

  • Effects and Mechanism of Metal Chloride Salts on Pretreatment and Enzymatic Digestibility of Corn Stover

    Srinivas R. Kamireddy;Jinbao Li;Melvin Tucker;John Degenstein

  • Biomass-derived lignin to jet fuel range hydrocarbons via aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation

    Hongliang Wang;Hao Ruan;Haisheng Pei;Huamin Wang

  • Noble-metal catalyzed hydrodeoxygenation of biomass-derived lignin to aromatic hydrocarbons

    Dhrubojyoti D. Laskar;Melvin P. Tucker;Xiaowen Chen;Gregory L. Helms

  • The impacts of deacetylation prior to dilute acid pretreatment on the bioethanol process

    Xiaowen Chen;Joseph Shekiro;Mary Ann Franden;Wei Wang

  • Natural paradigms of plant cell wall degradation.

    Hui Wei;Qi Xu;Larry E. Taylor;John O. Baker

  • One-Pot Process for Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin to Alkanes Using Ru-Based Bimetallic and Bifunctional Catalysts Supported on Zeolite Y

    Hongliang Wang;Hao Ruan;Maoqi Feng;Yuling Qin

  • Dilute acid pretreatment of softwoods

    Q. A. Nguyen;M. P. Tucker;B. L. Boynton;F. A. Keller

  • Production of Jet Fuel‐Range Hydrocarbons from Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin over Super Lewis Acid Combined with Metal Catalysts

    Hongliang Wang;Hongliang Wang;Huamin Wang;Eric Kuhn;Melvin P. Tucker

  • High-Throughput Screening Techniques for Biomass Conversion

    Stephen R. Decker;Roman Brunecky;Melvin P. Tucker;Michael E. Himmel

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael E. Himmel
Michael E. Himmel National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Stephen R. Decker
Stephen R. Decker National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Bryon S. Donohoe
Bryon S. Donohoe National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Garry Rumbles
Garry Rumbles National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Angus S. Murphy
Angus S. Murphy University of Maryland, College Park
Kyoung Heon Kim
Kyoung Heon Kim Korea University
Maureen C. McCann
Maureen C. McCann Purdue University West Lafayette
Wendy Ann Peer
Wendy Ann Peer University of Maryland, College Park
Jovan M. Nedeljković
Jovan M. Nedeljković University of Belgrade
Joseph S. Wall
Joseph S. Wall Brookhaven National Laboratory

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