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  • 2020 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Paul J. Dauenhauer is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their primary fields of study include Engineering and Materials Science, with notable subfields in Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics related to catalysis and materials science. These include:

  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Mesoporous Materials and Catalysis
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science

A selection of recent papers illustrates the breadth of their work:

  • Defining the Macromolecules of Tomorrow through Synergistic Sustainable Polymer Research, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Finned zeolite catalysts, 2020, Nature Materials
  • The Catalytic Mechanics of Dynamic Surfaces: Stimulating Methods for Promoting Catalytic Resonance, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Dynamic Control of Elementary Step Energetics via Pulsed Illumination Enhances Photocatalysis on Metal Nanoparticles, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • Resonance-Promoted Formic Acid Oxidation via Dynamic Electrocatalytic Modulation, 2020, ACS Catalysis

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, with the most frequent co-authors including:

  • Omar Abdelrahman (20 publications)
  • Gaurav Kumar (16 publications)
  • Michael Tsapatsis (16 publications)
  • Sallye R. Gathmann (10 publications)
  • M. Alexander Ardagh (10 publications)

They publish regularly in specific scientific venues such as:

  • ACS Catalysis (9 publications)
  • ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (5 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (5 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (5 publications)
  • Matter (4 publications)

Among recognitions, they were named a Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Top ten fundamental challenges of biomass pyrolysis for biofuels.

    Matthew S. Mettler;Matthew S. Mettler;Dionisios G. Vlachos;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Cycloaddition of Biomass-Derived Furans for Catalytic Production of Renewable p-Xylene

    C. Luke Williams;Chun Chih Chang;Phuong Do;Nima Nikbin

  • Revealing pyrolysis chemistry for biofuels production: Conversion of cellulose to furans and small oxygenates

    Matthew S. Mettler;Matthew S. Mettler;Samir H. Mushrif;Alex D. Paulsen;Ashay D. Javadekar

  • Chemical engineering: hybrid routes to biofuels.

    Lanny D. Schmidt;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Ultra-selective cycloaddition of dimethylfuran for renewable p-xylene with H-BEA

    Chun Chih Chang;Sara K. Green;C. Luke Williams;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Renewable hydrogen by autothermal steam reforming of volatile carbohydrates

    Paul J Dauenhauer;J. R. Salge;L. D. Schmidt

  • The role of sample dimension and temperature in cellulose pyrolysis

    Alex D. Paulsen;Matthew S. Mettler;Matthew S. Mettler;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Finned zeolite catalysts

    Heng Dai;Yufeng Shen;Taimin Yang;Choongsze Lee

  • A DFT study of the acid-catalyzed conversion of 2,5-dimethylfuran and ethylene to p-xylene

    Nima Nikbin;Phuong T. Do;Stavros Caratzoulas;Raul F. Lobo

  • Principles of Dynamic Heterogeneous Catalysis: Surface Resonance and Turnover Frequency Response

    M. Alexander Ardagh;M. Alexander Ardagh;Omar A. Abdelrahman;Omar A. Abdelrahman;Paul J. Dauenhauer;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Fast Pyrolysis of Cellulose, Hemicellulose, and Lignin: Effect of Operating Temperature on Bio-oil Yield and Composition and Insights into the Intrinsic Pyrolysis Chemistry

    Khursheed Badruddin Ansari;Jyotsna Sudhir Arora;Jia Wei Chew;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Ab initio dynamics of cellulose pyrolysis: nascent decomposition pathways at 327 and 600 °C.

    Vishal Agarwal;Paul J. Dauenhauer;George W. Huber;Scott M. Auerbach

  • Aerosol generation by reactive boiling ejection of molten cellulose

    Andrew R. Teixeira;Kyle G. Mooney;Jacob S. Kruger;C. Luke Williams

  • The chain length effect in pyrolysis: bridging the gap between glucose and cellulose

    Matthew S. Mettler;Matthew S. Mettler;Alex D. Paulsen;Dionisios G. Vlachos;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Lewis acid zeolites for tandem Diels–Alder cycloaddition and dehydration of biomass-derived dimethylfuran and ethylene to renewable p-xylene

    Chun Chih Chang;Chun Chih Chang;Hong Je Cho;Hong Je Cho;Jingye Yu;Jingye Yu;Ray J. Gorte;Ray J. Gorte

  • Reactive boiling of cellulose for integrated catalysis through an intermediate liquid

    Paul J. Dauenhauer;Joshua L. Colby;Christine M. Balonek;Wieslaw J. Suszynski

  • Pyrolytic conversion of cellulose to fuels: levoglucosan deoxygenation via elimination and cyclization within molten biomass

    Matthew S. Mettler;Matthew S. Mettler;Alex D. Paulsen;Dionisios G. Vlachos;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Kinetics and reaction chemistry for slow pyrolysis of enzymatic hydrolysis lignin and organosolv extracted lignin derived from maplewood

    Joungmo Cho;Sheng Chu;Paul J. Dauenhauer;George W. Huber

  • Millisecond Pulsed Films Unify the Mechanisms of Cellulose Fragmentation

    Christoph Krumm;Jim Pfaendtner;Paul J. Dauenhauer

  • Renewable p-Xylene from 2,5-Dimethylfuran and Ethylene Using Phosphorus-Containing Zeolite Catalysts

    Hong Je Cho;Hong Je Cho;Limin Ren;Limin Ren;Vivek Vattipalli;Vivek Vattipalli;Yu Hao Yeh

  • Millisecond Reforming of Solid Biomass for Sustainable Fuels

    Paul J. Dauenhauer;Bradon J. Dreyer;Nick J. Degenstein;Lanny D. Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Tsapatsis
Michael Tsapatsis Johns Hopkins University
Wei Fan
Wei Fan University of Massachusetts Amherst
Dionisios G. Vlachos
Dionisios G. Vlachos University of Delaware
Lanny D. Schmidt
Lanny D. Schmidt University of Minnesota
Cheng Zhu
Cheng Zhu Georgia Institute of Technology
Raul F. Lobo
Raul F. Lobo University of Delaware
Matthew Neurock
Matthew Neurock University of Minnesota
George W. Huber
George W. Huber University of Wisconsin–Madison
Raymond J. Gorte
Raymond J. Gorte University of Pennsylvania
Phillip Christopher
Phillip Christopher University of California, Santa Barbara

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