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• Ph.D., Applied Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1993
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 1987
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, Magna cum Laude, Mississippi State University, 1984
• B.S. in Biochemistry, Cum Laude, Mississippi State University, 1983

• Associate Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, 2005 – present
• Assistant Professor, University of Georgia College of Engineering, 1999 – 2005

• Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Lab, 1993 – 1995
• Senior Engineer, Savannah River Technology Center, 1995 – 1998

• Biochemical engineering
• Environmental, nanostructured and chemical catalysts
• Enhanced biomass pyrolysis and gasification processes

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• Methacrylic Acid Production Method
  U.S. Patent 10,138,306
• Torrefaction reduction of coke formation on catalysts used in esterification and cracking of biofuels from pyrolysed lignocellulosic feedstocks
  U.S. Patent 9,175,235
• Production of higher quality bio-oils by in-line esterification of pyrolysis vapor
  U.S. Patent 8,900,416
• Functionalized Carbon Catalysts and Adsorbent Materials by Plasma and Novel Hydrothermal Methods
• Bi-metal Supported Activated Carbon Monolith Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of Chemical Reactants