Biomass Processing over Gold Catalysts

Prof. Robert Davis obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University in 1989, and did postdoctoral research in the Chemistry Department at the University of Namur in Belgium.  He joined the faculty in Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia in 1990 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1996, and full professor in 2002. Professor Davis also served as the Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia from 2002 to 2011. Prof. Dmitry Yu. Murzin received his Ph.D. and Dr. Sc. at Karpov Institute of Physical Chemistry in Moscow and worked for BASF in Germany and Russia. At present he is Chaired Professor in Chemical Technology at Åbo Akademi University, Finland. Dr. Olga A. Simakova received her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering from Åbo Akademi University in Finland in 2012. At present, she is a postdoctoral research fellow in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

• Introduction.- Selective Oxidation/Dehydrogenation Reactions.- Acetalization.- N-alkylation.- Selective Hydrogenation Reactions.- Double Bond Oxidation Reactions.- Isomerization Reactions.- Gold Catalysts Stability.- Summary.