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William Berkey

Office: ES&T 2316, MOSE 2285
Email: wberkey3@gatech.edu

What is your favorite book? Blind Sight
What is your favorite food? Fettuccine alfredo

Educational Background

B.S. Science Davidson College

Advisors

Christopher W. Jones, Stefan A. France

Project

Upcycling of Carbohydrates to Yield Furan-containing Building Blocks as Platforms Chemicals and Precursors to Value-Added Fuels, Materials, and Products

Project Description

Cellulose one of the most abundant naturally occurring carbohydrates has been notoriously difficult to upgrade. Thus, the forest products industry has remained more focused on its conversion to low-cost platform chemicals like levulinic acid, substituted furfurals, sugar alcohols, lactic acid, phenols, and succinic acid. I will be working to open new pathways to cellulose and other carbohydrate valorization through the development and use of a variety of catalysts and new reaction methodologies.

Group News

January 2021-

Four new PhD students join the group!  Anu Osibo will work on depolymerization catalysis and Yoseph Guta will study amine adsorbent stability.  Both will be co-advised by Prof. Sievers.  MinGyu Song will study DAC under unconventional conditions, and will be co-advised by Prof. Lively.  Laura Proano will evaluate catalytic sorbents for CO2 capture and conversion in a single, intensified process.

December 2020-

The group welcomes the arrival of new postdoctoral fellow Pranjali Priyadarshini, who recently completed her PhD at the University of Illinois.

October 2020-

We bid farewell to postdoctoral fellow Dharam Kumar and visiting PhD student Wei Zhou.  We welcome the arrival of new postdoctoral Fellow Gabriel Short, who recently completed his PhD in chemistry at the University of Florida.

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