by JPTessonnier | Apr 27, 2017 | News & Events, Uncategorized
John wins ISU’s Graduate College Research Excellence Award and gives a presentation in the department. Congrats!
by JPTessonnier | Apr 10, 2017 | News & Events, Uncategorized
John successfully defends his thesis on the electrochemical hydrogenation of muconic acid. Congratulations!
by JPTessonnier | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
John Matthiesen publishes in Angewandte Chemie International Edition with CBiRC members. Sugars were converted to monomers using a cascade process that streamlines metabolic engineering and electrochemistry. The obtained monomer, 3-hexenedioic acid, yields unsaturated...
by JPTessonnier | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Zeolite catalyzed fast pyrolysis of biomass produces value-added commodity chemicals in a single step. However, this process is limited by coke formation, an undesired side reaction. Structural parameters such as defect density and crystallinity can be tailored...
by JPTessonnier | Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
We design new carbocatalysts (metal-free catalysts predominantly based on carbon) from bottom up by combining homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Molecular active sites are first investigated under homogeneous conditions using kinetic studies. This approach...
by JPTessonnier | Mar 21, 2017 | News & Events, Uncategorized
The Tessonnier group presented their research at the Hoover STEM Academy in Des Moines, Iowa and motivated the students for pursuing research in STEM fields.
