Biorefinery Site
Dr. Art Ragauskas
Governor's Chair Professor
UT College of Engineering
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phd, University of Western Ontario, 1985
Bioenergy Expert Named Governor’s Chair
- RSC Environment Prize (2022)
- Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2021, 2018
- AD Scientific Index: Highly Cited Researchers 2021
- 2019 AIChE Chase Award
- Joint Faculty Award in Science and Technology, UT-Battelle (2019)
- Clarivate Analytics, Publons: Ragauskas named one of the world's most highly cited researchers in his field for 2018
- Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (2018)
- Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award (2017)
- Green Process Engineering American Institute of Chemical Engineers Award (2017)
- University of California, Bourns College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology, Distinguished Service Award (2017)
- Governor’s Chair Biorefining (2014 – Present)
- TAPPI Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award (2014)
Art Ragauskas has been named the recipient of TAPPI’s 2014 Gunnar Nicholson Gold Medal Award
Arthur J. Ragauskas is the 2014 recipient of the ACS Award for Affordable Green Chemistry sponsored by Dow Chemical and endowed by Rohm and Haas
Ragauskas' Research - Educational Vision
Our vision is to be the world's most dynamic research and educational center for the Forest Biorefinery, creating sustainable chemical solutions essential to converting Lignocellulosic Biomass resources to BioMaterials, BioFuels, BioChemicals and BioPower for people everywhere.