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Visiting Undergraduate Student Researchers in Dr. Ragauskas' Lab
Student	Degree and College
A. J. Cesternino	B.Sc., GA State, Chemistry Department (1992)
V. Goel	B.Sc., Emory University, Chemistry Department (2000)
D. Johnson	B.Sc., Clark Atlanta University, Chemistry Department (1996)
S. Krizan	Chemical Engineering, McMaster Engineering (2002)
C. Qui	M.Sc., Clark Atlanta University, Chemistry Department (1994)
J. Szwec	B.Sc., GA State, Chemistry Department (1993)

MS Graduate Supervising Activities
Student *	Research Topic	Graduation Date	First Position
Peter M. Froass	NMR Characterization of Kraft Lignin	1993	International Paper
Brian Boyer	NMR Characterization of Ozonated Pulps	1993	Patent Lawyer
Eric J. Draheim	Process Control NMR for the Characterization of Black Liquor Physical Properties	1994	Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Fadi Chakar	Fundamental Investigations of Dimethyldioxirane	1995	Appleton Papers Inc.
Coray Harper	Molecular Simulation of Cellulose	1995	Weyerhaeuser Company
Thomas Bales	Biobleaching with Enzymes	1996	Procter Gamble Company
Asmeron Hagos	Hexenuronic Acid Generation and Its Selective Hydrolysis Clark Atlanta University	1998	GA Tech Ph.D. candidate
Magnus Melander, Visiting Licentiate Student	Kungl Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm, Sweden	1998-1999	Stora-Enso
John Werner	Evaluation of the Intrinsic Metal Binding Capacity of Kraft Black Liquor Lignins	1999	Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Andrew Kulchin	Peroxidase Treatment of BCTMP Fibers	2000	Samoa Pacific Cellulose
Daniel Johnston	Fundamentals of Peroxide Bleaching	2001	UPM-Kymmene Group
Jason Montegna	Fundamentals of Composite Board Formation	2002	Graduated
Kendric Nelson	Fiber Crosslinking Technologies	2003	Graduated
W. Widiatmoko	Fundamentals of Acacia Oxygen Delignification	2006	Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings Ltd. (APRIL)

PhD Graduate Supervising Activities
Student * (Click on name to see photo page)	Thesis (Click on link for abstract)	Graduation Date	First Position
Jung Seokwon	Characterization Of Biomass By Imaging Mass Spectrometry	2013	NREL
Haoxi Ben	Thermal Conversion Of Biomass And Biomass Components To Biofuels and Bio-Chemicals	2013	NREL
Amit Saxena	Nanocomposites Based On Nanocellulose Whiskers	2013	Post-Doctoral research Fellow
Peter M. Froass	Characterization of Residual Lignin in Kraft Pulps Paper	1997	International Paper
David Barzyk	The Impact of Acidic Group Content and Location on the Beating Bonding Characteristics of Holocellulose Softwood Pulp	1997	Georgia Pacific Company
Jim Sealey	Fundamental Investigations into Oxidoreductase Enzymatic Bleaching Systems	1998	International Paper
Troy Runge	The Chemistry of Alkaline Extraction Between Chlorine Dioxide Stages	1998	Kimberly Clark Corporation
Kaaren Haynes	Effects of Laccase Mediator Delignification on Fiber Properties	1999	Hollingsworth & Vose, Co.
Michael Zawadzki	The Chemistry of Brightness Ceiling Development During ECF Bleaching	1999	Lorillard Tobacco Co.
Fadi S. Chakar	Fundamental Delignification Chemistry of High Lignin Content Pulps by Laccase-Mediator System	2000	Appleton Paper
Martin Lund - visiting student	Enzymatic modification of softwood lignin and fibers	2001	Student - The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Chemistry Department, Denmark
Yunqiao Pu - visiting student	Structure of Lignin During Pulping and Bleaching South China University of Technology	2001	IPST - Postdoctoral Fellow
Richard Chandra	Laccase Fiber Modification	2003	Paprican
Ana Retzlaff	Fundamentals of D/Z and Z/D Bleaching	2004	Appleton Ideas
Tom Dyer	Chromophore Chemistry of Kraft Pulping	2004	Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Kristina Knutson	Biobleaching of Recycled Mixed Office Waste Paper	2004	Post Doctoral Research Fellow
Lorraine C. Vander Wielen	Corona Discharge-Initiated TMP Fiber Modification	2004	Appleton Ideas
Dongcheng Zhang	Influence of Oxygen Delignification on Fiber Charge	2006	Senior Chemical Engineer Agrivida
Zheng Dang	The Investigation of Carboxyl Groups of Pulp Fibers during Kraft Pulping, Alkaline Peroxide Bleaching, and TEMPO-mediated Oxidation	2007	American Process
Rob Lowe	The Deformation Behavior of Wet Lignocellulosic Fibers	2007	Nalco Company
Cameron Thomson	Probing the Nature of Cellulosic Fibre Interfaces with Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer	2007	Hollingsworth & Vose, Co.
Suteera Witayakran	Laccase in Organic Synthesis and its ApplIcations	2008	Faculty Kasetsart University
Mate Nagy	BioFuels from Lignin and Novel Biodiesel Analysis	2009	Hollingsworth & Vose, Co.
Bassem Hallac	Fundamental Understanding Of The Biochemical Conversion Of Buddleja Davidii To Fermentable Sugars	2011	HCI Cleantech
Rajalaxmi Dash	Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel Cellulosics	2012	Kimberly Clark Corp
Zhoujian Hu	Utilization of Switchgrass As A Biofuel Feedstock	2012	NCSU
Mátyás Kósa	Direct and Multistep Conversion of Lignin to Biofuels	2012	Renmatix
Yang Li	Applications of Cellulose Nanowhiskers and Lignin In Preparation Of Rigid Polyurethane Nanocomposite Foams	2012
Lee Goetz	Preparation and Analysis Of Crosslinked Lignocellulosic Fibers And Cellulose Nanowhiskers With Poly(Methyl-Vinyl Ether Co Maleic Acid) – Polyethylene Glycol to Create Novel Water Absorbing Materials	2012	Contact Technologies, Inc.

Georgia Tech Students at Present Being Supervised
Student	Resumes	Research Topic
Hannah Akinosho	Resume	Fundamentals of Biomass Recalcitrance
Mark Cannatelli	Resume	Synthetic Applications of Laccase
Fan Hu	Resume	Fundamentals of Coverting Cellulosics to Renwable Fuels
Mikhail Levit	Resume	Green Diesel from Lignocellulosics
Qining Sun	Resume	Fundamentals of Converting Lignocellulosics to Biofuels
Allison Tolbert	Resume	Biorefining Lignocellulosics
Tyrone Wells	Resume	Renewable Fuels from Woody Biomass
Meng Xianzhi		Fundamentals of Biomass Recalcitrance

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