Gregg T. Beckham

Research interests

Publications

• Technical, Economic, and Environmental Comparison of Closed-Loop Recycling Technologies for Common Plastics

  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2023 · 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c05497

• Mixed plastics waste valorization through tandem chemical oxidation and biological funneling

  Science · 2022 · 10.1126/science.abo4626

• Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges

  Green Chemistry · 2022 · 10.1039/d2gc02588d

• Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

  Nature Catalysis · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41929-021-00648-4

• Hydrogenolysis of Polypropylene and Mixed Polyolefin Plastic Waste over Ru/C to Produce Liquid Alkanes

  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2021 · 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03786

• Manufacturing energy and greenhouse gas emissions associated with plastics consumption

  Joule · 2021 · 10.1016/j.joule.2020.12.027

• Techno-economic, life-cycle, and socioeconomic impact analysis of enzymatic recycling of poly(ethylene terephthalate)

  Joule · 2021 · 10.1016/j.joule.2021.06.015

• Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

  Nature Reviews Materials · 2021 · 10.1038/s41578-021-00363-3

• Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2020 · https://doi.org/10.1039/d0ee02870c

• Conversion of Polyolefin Waste to Liquid Alkanes with Ru-Based Catalysts under Mild Conditions

  JACS Au · 2020 · 10.1021/jacsau.0c00041

• Characterization and engineering of a two-enzyme system for plastics depolymerization

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2020 · 10.1073/pnas.2006753117

• Combining Reclaimed PET with Bio-based Monomers Enables Plastics Upcycling

  Joule · 2019 · 10.1016/j.joule.2019.01.018

• Characterization and engineering of a plastic-degrading aromatic polyesterase

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1718804115

• Chemicals from lignin: an interplay of lignocellulose fractionation, depolymerisation, and upgrading

  Chemical Society Reviews · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1039/c7cs00566k

• Reductive Catalytic Fractionation of Corn Stover Lignin

  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2016 · 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01858

• Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

  Current Opinion in Biotechnology · 2016 · 10.1016/j.copbio.2016.02.030

• Fungal Cellulases

  Chemical Reviews · 2015 · 10.1021/cr500351c

• Lignocellulose degradation mechanisms across the Tree of Life

  Current Opinion in Chemical Biology · 2015 · 10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.10.018

• Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria

  Green Chemistry · 2015 · 10.1039/c5gc01165e

• Adipic acid production from lignin

  Energy & Environmental Science · 2014 · 10.1039/c4ee03230f

• Lignin valorization through integrated biological funneling and chemical catalysis

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 10.1073/pnas.1410657111

• Lignin Valorization: Improving Lignin Processing in the Biorefinery

  Science · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1246843

• A Mechanistic Investigation of Acid-Catalyzed Cleavage of Aryl-Ether Linkages: Implications for Lignin Depolymerization in Acidic Environments

  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2013 · 10.1021/sc400384w

• Computational Study of Bond Dissociation Enthalpies for a Large Range of Native and Modified Lignins

  The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters · 2011 · 10.1021/jz201182w

• Deconstruction of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals

  Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering · 2011 · 10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-061010-114205

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