<br/>Reaction pathway analysis is a powerful tool to design novel routes to chemicals, identify optimal processing conditions, and suggest catalyst design strategies. We have developed methods for the assembly of kinetic models of substantive detail that link the atomic and process scales. We have applied our methodology to seemingly very disparate chemistries, yet applying a common methodology reveals that there are many ubiquitous features of complex reaction networks for chemical and biological systems. This talk will focus on mechanistic modeling of the conversion of hydrocarbons from renewable sources, from quantitative analysis of chemical catalysis by native inorganic constituents to mechanistic understanding of how enzymes achieve exquisite selectivity for similar conversion processes, leading to the potential for the design of novel biochemical pathways.

<b>Award Address </b>(E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by the ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company). Reaction pathway analysis of the (bio)conversion of (bio)macromolecules

255th National Meeting (2018)

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Award Address (E. V. Murphree Award in Industrial and Engineering Chemistry sponsored by the ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Company). Reaction pathway analysis of the (bio)conversion of (bio)macromolecules