Energy and Environment Directorate
Dr. Juan A. Lopez-Ruiz joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in 2015 as a postdoctoral researcher and has been working on developing heterogeneous catalysts for the transformation of biomass- and waste-derived molecules into fuels and chemicals. He has a double major in chemical engineering and industrial engineering from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain, obtained a Masters’ degree in chemical engineering from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, PA, and received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Research Interests:
- Thermal, catalytic, and electrocatalytic transformations of biomass- and waste-derived molecules into fuels and chemicals.
- Synthesis and characterization of heterogeneous catalysts.
- Rational catalyst design by combining kinetic, characterization, and computational studies.