Fulbright Chair of Alternative Energy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
500 10th St., NW Atlanta
GA, 30332-0620
United States
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Email: arthur.ragauskas@ipst.gatech.edu
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Background
Arthur Ragauskas held the first Fulbright Chair in Alternative Energy and is a Fellow of the International
Academy of Wood Science and TAPPI. His research program at Georgia Institute of Technology is seeking
to understand and exploit innovative sustainable bioresources. This multifaceted program is targeted to
develop new and improved applications for nature’s premiere renewable biopolymers for biomaterials,
biofuels, biopower, and bio-based chemicals.
In addition, he is
the GA Tech team leader for Biological Energy Science Center (BESC) research efforts and team leader for
an industrial consortium program titled Black Liquor Hemicellulose Recovery and Utilization. His students
have won several awards, including the ACS graduate research award. Ragauskas has published 220+
papers, patents, and conference proceedings.
Major Qualifications
Nominated to TAPPI Research Management Committee (2009)
Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Alternative Energy (2008 - 2009)
Nominated to National Commission on Energy Policy (2008)
Recipient of 2008 William H. Aiken Research Prize
Served on the Committee on Technologies to Deter Currency Counterfeiting, Board on
Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,
National Research Council of the National Academies (2005-06)
Elected Fellow to International Academy of Wood Science (2003)
Elected TAPPI Fellow (2003)
Receptiant of Luso-American Foundation teaching fellowship at Departamenta Cienca e
Technologia do Papel Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã - Portugal (2003)
Invited guest teaching professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden (2001)
Best Poster at International Pulp Bleaching Conference, Halifax (2000)
1999 IPST President’s Award for Education
1999 IPST Teacher of the Year
Cited in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering (1999-current)
Cited in Who’s Who in Plastics and Polymers (2000-2002)
Invited guest professor to Royal Institute of Technology/STFI, Stockholm, Sweden (1998)
Invited guest professor South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China (1996)
Research Associate Fellowship, National Research Council Canada (1987-89)
National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, Postdoctoral Fellowship(1985-87)
National Science and Engineering Research Council Canada, Graduate Fellowship (1980-84)
Major Publications
Preparation of superabsorbent cellulosic hydrogels, Pan, S.; Ragauskas, A. J. Carbohydrate
Polymers (2012), 87(2), 1410-1418.
2. Nano Materials and Composites Amino acid modified cellulose whiskers, Cateto, C.A.;
Ragauskas, A., RSC Advances (2011), 1(9), 1695-1697.
3. Nanometrology of delignified Populus using mode synthesizing atomic force microscopy.
Tetard L; Passian A; Farahi R H; Davison B H; Jung S; Ragauskas A J; Lereu A L; Thundat
T., Nanotechnology (2011), 22(46), 465702.
4. Cellulose Isolation Methodology for NMR Analysis of Cellulose Ultrastructure, Foston,
M.B.; Hubbell, C.A.; Ragauskas, A.J., Materials (Carbohydrate Polymers Special Issue)
2011, 4(11), 1985-2002.
5. Pyrolysis oils from CO2 precipitated Kraft lignin. Kosa, M.; Ben, H.; Theliander, H.;
Ragauskas, A.J., Green Chemistry (2011), 13(11), 3196-3202.
Professional Institution Membership
Ragauskas is an Associate Editor for Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, Biofuels, BioEnergy
Research, Industrial Biotechnology, Taiwan Journal of Forest Service, TAPPI J., Industrial Biotechnology,
Holzforschung, Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy, Journal of Petroleum Technology and
Alternative Fuels, The Open Biotechnology Journal, Current Biotechnology, and J. Wood Chemistry and
Technology. He is an editorial board member of Sustainability and Journal of Chemical Technology and
Biotechnology and a reader for Nature. Ragauskas has served on several advisory boards and review panels
including: Austrian Science Fund, European Commission Research Directorate, National Science Academy,
J. Paul Getty Trust, NSF, USDA, DOE, ARAP-E, NSERC, BARD, FIRST, TAPPI Research Management
Committee, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO), Swedish Foundation for Strategic
Research, Swedish VINN Excellence Center, Swedish Knowledge Foundation, VTT Technical Research
Centre of Finland, ERA Chemistry, Swiss National Science Foundation, Finnish Academy of Science
Norway Research Council, The Technology Foundation STW, Agence Nationale de la Recherche and
Singapore Agency for Science, Technology and Research. Dr. Ragauskas has been an invited visiting
professor at Universidade da Beira Interior, Portugal; Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; Royal
Institute of Technology/ STFi, Stockholm, Sweden; and South China University of Technology, China.
Significant Employment History
Associate Professor 2003 – 2007
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech)
Professor 2007 – present
School of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech)